Show cowardly murder of man and girl at culbertson montana to be avenged by law victims were called from their hamff at an early hour in the morn ng and shot down because of a quarrel over land great falls sixteen arrests haye been made at culbertson in connect tion with the claim jumping shooting affair that occurred there a few days ago the shooting occurred over a squatter s claim which had been cocat ed by walter long and later taken up by john A hayes on the ground that long had abandoned the claim lona and some of his trends warned hayes to leave within twenty tour hours ac cording to the evidence at the coroner s inquest and when he returned they attacked the cabin in which he lived killing hayes and his 11 year old daughter at the inquest mrs hayes positively identified walter long and his brother milo as among the attacking party she said that the attacking party came to the cabin at 1 30 in the morn ing hayes who was on the with one or two of his neighbors called out asking what was wanted the reply was a voll eyt shots hayes and his force replied with revolvers but at the next round from the attacking party hayes received a bullet through the chest he lived about five minutes and another bullet went through the cabin and struck his daughter augusta who died before a physician could reach the scene jhb coroners jury found that the shooting was done by allo long walter long charles gamble george D isbell tucker moore john L johnson and others unknown it was believed there were about twenty in the party sheriff small of valley county haa placed these and ten others under arrest and they are now in the county jail there is a aery bitter feeling over the affair and urther trouble is feared |