Eureka Reporter | 1908-05-08 | Page 4 | Horseman Handy with Gun

horseman handy W th gun washington courthouse O 0 bert devaney a well known horseman shot and instant iv killed miss lids lido bird at her home on john street he then turned the pistol on mrs bird mother of the victim and shot het her in the abdomen inal cling probably a fatal wound later he shot and killed silas shackleford and finally killed himself the motive tor for the crime is 13 not known but is s opposed to b jealousy lea lousy devaney was white aged 43 years MISS bird was colored and aged 22 years