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Show Idaho youth " kIlls father ? Declares He Shot In Self Defense, and That His Mother and Brother i Helped Bury Victim. i Idaho Falls, Idaho.Mrs. Augustine Pierce and son, Edward, accused ot complicity in tho murder of tho husband hus-band and fathor, Gustavo Pierce, at Mud Lake, In Fremont county, thirty-live thirty-live miles from tho Oregon Short Lino t I railroad, havo been placed under ar-rest. ar-rest. f " Tho younger son, Paul, who was ar- rested previously, has mado a full '' confession to tho murdor ot hlB i father, saying that his mother and. brother, however, helped him bury tho j corpse, nftor a coffin had boon mado of boards taken from a barn. j Paul says that he shot his father-twice father-twice after a quarrel and nrter the 1 victim had threatened to kill the on- j tiro ramlly. ! "Bill" Williams, a neighbor of. tho , Pierces, noticed tho absenco of tho- j murdered man - and began asking , questions. As tho answers aroused his suspicions ho caused the arrest of tho younger son and the confession confes-sion soon followed. Mrs. Plcrco nlid Edward were round camping on tho outskirts of this city Thursday night and nrrestod by or-tlccrs or-tlccrs from Mud Lako and local police. po-lice. Tho Pierces owned 320 acres of the-gem the-gem state's llncst land nnd all went well for awhile, but troubles finally began to show up. A fow wcoks ago Mrs. Plerco and her eldest son had tho father arrested on n charge of Insanity. In-sanity. Ho was examined by tho Fremont Fre-mont county authorities and that difficulty dif-ficulty seemed settled, when ho was liberated. |