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Show RANCHERS HOUSE BiilT 1HWES George Wood came In last night from Rigby, Ida , and recounted an experience ex-perience of two of his friends that revives re-vives Interest In the yet futilo search for Hugh Whitney, the train robber and bandit, who recently killed Conductor Con-ductor Kldd of tho Oregon Short Line, wounded several other persons and made his escape into tho Jackson Hole country Mr. Wood states that Hyrum Edwards Ed-wards and his son, Joseph, ranchmen of Rlgby, well known to him, were camping In the Swan valley, about forty miles north of Rlgby, and on the evening of Thursday, June 29, they were approached as they were preparing prepar-ing their supper by a man who answered an-swered tho deFcrlfltion of the much-sought much-sought Whitney They at first sought to detain him. but as he was unarmed and his horse" and saddle did not conform con-form to the published description of those used by the murderer, they allowed al-lowed him to talk them out of the view that he could possibly be the man wanted The stranger helped them prepare their supper, ale with them, and lay down to sleep with them, but quietly stole away before .nhey awoke in the morning Upon returning to Rlgby and examining copies of the photograph of Whitney, wh.'ch by that time had been sent brondenst throughout tho country, coun-try, they both affirmed that their uninvited unin-vited guest was without doubt the robber and murderer oo |