Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-06-26 | Page 8 | Attorney Confirms Story of Conflict

ATTORNEY CONFIRMS STORY OF CONFLICT. Pocatello, Idaho, June 25 The county attorney has investigated the affair reported a few days ago by Otto Pruit of Hawkins Basin, a settlement near McCammon, when Pruit asked to be taken into custody, alleging that ho had hit a man on the head with an ax In a dispute over some road matters. mat-ters. The facts as ascertained are as follows fol-lows A man named Bowen camped on the property of Samuel Miller with a band of sheep Miller asked a fee of 5 for the pasturage, and as Bowen was about to pay the amount It develops devel-ops that Pruit rushed forward and hu Miller over the head with an ax It is stated that Miller and Pruit had had some words and that Miller threatened to kill PruiL Pruit, who is almost blind, is believed to have used the ax because ho thought that Miller was about to attack him It seems, according to tho statements state-ments of residents of the district, that Pruit is not of sound mind, and the authorities will, in all probability, make an Investigation of his sanity Miller was not badly hurt, as the ax struck him a glancing blow.