Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-08 | Page 9 | "Watermelon" Murder Case |

Type	issue
Date	1920-06-08
Paper	Ogden Standard-Examiner
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	"Watermelon" Murder Case
Type	death
Date	1920-06-08
Paper	Ogden Standard-Examiner
Page	9
OCR Text	Show ! "WATERMELON" MURDER CASE BOISE, Idaho, June 8. The "watermelon" "water-melon" murder case, in which Dr. C. C. Smith of King Hill is defendant, has ( been set for trail at Silver City today. - Dr. Smith is charged with having killed Howard Bellmlre on August 18, 1919. Bellmire was working as a ditch rider and had been .out to inspect ditches. He had taken a girl friend along with him 6r the ride. When opposite op-posite the Smith ranch, the girl dared him to go and get a melon, it is stated. stat-ed. As he was about to go through a wire fence, Dr. Smith is alleged to have fired a shotgun at him, one of the bullets penetrating the heart. Smith claims that" he had heen watch j ing for boys who had been stealing his I melons, with the view of scaring them. : oo
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