Show A MURDEROUS COUPLE cold and robbery all travelers over the emigrant road to oregon know where champis pall place is at the lava creek crossing the first station out west of the junction or arco on the blackfoot road it ia is a good point to catch passengers for a square meal the year round and bill noyce saw the opening last fall for this bummers pum mers tra trade P so he formed a copartner nhip with champaign and a short time ago married t a L mrs babbington bill was fino fine looking and a powerful man but of late ate years his conduct had been such as not to merit him a scat seat among the angels one week ago this morning bill hitched up his team tou to a wagon took liis his wife along and went to arco on business and for pleasure champaign was there and all hands bands took several drinks finally bill was apparently paralyzed from the effects of rum and airs noyce started to drive home with her lord and frank ayers laid out in the wagon at arco noyce had been quarrelsome and threatened tb the olives lives of several about him the roughness of the ride at last aroused him im to quarrel I with his wife and he finally I threw her out into the sagebrush ayers ayers the blacksmith then took up the quarrel barrel and bill slapped his boutt mouth As soon as the station was reached ayers went to the hostler and tried to borrow a n revolver and then offered to buy one shaking in the hustlers hostlers host lers ers face for his said noyce had sla slapped 11 bis face flace and that no man bourd could ri livo N e who had ever dono done so he did not succeed in procuring one but took a horse and rode to arco that night by the next afternoon sunday lie had enlisted one joe green lo 10 stand in with him and aciz seizing i ing a favorable opportunity they tied champaign took two winchester rifles and a pair each of smith lessons Wes sons improved revolvers heeled themselves with plenty of ammunition fro from nithe the store told all hands they were going to lava creek to kill no noyce cc and that if they were hollowed followed they would kill all who attempted it by sunday evening they rode up to conces door and asked if lie be was at home he replied that he was and had bad retired with his wife for tho the night the door was forced instantly and ayres emptied the contents of a shotgun into moyces side as he lay there ayres then rk spoke to green saying now damn in you shoot him once f for r luck or ill cook your boosel green then them gave noyce a pistol ball in the side and the coldest blooded pair whose deeds were ever chronicled rode back to arco told everybody there what they had do done ne helped themselves to such as they desired straddled their horses and rode down to smiths ranch a mile and a half below on lost river went through the house and took 20 all they could find forced mrs smith to cook them a hot supper monday ay morning they rode up past arco to antelope creek and changed horses getting two pretty good ones the property of a mr air marsh tuesday a y morning early they were at the fish creek station 30 miles from bellevue but turned back towards champaigne Champa igns and shortly met a freig freighter ghow on cottonwood creek they just told him to trade horses or one at least and helped him blin to the one they wanted about eight that evening they met the stage between lava creek and arco and changed one of their plugs for a horse which ayres knew to be a good one after the transfer the stage t was allowed to move on at arco they ling lingered eted again till morning wednesday when they took in more supplies suD PlIes and moved up into the lava beds two miles and a half above A freighter or peddler who happened to bo be hunting his horses in that dicinit vicinity Y ran across them as they rested and they forced him to hold bold up while they went through his clothes for 14 or 15 all he lie had bad wood river news |