Show SHOT IVOR 1 I 1 the fatal finale of a dangerous desperado from hon heber J grant the despret Des cret news has learned the following interesting particulars concerning C the shooting of ft a horse thief named george munn and the capture of liis his comrades one of whom was named neal bin murphy b at Rex rehburg burg oneida county idaho a week ago last wednesday morning brother grant graut and president woodruff who went north to visit bannock stake three weeks ago were stol stopping at the house of president s th thomas omas E p ric kicks ks tuesday evening three rough looking men had bad arrived in town with 16 head and had bad put up at the house of brigham ricks son of prest ricks living juat just opposite where they ro tired for the night while the brethren were ac at prayers about pm that night there came a knock at the door which being opened deputy sheriff T E reay for madison co montana and oneida co idaho a accompanied by a posse of seven men introduced himself to the master of the house mr reay said they were were in pursuit of three horse thieves who had been tracked miles to Rex rehburg burg it soon appeared that the men who had put up at the house across the road were the suspected parties and the sheriff and his men wanted to go immediately and capture them to this president ricks objected on account of a woman and children and also a sick man who were in the house where the strange men were bleeding bleeping Ble 1 g the ogder officers were prevailed on to wait till morning which they finally agreed to do a good watch being bei ng kept up during the night in the morning about eight the woman and children having been previously removed which was not practicable in the case of the sick man the three men got up and started for the stables hut as the they y approached approach ed the buildt building ng the sheriffs party a portion of whom were inside leveled their weapons and shouted hands up instead of doing so they pulled their pistols and retreated towards the house A volley from the sheriffs sherin baity went after them and one of the two immediately tumbled over ver while the oilier other kept on run running ning the latter reached the house and was either shot in the back as he lie entered the door or else in the left side i in front after he lie had gained the interior at any rate he lie died in the house no shots were returned the sheriffs party who were all the time concealed kept calling to the men inside to come out not knowing that one of bothem them was fatally wounded but the survivor of these two shouted back you arc nothing but a g mob and lynch mo me if I 1 do final finally Z he lie concluded to come out but did bo very reluctant reluctantly an Y and as its soon as he came near the spot where the first man who fell was vas lying the supposed corpse immediately arose and holding up hia his hands went along with his comrade to give him learning that the roan man inside was wounded the posse with their prisoners repaired to the hoube houw where they found him lying in a pool of gore his comrades were permitted to look after him and he lie died in about abod 50 minutes from the time he be was shot he gave ave liis his name as geo munn and said he lie had a wife and two children living in texas the tile sheriff and posse with their two prisoners left for montana that afternoon our informant rexburg some hours before at baie rock on the dinst brothers woodruff fand and grant heard three or four conflicting reports in in addition to the above one saving that the two thieves had baling been cen lynched just over the idaho hn line e another that they had made their r escape and still another that they were yet in custody and had bad left the train and taken the stage to their destination in montana |