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Show onsWners In Ogden Canyon Broken Up SLAYS SHERIFF MINISTER AND THEN HIMSELF ! 1 Raid Upon Moonshine Still Ends in Triple Oregon Ore-gon Tragedy I ALBANY. Ore.. June 22. Threo bodies torn by gunshot wound brought here today. They w ero those I of the Rev. Roy Healy. pastor of the rsl Christian church of Albany; Shrirr C M. Kendall of Linn county, jand Dave W W est. 7o-year-old runcli-! runcli-! er and trapper. Their deaths were the result of a 1 raid on West s moonshine still Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon by yhcnfr Kendall, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Healy. The sheriff and the minister wore shot and killed Instantly by the aged rancher, who after barricading him If In the house and holding off a possn for hours, crept from tho bunding when night came and in his barn, 1 nd-ed nd-ed the episode by blowing off the top of his head with his rltlo. Al KAID lo til V BODIES The killings of Wherirr Kendall and tho Rev. Mr. Healy occurred at 3 liu o'clock, and until tho body ot West was found In the burn, the bodies of his two victims lay Where they fell Inside In-side the West yards, members of tho pO'iae fearing to inter the premlst ! md remove them. West threatened anyone with death who should attempt to approach, ix-cept ix-cept the coroner, who he said Could remove the bodies of the men he had kllle.l Knp fui.r hnawn 1 1-. -. . I might mlstuke the coroner for a would-be captor, no attempt to remove re-move the bodies ivas made. 11L IS EXPERT illOf West an expert shot w ith the rifle i from long experience in hunting wild animals, shot and killed both K. ndull and Heal) without w-arning while they wore perhaps 50 ards rrom hjm. He fired only twice Sheriff Kendall. armed with a search warrant, left Albany Wednesday Wednes-day for the West ranch. ac ump unci by the Rev. Mr. Heal), who desired to sec a raid on a still to obtain material for a story which he was intending to write The minister went merely as a spectator THFY PLEAD IN VAIN West's wife and his niece, Mrs. Harry Har-ry de Alley, who were at tho house, said they heard tho old trapper mutter something about not allowing his still to be destroyed They said he took his high powered rifle and started to i leave the house. They pleaded wlth( him not to take the gun, but he refused re-fused to listen Shortly after West had stepped out- j side they heurd two shots and then 1 West returned to the house and ln-lormed ln-lormed them that he had killed the, two men. Sheriff Keldall fell at the gate and apparently made no effort even to draw his revolver Seen iini he had rccelvod no warning of his slayer's intention. in-tention. The Rev. Mr. Healy was I standing in the yard some distance from the sheriff when the ofricer fell.. 1 shot dead. He turned and sturted to run. but a single shot from the ranch- er's rifle brought him down as he reached the lane in trout or the house. U.YKKK I1 s HIMSELF After the shooting. West returned to the house and sa' down in a chair with I ths lille between his knees. As long as It remained daylight he barricaded himself in his house and defied tho possemen to capture him. but when night fell, he bade his wife, who had remained With him, farewell, telling her tb go awa) where harm would not befall her. "This is the last good-bye." he said as he 'kissed her und shoved her through the door of the house Shortly Short-ly afterward ho reached the barn, where he killed himself. |