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Show MAN IN JAIL AT CALDWELL, IDA., CONFESSES , TO PRICE MURDER SOME SEVEN YEARS AGO CALDWKLL, Ida., Jul) 20 AI Hlngllng, lodged in the count) jail nnd faolng n chnrgo hero of forger) for having drawn a sight draft on n fictions fic-tions Wisconsin bank, .Snturdav oon-fessod, oon-fessod, in the prescnee of 11 H Wnl-i lace, count-nttornev, andllert Mum-j furd, deputy shenff. to having been implicated in the killing of n man in Price, Utah, in tho spring of 1013 Hingling, which .Is believed to be n fictions name, alleged nt the time he draw tho sight draft hero that he was n member of tho famous Hingling fnm-il) fnm-il) of circus fame Inquir) bv officials of-ficials nf tho Western National bank, where ho presented the draft, produced pro-duced tho information that Hingling was not n member of the fnmil.v, nor was there such n bank as ho named. It was tho fact that this bonk wns not listed which prompted tho investigation investiga-tion and led to Hlngliiig's apprehension. apprehen-sion. Hingling does not know the exact date of the murder. It was some timo during May or June nnd ocourcd nt tho corrals of the Utah Construction comHiii). A drunken brawl precipitated precipi-tated a fight between Hingling and tho decedent, a man whom Hingling only knows b) tlio name uf French) The two engaged in n fist fight, French)' finally knocking Hingling down Tho Intter got to his feet, took n billiard ono nnd hit his assailant on the head. Frcnehy fell to tho ground, according to tho transcript of Hmgling's confession, con-fession, and wns then shot through tho head bv n third member of tho party, n man whose name Hingling does not know Shoots When Down. Hingling gave tho man who shot French) the gun with which the final shot was fired. Hingling said in his I confession thnt ho believed French) was ordinarily n mail of quiet dlspo. llsltlon nnd thnt ho was hot Incline! hii bp quarrelsome. Iloj nls JMri t ed thnt IlftTretnlVer littvi. nhWrSfr who finnllv shot tlio victim wns given him without knowledge thnt it would 'bo put to the use it finnllv found. The shot wns fired after French)' had been l)ing on ho ground for nt lenst a minute, according to Hingling Hing-ling 's testunnii). Tho man had not moved nfter Hingling hit bun with tho bllllnrd cue. Hingling does not know whether he wns killed b) the blow he gnve him or only stunned. Immediately nfter the shooting tho two men took thu Imdy into tho country coun-try ii dlstnnco of nlMiut two mile and loft It in tho desert without burial. Hingling left Price shortl) afterword, but returned nud was emplo.ved there from September until the following December. Quarrel Over Whisky. All thrco men hud been drinking during the eMirly part of the evening lit several suloon ut Price. Almut I) o'clock tho two instrumental in killing French)' left together, but Inter ciimo in contact with French)' nt the Utah Construction eoniwiry corrals. Frcnehy had u bottle of whisk v from which all three men drank Hvidently the quarrel started when Frunehy felt aggrieved because his guests had consumed more than I their just share of the liquor Hot words rofcultcd, to bo followed later by blows between Hingling and Frauehy and flnnll) culniiuatel in the death M of French) M French) was supMsed to have had M between eight hundred and two thou M sand dollars on his oron at the timo. M Tho man who was implicated with M Hingling in the killing ran his hands M over the Ixiil, but Hingling nMortwl M that he had no knowledgu us fo M whether or not ho swinhed thu dead M man or felt in his jiocketa. He be- M lieves, howov'ur, that ho did miL H Hingling has caused considerable H trouble at the local jail, having made M several attempts to escape. Since bis tM llasl escapade, he has been wearing an 1 Oregon boot His confession tnkat H ' eight mgia of leglil sine tuiewritton ' copv. It is full and eomplete in uv- LH 1 cry detail. M |