Confession Clears Doubt in Browneville Triple Murder
Young Montgomery privately confesses to Sheriff Meleron in a Browneville case, admitting he killed his father, mother, and McKercher after a sequence of events that began with a dispute over money and involved a rifle. Authorities remain skeptical of his account while linking the killings to strong evidentiary support.
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Gilkey
Father
McKercher
Montgomery
Young Montgomery
Ceatoee
Man seeks lawyer in land dispute over Northwest domain
A Walla Walla man writes San Francisco attorney A H Ricketts asking him to represent him in a land dispute. He claims all lands in Washington Oregon Montana and Idaho and rights against Britain in British Columbia. He alleges a grandfather paid Indians $25,000,000 for the Northwest and received a large deed.
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San Francisco
British Columbia
Ricketts
England
United States
Northwest
Walla Walla
Deeda
Motrai
Heays
Symes Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree
The Ritzville jury convicts Alfred J. Symes of murder in the first degree for killing Constable L. A. Conlea while being escorted to Ritzville to answer stealing bags charges. Symes faced an arrest, then fled to Montana before being captured and returned for trial.
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Alfred J. Symes
Ritzville
Coulee
Secant
L. A. Conlea
Wash
Symes
Cowles
Washington
Maho
Montans
Fatal accident at Cascade Locks Priday evening
A laborer named Charles Morrill was drilling a rock for a blast when he stepped away and fell fifty six feet into a valve shaft, instantly killed. Morrill, about 40, leaves a family. Also notes local court cases and medicinal notices from Shiloh's.
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Cascade Locks
Charles Morrill
Morrill
Miscreant Caught in Grand Jury Bond Set at $500
Local report states Tom Lewis, linked to a sasaiyee Mitchell and antelope incident, was caught in the act and is held on $500 bond to appear before the grand jury.(ms) Shil-L10s advertised cure claims appear in the same fragment.
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Lee Kay
Tom Lewis
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