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POLICE HOLD BROTHER OF MAN AN SUBPROT; DENNA HAY ING HELP, Dead Body of 8. A. Browning Bound My Woman Customer of Korn; ting Nokon Th dalled, 6 A. Growniog, 63 years of age war shot dead by an armed, bandit about ¥:30 Saturday evening when an atempt was made to rob the Browning Grocery at the corner of Pourth street and Lee avenue, Guy Notson, 18 years of age and local hospital with a bullet wound in this body and bas confessed to Sheriff Oley that he fired the abots tha killed the grocery man. When Mra. A. Zittings went to the Browning Gr shortly before ten arivek Saturday evening to purchas some @ies, aba saw the dead body of Mr. Browning lying on the Moor in front of his desk, are called her husband and they notified Coroner C Ko Dinwoody. En route to this scene Coroner Dinwoody met Merch ant Politarian Eric Wakeman and asked him to accompany him. They found the dead body of Mr. Brown ingo front of his desk where he had fallen Crombie chair, with hin re volver by his side. ‘The first though, according to Coroner Dinwoodey, was, that he had accidently shot himself, but further examination revealed five Wallet roles in his body and but one obher in the gun discharged so they knew that he had met with foul play. The sheriff's office and police headquarters were notified from both departments were soon on the scene The officers were night in an effort to locate the wet, thorough ly covering the city and watching all rains and roads leading out of the city. Early Sunday morning auto loads of passes left the city in all di rections going as far north as Ash ton and Dubole and south to Poca ello making a thorough search all along the way. When the officers were unable to find any trace of the Wallet from Mr. Browning’s gun that worked on the theory that he must have hit his vic. Umm god an effort was made to mo tify all physicians and hospitals to ‘Wi on the lockout for persions with bullet wounds. It was impossible tn] kot In (ouch with all of the physiciana , M thal thns, among those not being reached was Dr. H. R. Hatch. Saturday evening noon after ten o'clock Dr. Hatch was called to the home of Clyde Nelson on Walaray hue to dress the wounds of Guy Nel son who told the physician that he had been prowling around and some one had thought was a burglar and took a shot at him. When Dr. Hutch went to the conference dodsion to the Auditorium Sunday morning he heard of the death of Mr.Brown ing and immediately got in touch with Prosecuting Attorney Crowley Sheriff Grey with the information that he had been called to attend a wounded man the night previous. Sheriff Oley, deputy Sheriff Neal Simkina, Coroner Dinwoodey and Dr. Watch went immediately to the Nel son TaKidenco on Water avenue and when they confronted the injured man he confessed that he had killed Browning but inslated that he had man alone In the dead.—Idaho Falla, on.
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Rexburg Standard
Rexburg, Idaho, US
Sat, Dec 03, 1921
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