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iPOSSE STILL ON HUNT FORM mm*;|;|jrE\ WHO 8HOT ASH KILLED I W. A- t'EISP OP HOPE BEISO i BOrSDED rp.jjONE BANDIT SHOT BY A BOYe I Han Hunt in Pack River HUls, Sear ' I Hope, Being Prosecuted Day and;! m5m.y' -d ■is Comity Engineer fhas. Tiggel-beck, one of the posse in the hunt le for the two negro desperados tookle | two shots at 4 :30 o’clock thismorning at the men as they emerged from the brush Into a , road at Beardmore’s camp on n_ Lightning creek. One of the neg-ts roes took a pot shot at Tfggel-beck. Both made thefr escape In the heavy brush, p.' The negroes are believed to bele., snrronnded and their capture,1 dead or alive. Is only a matter of a matter of a few hours.e8 Bloodhounds from the Washing*'a- ton state penitentiary at Walla 45' Walla in charge of competent men, will arrive from the west J tonight on S. P. passenger So. 2 nd I and wfll be taken Immediately to I Lightning creek in order to trace j down the murderers of the late 30 j W. A. Crisp.I Determined men forming the posse he now scouring the hills of Pack river [ a In the vicinity of Hope believe that ras they have surrounded the two un-18t I known negroes who shot and killed w A Crisp proprietor of a pool room ’ | at Hope Monday night when they held jg_ ( up and robbed Crisp of J50 In money tiy ; arid a gold watch.jl | Crisp was brought to Sandpolnt a log, few minutes after the shooting. ,ne ‘ placed on a westbound train and sent red to Sacred Heart hospital In Spokane,■v where he passed awav shortlv after me' being admitted there. I 1- Campbell. Hope postmaster w * also robbed bv -he smaller of rb» -wo negroes. He was also c'u sed In o Insensibility with the bu't eDd »f a heavy revolver ? Crist, was shot .u» -nee the ballet ' e’ penetrating his stomachOne of the band't» is believed to UrH be dead or near deaih from a revolver , shot fired at him ear! Wednesday . morning bv a l'-vea- o'd boy who was standing guard at end of the ' Trestle creek brldte The larger of the two men Jumped r\»r one side of , 'he hr:dee whi'e •*■lt; --'er lt«a;.pear-ed ,ner the other s-de In the early morning darkness ho’h escaped down ^ 9tream amid a hall of balletsPeiow 'he bridge the euards found 'I.1 ft-e t’-.arded .art-sack of the wound-' * ed T.ai It. contained a 44-calibre ro'r s revolver and a iaree leather mask fasHoned from the (nside Mn-ng of a sheepskin jacket together . wph a dark gray rap 3 can of cof-fee a package of meat and a piece of ,any cheese The mask had two holes for the the eves and was a drape affair to en-1. es circje the entire head and fall below 1 in the nelt; k I' bore the Imprint of a b-oud flat nose indicating much pre-are vioas use although the mask was not■ere- worn bv the bandit at Hopelrer Put Kloodhnnnds on Trailona y. dav’ie^t Wedn'*sdav Sheriff? '° K rkpa'ro k -o«k bis bloodhounds to ter*v ,ep Scee P^ssemen had followed the ’* lo.v.1 full down 'he river about anule and had ater picked It up on t*e opposite or eastern shore It a? i'sappea-erl at a point between the Pre I nyd and tnderson ranches where pa* ,ke dog was put on The dog was ex-wet1 lt;*ted however and refused to work, s to v.vng the Hood trail it was indl-re ca'ed 'ha' the one bandit had dragged last nts woundp^ partner for considerable 'ant distances.the \ large, black negro arrested by :hers Pasrolman Mat Benson. was released when Campbell who came here from Hope to identifv him said he was not the neeTo involved In the robbery estde and kii’ing Campbell said ’bat the Xo: larger one was a mulatto and the ienly smaller one black, the only point 1 the upon which his descriptions differ isand ■ with •‘•ose sent lt;M2t to northwest a the peace fflcers bv officials here ? the The desc-'poons of the men want-was pd are os follows othe' Sma'Vr one—Mulatto about 5 feet, 8 Inches tali weight about 1S5 pounds rather stocklly built hadnot shaved for two or three days:jown dressed fn dark clothes wore a hat.iding probably about 45 years old.laved Larger one—Big black negro: 6! feet tall. weight, about 185 or 190 time ' pounds had not shaved for some who, time, wore heavy blue coat, rather short for him. probably about 3S or sdav | 40 years old.new 1 But little fear Is expressed that the bandits will make their escape. They are In a wild country and are known First! to be without provisions.- his! There Is also little hope of the then i for. ever being brought to Sandpolnt as will, feeling runs high in and around Hope res. against the blacks.
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Sandpoint Pend Oreille Review
Sandpoint, Idaho, US
Thu, Jul 19, 1923
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