IDAHO DAILY STATESMAN – BOISE, IDAHO -FEBRUARY 16, 1900

FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY OCCURS AT WHITEBIRD

A Grangeville dispatch to the Spokane Review says:  Charles Burlinghoff was shot and instantly killed in a saloon row at White Bird, 18 miles from this place, Saturday night.  Henry Ray was the assailant.

The two men lived on adjoining farms near White Bird.  Saturday night they were in a saloon with a number of others, when an old law suit between Henry Ray and Troy Rogers became the subject of discussion.  Ray used a foul oath in speaking of Rogers, and Burlinghoff, taking exceptions to the statement, picked up a chair and felled Ray to the floor.

Ray staggered to his feet, and drawing a 45 calibre revolver fired twice at Burlinghoff.  One bullet struck in the groin and ranged upward.  The other shot took effect in the shoulder.  Burlinghoff died instantly.

Ray gave himself up at once.  A coroner’s jury was impaneled, with Justice T.Z. Taylor acting as coroner.  The verdict of the jury was that Burlinghoff came to his death from pistol wounds inflicted by Henry Ray in self-defense.  Ray was released from custody.

 

 

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