Blaine County ID Archives News.....AL. F. BUSH IS KILLED INSTANTLY April 23, 1918
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Wood River Daily Times  Hailey Idaho Tuesday, April 23, 1918 April 23, 1918
Sam R. Schubert Fired Into Him, Inflicting Three Wounds, Either Of Which Would 
Have Been Fatal.
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Body Lay In Street Until Coroner Arrived.
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The Shooting Seemingly Was Premeditated, Quarrels in a Sheep Camp the Cause.
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  Al F. Bush was instantly killed about 5 o'clock last evening by Samuel 
Richard Schubert, who discharged three rifle shots at him, one bullet entering 
the right abdomen, another over the heart and the third the left temple and 
passing through the brain. Either of the wounds would have been fatal.
  The homicide occured on the main street of Carey, near the store of the 
Blaine Co-operative Mercantile institotion, and Shubert went into the store, 
and handed his gun to someone there and said that he was ready to give himself 
up to the sheriff. He said that as Bush started toward him he put his right 
hand inside of his coat and therefore thought that Bush reaching for a gun.
  No gun was found on Bush.
  Schubert, who had been herding sheep for Bush, had some difference with him, 
that had not come to blows; but Schubert claimed that at the camp in the lava 
Bush had tried to poison him by putting poison in the sugar. Putting some of 
the sugar in the coffee he immediately became sick, then took a big drink of 
strong salt water and Sunday came to Hailey.
  Yesterday morning he told Sheriff Clements that Bush had telephoned Deputy 
Sheriff York at Carey to be on the lookout  for a crazy man and to arrrest 
him. The sheriff referred Schubert to prosecuting Attorney Matthaei, who 
promised to investigate the matter and take such action as the facts warranted.
  During yesterday Schubert was hired by T. A. Baptie, who took him along in 
his car to Carey on his way home at Muldoon. A new .30 calibre Remington pump 
rifle that Baptie bought that morning was in the tonneau, where Schubert rode.
  On reaching Carey, Mr. Baptie stopped his car in front of the Co-op store 
and went in. Schubert immediately got out of the car and started to walk 
toward Muldoon, but seeing Bush a few steps away stepped back in the car, 
grabbed the rifle and without a word began shooting at Bush. As Mr. Baptie had 
not loaded the rifle it is evident that Baptie slipped in some cartridges 
while the car was running to Carey.
  Sheriff Clements and Deputy Sheriff McGowan being called by telephone, went 
to Carey immediately and found Schubert at the store, who surrendered himself. 
A loaden .38 calibre Smith & Weston Special six shooter was found on him and 
the Sheriff took possesion of it.
  The body of Bush still lay where it fell, but was covered with a blanket.
  On the return of the officers to Hailey last night with the prisoner, Dr. 
Wright was notified and he left soon after to hold an inquest.
  The jury was composed of T. B. Evans, A. C. Eldredge, Ira Eldredge, Edward 
Cameron, Everette S. Quincy and J. M. Chidester. It found that the deceased 
was Al. F. Bush, 55 years of age, and that he died the 22nd inst. of gunshots, 
and "we furthur find that we believe Sam R. Schubert to be the person by whose 
act the death of said A. F. Bush is occasioned."
  Bush was married but childless. Mrs. Bush lives on the Pete Snider ranch, 
near Carey Lake, almost a mile out of Carey, that Mr. and Mrs. Bush leased 
after their own ranch, about 20 miles east of Carey, had been sold.
  They had lived there 10 or 12 years.
  
  

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