Payette-Shoshone County ID Archives News.....Idaho Man Murdered October 4, 1900
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Payette Independent October 4, 1900
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, October 4, 1900

IDAHO MAN MURDERED

Wallace Tobacco Merchant Found With His Skill Crushed.
Mathew Mailey, a cigar dealer of Wallace, was murdered in his store Monday 
morning, and the officers have found no clue to the murderer.  Just before 9 
o’clock in the morning a passer-by saw his body lying near the rear of his 
cigar store, and notified the officers. 

Both doors were locked, and blood on the floor caused the belief the he had 
committed suicide. When the door was forced open it was found that his throat 
was cut and his skull crushed in three places.  An iron bar, eighteen inches 
long, lay between the body, which was covered in blood.  A towel had been tied 
around the head, evidently for a gag.  

An examination of the premises showed that the safe was locked, the money 
drawer undisturbed and a watch was on the corpse.  The body was yet warm, but 
death had occurred some time before.  Nothing was missing from the store except 
the key to the door, the murderer evidently taking it with him and locking the 
door.

One witness saw the deceased enter the store with a tall, slim man about 6 
o’clock.  Mailey had lived in the Coeur d’Alenes about fifteen years, and had 
no known enemies.  


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