Payette-Ada County ID Archives Obituaries.....Goodwin, R. C. 1916
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Fruitland Banner 9-15-1916
Fruitland Banner
Fruitland, Idaho
Friday, September 15, 1916

Prominent Sheepman Is Murdered Near Ontario

The finding of the body of R. C. Goodwin in the Snake river Monday near 
Ontario, has brought to light a very sensational murder. On returning from a 
four day trip in the Steen Mountain country an auto driver by the name of D. 
C. Brichoux shot Goodwin, who was a prominent sheepman residing at Boise. The 
killing took place in the Brichoux car on the outskirts of Ontario about 11 
p.m., Sept. 4. The body was taken by auto to the inter-state bridge between 
Fruitland and Ontario, weighted and thrown over the railing into the river. 
The disappearance of Goodwin was already being investigated and when the body 
was found Brichoux, who was known to have driven him on the trip, was 
instantly suspicioned. The two men resembled each other, it is said, and after 
the killing Brichoux impersonated the dead man and wired a Boise bank for 
funds which were forwarded to him at Winnemucca.

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