Twin Falls County ID Archives Deaths.....Twin Falls County Coroner's Records ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Chris Storey chrissy@magiclink.com September 4, 2005 Coroner's Records, Twin Falls County, Idaho, 1911-1913 Part 2 -1911- Name: Austin, Cynthia Place of Death: 1 mile East-2miles South of James S. Austins Ranch. Date of Death: Jan 29, 1911 Notes: Death caused from cutting her wrists and then hanging herself from bed post. Ruled suicide. Name: Nelson, Criss Place of Death: Salmon River Dam Date of Death: Feb 8, 1911 Notes: Death from Apoplexy. Name: Vermillion, J.O. Place of Death: S.T. Hamilton's Ranch Date of Death: Dec 4, 1910 Notes : Found on March 25, 1911. Fell and drowned in the Snake River. Ruled Accident. Name: Miller, Miss Ruth Place of Death: 3 ½ Miles North of Twin Falls Date of Death: April 9, 1911 Notes: Fell off run-away horse and broke neck. Accident. Name: Gulick, Harry L. Place of Death: Pacific Hotel 3rd Ave South, City of Twin Falls, Idaho Date of Death: April 12, 1911 Notes: Shot himself between the eyes, Ruled Suicide. Name: Barclay, Andrew Place of Death: Twin Falls Hospital, Twin Falls, Idaho Date of Death: April 25, 1911 Notes: Gun shot wound at the hands of O.S. Hallburg. Ruled murder. Name: Leigh, Neal Place of Death: Hollister, Twin Falls, Idaho Date of Death: May 23, 1911 Notes: T.S. Douglas ranch, 5 miles from Hollister, Salmon River Tract. Struck by lightning and drug 30-40 feet by team of horses on drag line. Accident. Name: Lichty, Faust and Lola Adell Place of Death: Our Post Office, Twin Falls Id. Date of Death: July 3, 1911 Notes: Shot Wife Lola 4 times in body and once in head then shot himself in head. Ruled murder and suicide. Name: Adams, John D. Place of Death: 1 mile North of Filer Date of Death: July 2, 1911 Notes: Child fell into ditch and drowned. Ruled accident. Name: Lumanuoga?, Manuel Place of Death: 15 miles So of Rogerson, John Gray Ranch. Date of Death: July 13, 1911 Notes: Caught foot in Stirrup and was drug to death by horse. Ruled accident. Name: Harper, John G. Place of Death: I. B. Perrine's bluff this side of river. Date of Death: July 25, 1911 Notes: Found collapsed on trail and took to hospital. Died at Hospital. Name: Critshfield, Elmer Place of Death: On road in from Rock Creek Date of Death: Sept 4, 1911 Notes: Hunting Accident. Shot accidentally with his own gun. Name: Oxley, John L. Place of Death: Twin Falls, Idaho Date of Death: Sept 8, 1911 Notes: Shot and killed by Officer C. W. Mead. Officer found guilty of murder. Name: Anzi, Frank Place of Death: Milner Idaho Date of Death: Oct 11, 1911 Notes: Japanese man. Died from alcoholism. Name: Batty, Patrick Place of Death: Oregon Short Line Rail Road 1 mile West. Date of Death: Oct 13, 1911 Notes: Found dead lying on his back next to the Rail Road Track. Name: Lynch, James Place of Death: Milner Idaho Date of Death: Nov 3, 1911 Notes: Drowned in canal. Name: Berry, James W. Place of Death: Shoshone St. Theater, Twin Falls Date of Death: Dec 17, 1911 Notes: Death due to Apoplexy. -1912- Name: Magee, Calvin, Wm., Thomas Place of Death: Buhl Idaho Date of Death: Jan 8, 1912 Notes: Children burned in house fire. Name: Eturuga, John Place of Death: Silver City, Owyhee County Date of Death: Found on 23 Feb, 1912 Notes: Sheep Herder. Found at camp dead. 6 or 7 miles west of Calhoun Ranch. Had been dead for several days. Had fell and rifle had discharged shooting himself. 3 sheep dogs were found guarding his body. Name: Galloway, John Edwin Place of Death: Twin Falls Idaho Date of Death: April 10, 1912 Notes: Found dead with revolver next to him. Ruled Suicide. Name: Pickett, Unknown Place of Death: Dry Creek Spillway Date of Death: June 27, 1912 Notes: Mr. Hyram Pickett and son were crossing to Murtaugh side at the Dry Creek spillway when their wagon tipped over. Son drowned. Buried at Marion Cemetery June 30.Accident. Name: Unknown Place of Death: Twin Falls, Idaho Date of Death: Found Aug 14, 1912 Notes: Bones of a skeleton was found by Frank Tile's son on the banks of Snake River about ¾ of a mile up the river from the top of Blue Lakes Grade on Twin Falls side of river. The bones were lying on a ledge of rock at the high water mark partially covered by bushes. The bones had been there for several years. Found- Skull bone, hole in left side of forehead-Pelvis-both femur bones-both tibia bones-one fibula bone-both humerus bones-both radial bones-one ulna bone-17 rib bones-1 scapula bone-11 vertebra bones-gladiolus section of sternum, balance of bones missing. Conclusion is bones of a white man between 25-40 years. No identity made at this time. Name: Fisher, Thomas A. Place of Death: Twin Falls, Idaho Date of Death: Sept 4, 1912 Notes: Death from a gun shot wound at the hands of Birgan Grover Buchannan. Ruled murder. Name: Tschannen, Fred Place of Death: Twin Falls, Idaho Date of Death: Sept 2, 1912 Notes: Rail Road accident about 2 ½ miles East of Twin Falls on the O.S.L.R.R. Name: Collier, D. Nichols Place of Death: Twin Falls, Idaho Date of Death: Sept 29, 1912 Notes: Death by suicide, Cyanide of Potassium. Name: Cline, Raymond Place of Death: Near Rogerson Date of Death: Nov 15, 1912 Notes: Gunshot wound from the hands of Fred Atkinson, and the same was accidental with no intent to commit crime. Buried at Rock creek. Name: Bowen, Geo H. Place of Death: 2 Mi. No. of Filer Idaho Date of Death: Nov 28, 1912 Notes: Geo. Bowen was shot by Jesse Tyree. Ruled murder. - 1913- Name: Hayes, Jessie Place of Death: Near Rogerson Date of Death: May 12, 1913 Notes: 20 miles South West of Rogerson at the Gray and McCree Sheep ranch. Gun shot wound at the hands of John Gray. Ruled murder. Name: West, William Place of Death: Buhl Idaho Date of Death: April 26, 1913 Notes: Died from ruptured spleen and enlarged liver. Natural causes. Name: Davis, Lulu Grace Place of Death: South East of Filer Idaho Date of Death: June 4, 1913 Notes: Died from shock caused by lightning strike. Buried Filer Cemetery.