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COVE - Eva W. Duncan, 92, Cove, a retired school teacher, died Wednesday in a local nursing home following an extended illness.
She was a school teacher here for many years, before retiring. She married Ray Duncan before World War I. He preceded her in death in 1947.
Survivors include sons William Duncan, Eugene, Robert Duncan, Salem; and four grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Dempsey's Funeral Chapel, La Grande, Rev. Clarence Kopp, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, officiating. Interment will be in Cove Cemetery.
Donated by Tom Childers
The funeral service for Margaret Duncan, nine year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Duncan of Rock Creek, who died at a Baker hospital Friday morning of last week, was held at the home Sunday and burial was in the cemetery at Haines.
Charles H. Duncan returned on last Thursday from Dakota Territory where he has been passing some time securing evidence against the man who in April last, murdered his brother Will Duncan. Arthur Redmond, the man charged with the crime now lies in jail at Huron, on the Sioux reservation awaiting trial and a complete network of evidence has been secured against him showing that he cruely murdered Duncan.
The body of Duncan was discovered two weeks after the murder by the merrest accident. Redmond killed Duncan about six miles from Fort Bennett and after the commission of the crime dragged the body by means of a rope attached around the neck and hid the remains in a crevice on the bank of a small creek. Two weeks after, a number of Indian children were playing in the vicinity when one of them espied a piece of rope and going to secure it was horrified to find one end fastened to a corpse. The alarm was quicklygiven and parties hastened from Bennett towhere the body had been discoverd which was immediately identified as that of the Oregon horseman, William Duncan. Suspicion rested on Redmond at once nad when he heard that the body had been found he started to leave the country.
The fact of the murder was telegraphed to Oregon at once, but the officers not knowing the adres of the Duncan's, some time was lost before the news was received and it was several days before Carles Duncan started east to investigate the matter. Meanwhile, Deputy United States Marshal Harris took charge of the case and started on the trail of Redmond, overtaking him 150 miles from the scene of the murder at the ranch of a stockraiser named Smith. On reachingthis place he found Redmond just concluding a trade for a fine stallion belonging to Duncan. Being acquainted with Redmond, the officer set about to arrest hisman. A heavy overcoat and a liberal splashing of mud on his clothes and face served as a partial disguise and a few minutes private talk with Smith resulted in his being introduced to Redmond as a Mr. Martin. Unsuspicious of danger, Redmond on being introduced steppedup to the officer and extended his hand which was firmly grasped by Harris and in an instant the supposed Mr. Martin had handcuffs on the man, to his great astonishment, and supplied with the information that he was arrested for murder. Redmond took his arrest very cooly and afterward on demanding why he had been arrested had the warrant read to him charging him with the murder of William Duncan.
"Oh! is that all," he replied.
"Great God, isn't that enough," asked the officer.
With his prisoner in charge, Marshal Harris started on his return to Pierre and while the train stopped at asmall station on the route, a german rancher strolled through the train, when stopping in front of Redmond, looked at him a moment and then excitedly exclaimed, "Arthur Abernethe you ----, what did you steal my horse for," and would have given the man a dose of frontier justice but for the interference of Harris who explained to the excited German the condition of affairs, who appeared well satisfied that the man was likely to get his just deserts.
Redmond admitted that his name was Abernethe and this furnished an additional clue where by more evidence against him was secured. Thepreliminary examination of the murder was held at Pierre resulting in his being held for trial. The murder having taken place on an Indian reservation the prosecution will be conducted by the United States. The time of trial has not yet been set but will probably take place the last of this month though possibly not until September.