Looking back: Safe robbers arrested, boy survives ‘freak accident’ and a giant mushroom

IDAHO FALLS — EastIdahoNews.com is looking backmost astatine what life was for illustration during nan week of June 17 to June 23 successful eastbound Idaho history.

1900-1925

BANCROFT — A boy, astir 16 years of age, accidentally changeable and killed his nine-year-old relative while nan 2 were shooting stone chucks, The Pocatello Tribune reported connected June 18, 1923.

“According to nan champion accusation available, nan 2 boys were retired shooting stone chucks erstwhile nan eldest who was carrying a .22-rifle, stumbled complete a badger hole, causing nan weapon to discharge, nan slug lodging successful nan abdomen of his brother,” nan insubstantial said. “Medical assistance was summoned and later nan boy was taken to nan Soda Springs Hospital.”

Once he arrived astatine nan hospital, it was discovered nan slug punctured nan boy’s liver. He died early nan adjacent morning.

“The surviving relative is heart-broken complete nan accident,” nan article reads.

1926-1950

REXBURG — A trio was arrested pursuing nan thefts of rate registers and safes successful 4 counties, The Rigby Star reported connected June 22, 1944.

Dale Woolf, of Idaho Falls, Elbert Ritchie, of Idaho Falls and Horace Mundell, of Menan, were charged pinch “being implicated successful nan thefts” of nan safes and rate registers that were stolen successful Teton, Madison, Jefferson and Bonneville counties. The robberies were each committed during nan first week successful June 1944.

“The apprehension of nan trio … was nan consequence of nan mixed effort and vigilance of nan officers successful nan 4 counties,” nan insubstantial said.

The insubstantial said Ritchie and Woolf acknowledged their information successful nan thefts but Mundell denied that he had thing to do pinch nan thefts.

“(Ritchie and Woolf) stated that nan safe stolen from nan Menan Co-op, arsenic good arsenic nan rate register, taken from nan aforesaid place, were thrown into nan Snake River from nan Roberts bridge, aft nan safe was opened,” nan article reads. “The rate was taken but nan checks and papers successful nan safe were tossed into nan river.”

The safe from nan Modern Cigar shop successful Rexburg was thrown into nan North Fork of nan Snake River. The safe stolen from nan Tetonia shop was thrown into nan Teton River, and a rate registry from nan Drive-In-Market successful Idaho Falls was recovered connected Iona Road.

“It is estimated that valuables and rate to nan magnitude of $10,000 were successful nan various safes that were stolen,” The Rigby Star said. “However, Ritchie and Woolf, stated that astir $800 successful rate was divided 4 ways.”

Woolf was arrested successful Boise and $6,000 worthy of bonds allegedly stolen from 1 of nan safes successful Teton County were recovered successful his car. He was being held successful nan Madison County Jail.

Ritchie and Mundell were arrested by Madison County authorities. However, aft Mundell posted bond, he was arrested again, this clip successful Teton County successful relationship pinch a safe theft astatine Tetonia. He was being held successful nan Driggs Jail.

1951-1975

RIGBY — A kid was miraculously unharmed aft a “freak accident” involving a loose wire, The Rigby Star reported connected June 19, 1958.

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Madsen’s son, Brian, touched a loose ligament adjacent a pump location which takes h2o retired of a canal not acold from nan Madsen home. The kid was successful aquatics trunks and was opinionated connected nan canal slope erstwhile he was “knocked down.”

“It is believed nan pump was shorted energy feeding into nan wire, which was wrapped astir a pole,” The Rigby Star mentioned.

Carpenters moving adjacent nan canal “answered nan screams” and 1 of nan workers “knocked nan ligament from nan child’s hands pinch a board.”

Other than shock, nan kid suffered “no sick effects.”

1976-2000

POCATELLO — A section family was connected a sportfishing travel erstwhile they discovered a 21-pound elephantine mushroom, nan Idaho State Journal reported connected June 22, 1977.

The Irv Browning family, of Pocatello, recovered nan mushroom increasing eastbound of Malad. The insubstantial said it is called a “genus calvatia aliases puff ball.”

Tim Diffenbach, who worked astatine nan Idaho State University Biology Department, said nan elephantine puff shot is “commonly recovered increasing wild.”

“It’s nan aforesaid people arsenic nan normal mushroom,” he added.

A 21-pound mushroom recovered was recovered by a section family successful 1977 eastbound of Malad.| Courtesy Idaho State Journal