American Falls Press (American Falls, Idaho) - 9 August 1934 - page 6:
"Twenty Years Ago in American Falls - C.H. Torrance has accepted a position with the Oneida Milling and Elevator company, and from this time will be on the job to greet the wheat haulers at the concrete elevator. Mr. Torrance has been in the grain business here for several years and is one of the best known men in the business." [Originally written in August 1914.]
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Salt Lake Tribune - 19 March 1921 - page 20:
IDAHO GUN MAN BELIEVED SANE - Farmer Who Shot Four Men on Thursday Is Thought Entirely Normal - Loses Arm as Result of Posse's Fire; One of His Victims May Die.
American Falls, Idaho, March 18 -- Deputy Sheriff C.H. Torrance, who was shot seven times with buckshot by W.H. Ball, a Pauline farmer, near the latter's cabin last evening, is said to have an even chance for recovery. He was operated on today. One ball pierced his stomach and another his lung.
Ball, who forced J.E. Bolling, another Pauline farmer, to drive him into Pocatello following the siege at Ball's cabin, is in a weakened condition from loss of blood, it was reported late today. He was shot in the arm, the main artery being severed. He appeared at the hospital at 3 o'clock this morning and an arm was amputated.
Bannock county police officials interviewed Ball and declared they did not believe him to be insane. He refused at first to talk about the shooting, in which he laid four possemen low with his deadly fire, but later sait that he had been in a little shooting scrape...
WOUNDED MEN ARE IN POCATELLO HOSPITAL
Pocatello, Idaho, March 18 -- Considerable excitement was caused in the sheriff's office here when a call for a posse came last night to run down W.H. Ball, a Pauline farmer, who shot his neighbor, E.G. Brandt. The posse was led by Sheriff Mabey and the cabin was stormed and burned, but Ball was not found.
Ball is in the St. Anthony hospital, where he was operated on this morning. His left arm was amputated, as it was badly shattered in the elbow.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Torrance of American Falls, John Kajawalls and another man from Pauline are in the same hospital all wounded in the first attack on Ball's cabin. Torrance is seriously wounded in the stomach and is in the worst condition..."
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Idaho Falls Daily Post - 21 March 1921 - Front Page:
TRY TO SAVE LIFE OF MAN SO HE MAY FACE CHARES OF MURDER
Pocatello, Ida - March 21 - Deputy Sheriff C.H. Torrance lies dead at American Falls, and his alleged slayer, W.H. Ball, in a hospital here with one of his arms amputated and waiting for a blood transfusion so that his life may be saved and that he may face a charge of murder.
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BYU Harold B. Lee Library
Cemetery Record, "Charles H. Torrance; 1867-1921," Colfax Cemetery, District No. 6, Whitman County, Washington; Tombstone Inscriptions: Whitman County, Washington, Volume III; Eastern Washington Genealogical Society; pages 138-139.
"Twenty Years Ago in American Falls - C.H. Torrance has accepted a position with the Oneida Milling and Elevator company, and from this time will be on the job to greet the wheat haulers at the concrete elevator. Mr. Torrance has been in the grain business here for several years and is one of the best known men in the business." [Originally written in August 1914.]
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Salt Lake Tribune - 19 March 1921 - page 20:
IDAHO GUN MAN BELIEVED SANE - Farmer Who Shot Four Men on Thursday Is Thought Entirely Normal - Loses Arm as Result of Posse's Fire; One of His Victims May Die.
American Falls, Idaho, March 18 -- Deputy Sheriff C.H. Torrance, who was shot seven times with buckshot by W.H. Ball, a Pauline farmer, near the latter's cabin last evening, is said to have an even chance for recovery. He was operated on today. One ball pierced his stomach and another his lung.
Ball, who forced J.E. Bolling, another Pauline farmer, to drive him into Pocatello following the siege at Ball's cabin, is in a weakened condition from loss of blood, it was reported late today. He was shot in the arm, the main artery being severed. He appeared at the hospital at 3 o'clock this morning and an arm was amputated.
Bannock county police officials interviewed Ball and declared they did not believe him to be insane. He refused at first to talk about the shooting, in which he laid four possemen low with his deadly fire, but later sait that he had been in a little shooting scrape...
WOUNDED MEN ARE IN POCATELLO HOSPITAL
Pocatello, Idaho, March 18 -- Considerable excitement was caused in the sheriff's office here when a call for a posse came last night to run down W.H. Ball, a Pauline farmer, who shot his neighbor, E.G. Brandt. The posse was led by Sheriff Mabey and the cabin was stormed and burned, but Ball was not found.
Ball is in the St. Anthony hospital, where he was operated on this morning. His left arm was amputated, as it was badly shattered in the elbow.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Torrance of American Falls, John Kajawalls and another man from Pauline are in the same hospital all wounded in the first attack on Ball's cabin. Torrance is seriously wounded in the stomach and is in the worst condition..."
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Idaho Falls Daily Post - 21 March 1921 - Front Page:
TRY TO SAVE LIFE OF MAN SO HE MAY FACE CHARES OF MURDER
Pocatello, Ida - March 21 - Deputy Sheriff C.H. Torrance lies dead at American Falls, and his alleged slayer, W.H. Ball, in a hospital here with one of his arms amputated and waiting for a blood transfusion so that his life may be saved and that he may face a charge of murder.
Digital Collections
BYU Harold B. Lee Library
Cemetery Record, "Charles H. Torrance; 1867-1921," Colfax Cemetery, District No. 6, Whitman County, Washington; Tombstone Inscriptions: Whitman County, Washington, Volume III; Eastern Washington Genealogical Society; pages 138-139.
American Falls Press (American Falls, Idaho) - 9 August 1934 - page 6:
"Twenty Years Ago in American Falls - C.H. Torrance has accepted a position with the Oneida Milling and Elevator company, and from this time will be on the job to greet the wheat haulers at the concrete elevator. Mr. Torrance has been in the grain business here for several years and is one of the best known men in the business." [Originally written in August 1914.]
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Salt Lake Tribune - 19 March 1921 - page 20:
IDAHO GUN MAN BELIEVED SANE - Farmer Who Shot Four Men on Thursday Is Thought Entirely Normal - Loses Arm as Result of Posse's Fire; One of His Victims May Die.
American Falls, Idaho, March 18 -- Deputy Sheriff C.H. Torrance, who was shot seven times with buckshot by W.H. Ball, a Pauline farmer, near the latter's cabin last evening, is said to have an even chance for recovery. He was operated on today. One ball pierced his stomach and another his lung.
Ball, who forced J.E. Bolling, another Pauline farmer, to drive him into Pocatello following the siege at Ball's cabin, is in a weakened condition from loss of blood, it was reported late today. He was shot in the arm, the main artery being severed. He appeared at the hospital at 3 o'clock this morning and an arm was amputated.
Bannock county police officials interviewed Ball and declared they did not believe him to be insane. He refused at first to talk about the shooting, in which he laid four possemen low with his deadly fire, but later sait that he had been in a little shooting scrape...
WOUNDED MEN ARE IN POCATELLO HOSPITAL
Pocatello, Idaho, March 18 -- Considerable excitement was caused in the sheriff's office here when a call for a posse came last night to run down W.H. Ball, a Pauline farmer, who shot his neighbor, E.G. Brandt. The posse was led by Sheriff Mabey and the cabin was stormed and burned, but Ball was not found.
Ball is in the St. Anthony hospital, where he was operated on this morning. His left arm was amputated, as it was badly shattered in the elbow.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Torrance of American Falls, John Kajawalls and another man from Pauline are in the same hospital all wounded in the first attack on Ball's cabin. Torrance is seriously wounded in the stomach and is in the worst condition..."
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Idaho Falls Daily Post - 21 March 1921 - Front Page:
TRY TO SAVE LIFE OF MAN SO HE MAY FACE CHARES OF MURDER
Pocatello, Ida - March 21 - Deputy Sheriff C.H. Torrance lies dead at American Falls, and his alleged slayer, W.H. Ball, in a hospital here with one of his arms amputated and waiting for a blood transfusion so that his life may be saved and that he may face a charge of murder.
Digital Collections
BYU Harold B. Lee Library
Cemetery Record, "Charles H. Torrance; 1867-1921," Colfax Cemetery, District No. 6, Whitman County, Washington; Tombstone Inscriptions: Whitman County, Washington, Volume III; Eastern Washington Genealogical Society; pages 138-139.
"Twenty Years Ago in American Falls - C.H. Torrance has accepted a position with the Oneida Milling and Elevator company, and from this time will be on the job to greet the wheat haulers at the concrete elevator. Mr. Torrance has been in the grain business here for several years and is one of the best known men in the business." [Originally written in August 1914.]
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Salt Lake Tribune - 19 March 1921 - page 20:
IDAHO GUN MAN BELIEVED SANE - Farmer Who Shot Four Men on Thursday Is Thought Entirely Normal - Loses Arm as Result of Posse's Fire; One of His Victims May Die.
American Falls, Idaho, March 18 -- Deputy Sheriff C.H. Torrance, who was shot seven times with buckshot by W.H. Ball, a Pauline farmer, near the latter's cabin last evening, is said to have an even chance for recovery. He was operated on today. One ball pierced his stomach and another his lung.
Ball, who forced J.E. Bolling, another Pauline farmer, to drive him into Pocatello following the siege at Ball's cabin, is in a weakened condition from loss of blood, it was reported late today. He was shot in the arm, the main artery being severed. He appeared at the hospital at 3 o'clock this morning and an arm was amputated.
Bannock county police officials interviewed Ball and declared they did not believe him to be insane. He refused at first to talk about the shooting, in which he laid four possemen low with his deadly fire, but later sait that he had been in a little shooting scrape...
WOUNDED MEN ARE IN POCATELLO HOSPITAL
Pocatello, Idaho, March 18 -- Considerable excitement was caused in the sheriff's office here when a call for a posse came last night to run down W.H. Ball, a Pauline farmer, who shot his neighbor, E.G. Brandt. The posse was led by Sheriff Mabey and the cabin was stormed and burned, but Ball was not found.
Ball is in the St. Anthony hospital, where he was operated on this morning. His left arm was amputated, as it was badly shattered in the elbow.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Torrance of American Falls, John Kajawalls and another man from Pauline are in the same hospital all wounded in the first attack on Ball's cabin. Torrance is seriously wounded in the stomach and is in the worst condition..."
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Idaho Falls Daily Post - 21 March 1921 - Front Page:
TRY TO SAVE LIFE OF MAN SO HE MAY FACE CHARES OF MURDER
Pocatello, Ida - March 21 - Deputy Sheriff C.H. Torrance lies dead at American Falls, and his alleged slayer, W.H. Ball, in a hospital here with one of his arms amputated and waiting for a blood transfusion so that his life may be saved and that he may face a charge of murder.
Digital Collections
BYU Harold B. Lee Library
Cemetery Record, "Charles H. Torrance; 1867-1921," Colfax Cemetery, District No. 6, Whitman County, Washington; Tombstone Inscriptions: Whitman County, Washington, Volume III; Eastern Washington Genealogical Society; pages 138-139.
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Edgar Albian Torrance
1850–1922
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Eunice Irene Torrance Dimond
1853–1879
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Kate Ella Torrance Rock
1855–1935
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Carrie Ellen Torrance Patton
1859–1932
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Hettie Fairchild Torrance Stilson
1860–1940
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William Grant Torrance
1862–1945
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Emma Alice Torrance Savage
1865–1927
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Dale LeRoy Torrance
1869–1957
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Addie May Torrance Quint
1871–1951
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Oliver Archie Torrance
1874–1898
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