The Payette Independent
Thursday, July 28, 1927
Funeral Services for A. A. Herard
Funeral services for A. A. Herard, who was killed in a gun quarrel in Beowawe, Nevada, Friday, July 22, were held from the Catholic church in Payette last Thursday morning at 9:30. Interment was made in Riverside cemetery. Mr. Herard and Harry Ivester had been on unfriendly terms only the last few weeks, as they were partners in business for a number of years. A quarrel resulted, and Mr. Herard told Ivester to go out and they would fight it out. Ivester said, if you come outside I will kill you, but Herard went out anyway, and upon reaching the porch was fired at 3 times. Two shots hit him, one in each thigh. F. E. Phillips, a barber, and witness to the shooting went out and told Ivester to stop, whereupon he fire 3 shots at him, but none struck him. Herard fell to the ground, and was picked up by Phillips and taken to the hospital, in Elko, where he passed away early Saturday morning. Mr. Herard had been to Fruitland two different times, once last October when he and Mrs. Herard, formerly Miss Martha Stephens were married and again in December, when George Stephens passed away. He won many friends here, whom he met in his short visits. He and his wife planned to come here this fall and make their home. Mrs. Herard has lived here a number of years, and attended school here. She graduated from Fruitland High School with the class of 1916. Mr. Herard's father, A. A. Herard of Calgary, Canada, and a brother Thomas Herard of Penalope, Washington, were present at the funeral. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to Mrs. Herard, Mrs. Lettie Stephens, and Ray Stephens.