The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-13

PROVO, June 12.-The shooting af-
fray here last evening caused con-
siderable excitement among all classes
Of people.
Swagns of curiosity seekers have
gathered around the Jail adj day. talk
ing OF the affair. and each person has
something different to tela.
There are several people here who
remember the Rockwell boys as school
mates They ATTENDED the B. Y.
academy in 1888 and boarded with
Mrs. Bullock near the school.
Mrs. Rockwell, the woman in the
case.
WAS A NEPHI GIRL.
She was married to John Rockwell
about seven years ago, and they now
have three children. All of them are
here with their mother For the sake
of the children Rockwell says he came
here in search OF his wife and on the
way here. at different places the boys
stated, so it is said, that they were
after Ritter, who took Johns wife
away from home. They also took con-
siderable beer aboard, as they neared
Provo and especially was that the case
at Lehi where they said they were
GOING TO KILL RITTER
when they found him. The woman
says that her husband and Ritter have
always been good friends, and never
before had any trouble about her. The
woman and Rittsr both deny any
criminal intimacy between them, but
three letters were found in Ritter S
pocket which are, 10 say the least,
very suspicious. One Of the letters was
evidently written by Ritter to his
Little Honey" and yet not mailed TO
her: the other two are in feminine
hand and addressed to will"
When Ritter was taken TO the jail,
he seemed very uneasy about his coat
which was left behind, saying, There
are some papers in there 1 don't want
any body TO see.' but the letters are
now in the possession of the officers
and will be used at the trial. The two
letters supposed to have been written
by Mrs. Rockwell TO VIII were
shown to her husband and he is posi-
tive that they were written by his wife.
She. however. denies amy knowledge of
them, saying she never wrote them
and never saw them before. The wo-
mans mother also says she does not
think the hand writing is her daugh-
ter's. 1t will be a very easy matter
TO compare these letters with others
which a4-a signed and known to have
been penned by her. Only one of the
letters
FROM WILL TO HONEY"
is dated. and is here given verbatim.
In one of the woman's missives, she
speaks of two children leaning against
the table while she writes The names
given are the names of two of Mr..
Rockwell's children; an exact copy of
these letters IS also given. 1t will be
seen that ali the letters are signed
with crosses, meant for kisses" and
no names are appended:
May %. Sc
My Little honey
Will Drop you a few lines and you
had better have me a a letter wrote
When Come Down or there will be
trobble in our family oh ida i am
Sleepy ii was past Sunrise when
got here this morning and have Been
Working all day 1T is nine o'clock an
I'll Bet you are in bed by this time and
/ will be there soon but wish was in
the same bed that You are in topsy
don't know how we are going to man.
age for you Sead you wanted to start
next Monday and have got TO go TO
tooele Monday and Cant get Back
ontill tuesday never thought to tell
you when was down how are we
going 10 manage that Can you tell me
for won't let any one else take you
TO the track and i am afraid to let you
stay N Vernon to long for some one
might Come Down and you bet can't
stand that Could you get Redy to go
Sunday Well every thing seems lovely
here now sweet heart and think
am going to be lucky this summer and
81 is just the summer need to be
lucky Well bye bye little pet i am
sleepy
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