Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-12

Ipnf the place heAfu INV lINh A"i"l.H
ND bugnu TO gather aroundi but Tue
t5ckWell boys ordered thtm away anl
hey lot hutrIeIiy; AZ one Of them OK.
ttifud n, 81 nearly broke my neck
citing away
During this talk II tier invited Johu
larkWrll 90 shoot aud not terp htm
Riuerl In fu'f cnsC. John ssh he dii
iot want o. tlll Ritter Lut wanted hlm
o come an the wagon aud hBht'
David Rockwell was urging Jchu 10
hO0t, but John Toasted he did not
want 10 Lill Ritter, finally David
.fabbtd tho ristul iron Jonn saying
'Givo me the pistol. III sho''
iim."
Ritter stopped down O. get n Win
heslor ride which he had m the
gagon, anu me- he raised up David htedi
rflhlnR Ritter IN the brossl. hiltvt
Immediately fred at David, the ball
ttiking him 10 the face. lN'tet theu
al toward Cochran place, aud John
picked W Rittef'a rifle and snapped %
II him a. lac ran, but the cartridge
allied 10 explode.
Ritter 4 "a yoats OF age and unmnf.
led. DAVID Rockwell is 35 yeuf4 OF
trt: he has n wife aud two Cnildfou
iving VA Vernon. John Rockwell Is
rear older tuan David. The Rockwell
BOYS afe sons Of the late Porter koek-
veil.
Mis-. John Rockwell feels very pad
y over tho affair aud could not
q interviewed; but her mother ella M
hat she has been very badly treated ~
icr husband anu IA affald VI HIM that
ic has failed ~ provide TOT her and TIE
,hildfen and that the only thing LETT
Tor hef 10 do was 20 come away from
aim.
John Rock well claims he has moro
serious reasons Tor angry ieeilu1s
towards Ritter than the fact that he
took Mfs. Rockwell and her children
10 Provo, but this IL deuiei by lNtief.
Ritter had been warned that ihc
R0ckwells were coming over anu that
no doubt explains the reason for his
havlng gun In the wagon. lie had
also been drinEing heavily before the
Rockwell boys came up.
IhB following letters were found IN
the clothing Of MT. Ritter. Tney are
not aiguod, anu John R1ckwoll tayu that
Two OF them addressed 10 VIII were
written by HE (John's) wife aud the
Third letter was evidently written by n
man aud IL supposed 10 have been
written by Ritter and not mailed. At.
ter Ritter was wounded he appeared
very anxious about tne letter.;
vRSoS,
My Dearest VIII;
You must not get mad at my neglect.
iulness but VIII II In not bocauev /
don't love you Tor God only knows II
love any more than | DO | would 20
crazy about you win l love you to
death was Just thinking last might on
II VIII was only hero 1 would give
tho world ana all ! ever saw II We
only was together but VIII 1 know
you get awful mad at me but God only
Knows 1 cannot help II but / hope
when we 10 get together we vii be
happy. WIN n you should ray any.
thing 10 hurt my feelings alter we was
married II would Kill mo for l would
think you did not love me; Will love
ana worship you aud | Will show after
while anu / hops you dc mo for
never would want 10 live n we could
not AgTes / would turn Iight bad Tor
will close for this time TO my
earnest lover willxIGxxx"
The second letter reads:
"DeAtest win have boon looking
all day Tor somo on n horse but see
there IL know one comming 1 guess
you have had such = time At Tooelc
You have forgot all about any one
cleo never mind II obos get
sight Of you will remind you
Of some one else. thought csuld
get this wrote % you would not have
anything 10 pick q quarrel with me
about. am almost dying 10 SEQ you
VIII 20 n l get out OF patience aud
give you a scolding, you viii have 10
look over II. know you don't want
TO $50 me half Ne bad ~ 1 do you; but
never minde, bet you Will the next
time you SEQ me. dol'l kuuH
whether you eau read ghis for Eleola
and Agnes In standing by the table
well will oloso ana hope when
get up from the table 1 viii see you
coming OF will 10 crazy aud tear THIS
letter up. No more this tlmf, Your
earnest lvoe good-byo WIN, < XXX x
This IL tho letter In u mans hand
writing;
"Aiay 20, %.
"My Little Honey
al will drop you few lines ana you
had better have me letter wrote
trouble IN our iamiiyOh Ida am sleepy
~ was pact sunrise when got hUrs
this morning and have Been working
oil day II ~ nine O'Clock And III Bet
you nfo IN bod by this tlmo and 1 viii
be there soon but 1 wish was In thJ
same bed that you ATE la topay DOM
know how we are going TO manage lot
you sohd you wanted ~ a,att next
Monday anu have got TO 80 10 tooel'
Monday and can't get back omit
Tuesday. never thought 20 tell you
when was down how are VIZ going u
manage that Can you toll mo for
wont let anyone olss take you TO the
track Hui 1 am afraid 20 let you stay ii
Vernon too long for some ono NIGH
come Down and you bot / cant Htant
that Cant you got Ready 10 go Sunipy
Well every thing seems lively het,
now sweet heart and I thinH / an
going 10 be luoky this summer ami u
~ Just the summer noud 90 be lucky.
Well bye bye little pet am slice y 4
NXNx NA'
The child, EleCtn, Ieiutr,d to Ia %,
second letter In J0hu's child and
Agnes IA the child Of neighboPs, ri
Juhn states. These letter, VI WRIT I
by JUhu's wiie anu Ritter would Feen
" Indicate that John hal reasons fll
hls angry feelings towards Rl,t q
John says this morning that lt
dropped his pistol when he nfke,
Ritter 10 come on tue wagon and n b
and that David picked it up,
Both Of the Rockwell blys ntiUu iu 4
the Brigham Young academy nor
rbuut sixteen Year, age, auu MANY