Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-24
DETAILS OF THE
DOUBLE MURDER
Particulars Of the Tragedy at La
Sal ON Wednesday,
WAS C0LDBLOODED CRIME,
Charles bottle shoots Down Ills VIE
And an Uuarmed Nan 100 Arr
rested In colorado,
sneolnl Correspondence.

Special Correspondence
Moab. Utah, March 22.-On the lstll
inst at what Is known az we w
La Sal Ranch IN San Juan county
German by the name of Challes putuV,
killed, IN apparent coldblood' ms we
Mary Bottle, and a ranchmah py '"e
name Of william Tibbets. -,
An old gentlemen by the name VI
Rose tells the following story ne Pc
ing an eyewitness TO the entire aHalr.
Bottle had the name of being u WHY
INDECENT and shftless sort OF person
who, about year ago, married his
wife at I.eadyllle Colo, representing
10 her that he had fine home ana
properties In southeast Utah, however,
She learned on returning with him that
he was a gross decelver, for Instead OF
a comfortable home. she found nothing
but rude dugout In canyon OF the
southeast La Sal country, Hard WORK
seened 10 have been her lot from then
ON digging sagebrush, hauling ana
outing wood seemed to have become a
mart of her daily labor. until life pc
came 80 unbearable that she left Inc
man Bottle and went to live with u
family IN Paradox. Colo, q few miles
from her home. Her husband followed
her TO this place ana threatened 10
kin her n she did not return 10 hlln'
finally she consented, but only re-
msined for a season until she was
again forced to leave his place; not
having any place to so, she had maue
a camp under some cedars, where MI
Tibbets found her. Ii seems that ne
Informed her that II she has no place
10 20. she was welcome M mis- place UNI
III she might return to her folks.
Bottle on learning that his wife was
stopplng at the Tibbets ranch, armed
himself with a "A Winchester rife and
went to the home of Tlbbets ANA IN
formed him that since he had stolen his
wife ne had come prepared to Kill both
of them, thereupon he fired upon MS
wife, who at the time was stralnlng
milk, the ball striking her Just under
the left shoulder blade, coming out 70
the right and below the left breast She
staggered and fell against table,
where the old gentlemal Rose was
cleaning some dishes At this point
Tlhbets tried TO reason with and eN-
plain matters with Bottle, who Ike an
enraged animal turned on him and fired
two shots. but missed him At this Tib-
bets retreated into closet closing the
door, Bothe following him tore the door
open and fired, The ball struck Tibbets
Just to the left Of the backbone at a
point above the small Of the back. COM
ing out Just 20 the left Of the navel.
The woman lived about one hour. Tih-
bets lived for perhaps six or seven
hours. Both expired In great agony.
After Bottle had finished his brutal
work, he went some distance and told
Mr. Lackey that the old man Rose
had been badly kicked by a. horse, and
that he had better go over and see him,
II seems that after Lackey had learn
ed the true status OF afrairs and had
gone 10 another ranch for help. Bottle
returned to Tibbets' home, to learn so
he said, II he had done good job
Finding HIS work satisfactory he told
Tibbets he had his best horse and sad
die and was going Ia Bedrock, and
give himself up and saying goodbye
he left,
All parties at Tlbbets home wert
unarmed and taken fully unawares,
The bodies we've brought 10 Moab
Yesterday morning and were buried to-
day at II o'clock A. m
Sheriff Young, of this county, re-
oHyed a dispatch yesterday that the
sherif Of MontrOe county, Colo, had
captured Bottle at placcryille colo.
and was on his way with him to
Montrose where he VIII be held until
further orders