The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-03
TILTED, He SHOOTS
GIRL; KILLS SELF
Rancher Fatally Wounds For
mer Fiancee While She Is
Picking Grapes.

Special to The Tribune.
PROVO. Oct 2-Unrcouited love was
the cause OF one death here this after
noon and the mortal wounding OF an
other person. Vail Wightman. 2s years
of age. ranch owner, shot
and perhaps fatally wounded Miss
Frances La Belle, Brown. Is yea rs
OF age, shot and perllaus fatally wounded
himself at $50 this afternoon. Wight
man is dead and the girl is In the Provo
General hospital.
The tragedy took place al the fruit
farm Of Philip Guardio on the Pleasant
View bench, about two miles north OF
Provo. From the story told by The
young woman's sister, Carrie Brown
Wightinan was engaged 10 Miss Brown,
but about a month ago she broke off
the engagement
Breaks Engagement.
The Younger girl states that her sister
wrote Wightman a letter dated Septem
Der /. as follows:
Provo. Utah. Sept. 1, 1912.
Mr.. Wightman--I have heard good
deal lately so it Is all off between
you and | forever, So consider this
hnal Am returning ring In same
mail BELL BROWN.
p. S.-kindly return all my let
ters at once. have burned what
have here Of yours, 6. H.
Bell Brown Is tho daughter of MIR, and
Mrs Hunter II. Brown and the family
came to Utah from the east about SIX
wears ago and made their home In Onray'
Uintah county. They came here about
six weeks ago and pitched their tent
near the boulevard about half way be-
tween Provo and Olmsted and FOR sew
eral weeks the girls picked fruit In tho
orchards nearby Today the two girls
were engaged in picking grapes In the
orchard oC Philip Guardio when at 2.3I
| q. clock the young man appeared at tho
farm and inquired for the Brown girls
and was directed 10 the grape arbor Id
| found them and spoke TO thema pu
neither OF the girls paid any ATTENTION
! to him. Their attitude and demeano'
seemed 10 anger Wightman. and draw
ING = .5-calIber automatic pistol. III
said:
OF will clean out the whole family"
! He pointed the pistol first at Mis-:
, Carrie. who screamed and dodScd behint
some ,;rapcvines The enragcd man
nointinp tho revolver directly at Bel
Brown. fred. The bullet entered TN
GIRLS BODY on the right side Just undo
the arm penetrating The right lung
Rancher Kills Self.
After shooting Miss Brown, Wightma1
ran out of the orchard and down wluo
lInc. road about 200 yards, whom he espe
Two men standing IN the lane The
were L. Il: and Elmer Brerton, broth
ers Wlghtmun stopped on seeing thc5
,,ou and threw down hts coat. put I'll
plstnI TO his left breast ahd fired. cryin
as ne did so Come on. fellows. L al
through.
Wightman was dead when the broth
ers uIcked him up. Dr IL. c. Hughes
WHO examined The body. said that n
, ,boupht that death was instantaneous.
Mrs Brown, mother OF the girls tol
I'm. following story o! the love affat
hctwccn 1VIghtman and her daughters:
.'Wightplan owned A ranch about thrc
rollos from Ouray, where We live and ha
haen q visitor at our home as neighno
,,r four years, but nothing serious oc
= currcd in regard to marriage until aoon
l. ix ,nontha ago Then took the youn
Tnan into my confidence and made hii
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