Show STORY OF THE SHOOTING AS TOLD BY richardson As issing 0 on still hunt and threaten the life of reservation homesteader who seems to bear A charmed liseno arrests in a sheltered cove cone on a gently gentle slope of the foot hills to the south of the snow enow capped may be b found the cabins of a few hardy men who liae have kno known n the a s of the ringe all their meg lives and celiose their ranches high up tip above abode the valleys where the air la Is b acang and tile the waters fresh at the heal head of the canals that irrigate the farms in lower valley lands land flow the hilia surrounding may be ba seen th the purple Vin to the south southwest aest to the eat west the as they jon join tho the rocky Wa wasatch vatch and to the southeast the book cliffs while to the east the blue moun mountains ains of the colorado are dimly outlined where the green liver ilver has carved its course just over tho the slope to the west the lake fork river winds its way nay down through a long fertile valley to the duchesne Duch esue and to tho the east a narrow valley alley may be seen for ayr twenty miles opening out into the dry gulch country skirted by tho the flat hills on oil the south annd and the black bedal and sage foot hills erf a the uin tabs taha on oil the north in the N valley alley of the lake rork fork dwell some homesteaders ste aders who ullo have hao shown some independence and when one class from the hills hardy and fearless and an class from the valleys who aho are not afraid got get at outs then something is doing to keep men up o nights rumor has it that a fair attle homesteader of twenty two summers Is the innocent cause of the feud if it may be called that and although tt it reads like a dime novel the prin cipal actor in the drama has been known here for years and so far aa we ae can learn has always alaways been con 1 eldered reliable tile the most moat part of the information now glea gla our read ers was david P V richardson thom there may have hae been some tro trouble lible before that we dont don know but ac cording to dave richardson nothing ofa nature had bad occurred until on the of april 2 let as aa he aas returning from a neighbors to ron ren pitts Pi tits where he bo had been living TIng 11 some one a mr richardson eald cald it was waa about nine when ahen he canie cane up to the house the dogs wom were barking and he fay b began c xan ec scolding them and BS as he be pass ed around some wagons howord the door tie be heard a noise and apen upen tur ning his head there was a flash ot of light and and a cense of some thing unusual happening he saw raw the flash and at the calno time 8 a faai aud and a horse home richardson darted into the tha house and jot ills his gun a and lid came out again only to hear the horseman riding annoy aft ay lie he fired three in the dime direction tion of the fleeing rider upon examination richardson found the bullet had gone through his hat and by a WY small margin missed his head till thi rt put him on his guard and rio no doubt had much to do with the incidents that follow ed during the eext eaxt day nir mr richardson at horop hoap but on the irl he went abent out into the hat flat to ta ook look for ills his mules and some work mork hoists and abon ft hen about three amiles froni from home he met a man riding a big black horse when the stranger I 1 0 ed richardson he reached for his gun and at the same time dropped from his horse the horse borse shied aud and pulled his hand away before he coll coil coi l I 1 draw drav richardson lest no time when he saw the intent ot of the darang er but from his horse on the liht side draving drafting his bis six Bix shooter as h la caine up under the horses neck ond shut shot as he ro rose 90 tho hot bot was fired before the Uran pr could control his horse horae and the billet went through the mans liht alij t ancl grazed his side bide when thus wounded and placed at such disadvantage he ur buckled his bis cartridge a belt and let belt and gun fall all to the ground 1 he e theu then approached uch mch arthion and anasa sud I 1 d he be ajita aj ari tod to wk talk to aliu 4 tile coner sed richardson bound up tip abe th wounded arm with ith a and made a sling alth a lla alak k taff muffler fier the stranger had the two tuo alj had bad met wore at the th la las vecas itoch inah la in nevada twenty I 1 ears ago and have met fejeran tit aties te i arct but tn th alin tr tn en for somo omo time and did bot kaow bv v f A pos lo ia that raa ra A vs ta on it tilt i tho ot tranger for or lis as such VO ve inot latiin hlin him told richardson it wi ho he vihti A ho had bad fl fired red the tae shot 0 tie e night of the 21 slut st but would quit the camar cod and bother richardson no giov bifi r ahe he agreed to lot let the matter fit poi orin tl era drop and the fellow todo awn the valley to the east mi ili said ike h beard of tho the man being in nine mile lullo addi liler and he had tried tho the road ill p bv athmore limore but it was closed and hoj hn out the odd way rjae Richaird son thought likely his bis tic ill kb yere were ner with the man one fiig who had twice tried to got get him but he had bad cuore yet to convince him that all was not settled lie knew after we to talk with the stranger of the big black horse hoo that there were ot others lers who were not on friendly terms but he be did not know how far they vituld w go on the morning of tho the ath of may mr richardson drove a bunch of hors forsea into the corral he has haa in the i cedars a mile or to from his home stead and was about to catch one preparatory to coming coining to 0 o vernal or to go go to je Jenis eai his hia old home the horse he was nas after jumped out of the conal and made for the tango going up through the mr richard son and one or two of the nien men who N ere with him started after it dave daves s horse was faster than than the others and lie he was soon separated from the others and was as close to the horse horae khan hen ht sw whom hem 9 3 thought to be mel alel pitt and called to 0 him to head the horse horae into an am opening and he would rope him the fellow turned the horse and dave was just in the act tit of throwing the rope when ills horse borse stumbled and fell he was thrown tv to the ground and as lielot he got up ill he w as covered by the won naan he ha had d mistaken for one of hla his own party i the new newcomer temer was stout about fifty yards away and had his gwi gun drawn draw ri on richardson the latter reached tor for all ahls six shooter and it v mas as gone it had from its scabbard w when en he fell so daw daie ran but he had bad only gone agne a few aters when a bullet tore through hla ble shirt and underwear and grazed his hie breast at that moin cint he tumbled and fell head long into a his fate face la in the thai dirt and a 1 licky jolty fall it proved for him as the be assassin would have ha ve finish ed his job if richardson Richardso ahad had moved a limb lie he was wise though and lay detill until the fellow whirled his I 1 livorse 1 orse and started away lie ile stopped again for a minute as though to make sure the victim was mas dead then galloped away when richardson was sure its as sail azAt was aatlo out of eight he got up and hastened to the corral which in the chase he had bad been nearing nerl ng lie he secured his bis rifle and when his corn com came they fol followed loved the tracks or of the stranger until they were joined by mothr horseman and the pursuing patty party being but poorly armed galup ga up the tha chase the men ft aho ho were with ith richardson at this time were lorenzo pitt mel pitt and charles mantle on the night of the 1 mr and mrs afro ron ren pitt PI tt were ere at mr air richard sons and they had retired but had I 1 not gone to kloep bleep when the dogs bag began aa to bark and presently there was a noise at the door and alad then foot steps going away mr dir richardson jumped out of bed and struck a match to 0 o gie see what had been done and he found tho the following letter written on a single sheat ot of ordinary note paper it as folded t and on the outer fold baa ab dave richardson written in a feminine hand or a tory cry good late fork afar march ch 27 mr ir dave richardson we ghe you live five days to leme this country in n or ve will aill do what we e baart to do dont tak any more chances yours JOHN DOE them n the ath of 0 iday a week eek ago sunday during duri iu the opening were several neighbors in the house and they were a we more or 1 alss ss excited from some boune things they had been ob for a lew days aud and when the dogs barked that night the men mlp filip ped out and match watched ed for their visitor richardson saw sa w a man standing a little wais 9 ott off agai riet a post poet lie he called to the man maji but got no answer and afta r nellus few w U bo shot M the object and mr air richardson said laid lie ho thought lie he had wounded the arn who ever ho he was but he succeeded in getting away monday night mr air RL richardson hardelin har and a friend went acut to theodore and hotl flad the constable of the happenings and also to bonata on the upper tipper lilke lake fork bench beach to the west aest ortho river the constables from both precincts wade made hasto haste to tile the seat of trouble and have been investigating the whole hole disturbance while at richard richardson fd ed the foll follow ing cettei through the genit genial gen it PI nl delivery I 1 Aly tou utah 1 D 1 r richardson ichard Richard bon frimid friend dae I 1 thought I 1 would write to ou to let you know we ue ha had d i gone to h if yen want malit nie me oi in get a pas from oui neighbors that know eo much of ua wid you will bo be all light on oil our atack gt a 41 you and bless ui u this Is our nearest place of business thursday mr air richardson chardson RJ left his ranch on the lafee lork fork beach ind and lode iode to roosevelt ila he staid with a friend aud oil an priday friday he only travel ed d mani tive five miles to the north as he was mas efto sure ho he was being folli foli rd W satui day he be left his hi fi lend t lit 11 ice cc near blayden and took out mt of uny any trails below whiterock Whlter toward the crots crossing eing on the ct 1 the abe a ate te roa road d lie eanid he was wag a mite or two to of the bridge when he spied thic horsemen hora emen riding as though to I 1 tiit cut him off lie ile let lettola his horse out till an all tabio G was nag a race and ft a running fight for a mile or moro more find and when richardson got down wai nesi a levy lev I 1 he sprang hom ahe he horse and both were vere pretty well vell protected hom the fire 0 the pursuers the lame came on though and richardson emptied his magazine and resorted to his pistol and again throw threw cartridges into the rifle magazine and he used some gome of them ile he was shooting over the pommel of the saddle and a bullet mark on the bak back ef the saddle sea beat t shows he how close they came to the mik two of the men were put out of corn insor ian and the third threw down his hia grunland gunt g and said he had enough and would call the fight oft off if richard son would richardson waa nas not sure just how the two were who act were in the brush and he accepted the op port unity and mounted his horse and lost 10 s t no tl time me getting to V vernal e M al some excitement was aas already creat led ed at vernal from reports that had come in beffie and when hen the 1 pal of the battles appeared everybody was anxious to learn more of the feud for such it appeared to be and especially ally the last fight mr air rich ireson told a straight forward story and he Is a man well respected and his has never been question ed he rescued reser Ned what names he had for the officers off to work on and otter ed no la do any thing the officers wanted him to do sheriff richard pope went oner sunday to look into the affair and he be returned tuesday having haning tailed failed to find anything ot of an wounded or dead men and he found no one over there who ullo had heard the shooting that is said to liane have taken place near the bridge over oner the uintah uhichi Is in this county mr ir J J cook of the uintah toot bot I 1 toms southeast of whiterocks Whlter said eaid he heard quite a number of shots shote at the time richardson said he was in the fight mr air cook said the shots chota were not from ono one gun the indians indiana have no knowledge of the affair they are camped along the uintah aher for a considerable distance but the did not see the loffi officers cers that if the two tso men aero lunning ng fight nor anything of any wounded Noun ded men it was nas thought by tho the badly wounded they would seek medical assistance but neither the doctor from fort duchesne or whiterocks Whlter liae have had any such calls it was wag rumored rum orcil that the nations of lae lace fork knew something 0 of the richardson Rit hardson trouble and when allen it II became known that they were ere in vernal monday there was quite a flurry dave dano richardson came up from jensen monday cio evening ning joseph dudley and young mantlo mantle were more with him film tho the city marshal got richardson and robert nation nallon together in his and had them talk the mat ter over ov or nation was vias quite ag in hla his questions and statements to richardson and said eald there was as nothing to the shooting and asked richardson to prove prone that any one had been shot but admitted that he and richardson had somo some little trouble over a girl in the lake rork fork valley alley J ajl lao that ws U cabla j A A s T been beau searched by constables a few days previous to see it if there anere er any dead men there nation nallon was drinking and had a gun which the officers took away from him and gaie to jim macknight to keep until nation nallon should bo be leady to leave town ton nation nallon said ho he was as ready that night to leave and the bartender ga gao him the gun th the a night marshal wid ald city marshal learn ed of this and nallon Na lloil and lodged him in jail on oil a charge of carrying concealed weapons when tho the word got ai mound u nd that one of the was wag in jail and another mem ler of the party had been soon soen limp ing and N was as said to bo be sick then thought possible pos sibl the cripple was the one that richardson had Noun mounded ded excitement was as aunill running ng thigh high among officers and citizens tuesday morning the bailoni went to 0 o the land office and made their proof pi bof on the homet sead the clip pled man made ahls hi way vay laboriously down donn to tho the land office and nd acted as 1 a I witness there was cast about lifar an atmosphere of mystery and hem he was as the center of attraction and there was that feeling that vaa A as some thing anu unu unusual mial in the air in the aft robert nallon was nas fined for his offense in the meantime sheriff popo pope had returned from the uintah river country and had fall ed to find any evidence at all bear ins ing upon the case the sheriff went to tho the nation nallon camp and talked with the crippled man mail and examined his legs and was no sign of any wound he ha had d hurt his bla leg putting in a head gate and lie he had somo lash also that was az g giving I 1 v I 1 him trouble the nations left town ton wednesday coining to go in ili peate peace when dave richardson x waa as through talking with ith rob nation nallon monday night ho he and his hia companions left for jensen jeneen word came aft vernal vernald 1 tuesday that four faur men had follo followed NNed the ichardson dc hardson party on oil their way mcrae that they made a quick trip to the river there are arlous rumors and some borne scout the whole elvry while others belied it just as it was jas told b mr r richardson so there you are we glee ghe the story the best we ne limp have been able to get it and 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