Show ROCKWELL still ALIVE surviving the effects of ritters rifle ball criminating LETTERS FOUND tender missives claimed by john rockwell Koc kwell to ie be in the handwriting of his wife discovered in ritters bitters pocket they express intense affection and disclose the cifes intention to leave her husband find and marry hitter bitter letter from ritter bitter which Is ardent in tone TRIBUNE SPECIAL provo june 1 12 1 the wounded participants in the duel of thursday evening are still alive david rockwell la Is holding 0 iding out with wonderful tenacity to L life f e ile way was conscious most all day today and his pulse beat stronger pt rt ronger lie ile wanted to know of his brother what the doctors thou thought Vilt of his hi wound they made a critical examination this afternoon and still have but little hope of his recovery thy they placed him under chloroform and probed for the bullet let in his hl head bead but were afraid to c cut t dils in to get it out the examination disclosed that it had split into three pieces tile the largest lod lodgings hodgini gini behind the right ear car the chances are that he will dle die sheriff brown this morning discovered letters in william ritters hitters coat tending to show that mrs mra john rockwell at least loved ritter hitter and probably left homo home on hla his account the letters were unsigned and without date but john identified I 1 denti fled the iho hand handwrite writ ing as that of his wife one letter also I 1 defers to two of his children by name there was also in rl lifers pocket a letter from himself evidently that hat had never been malted or if beat at it had been returned to him tho the sheriffs was a by ritters hitters anxiety about hla his coat in which the letters were kept and this anxiety led to an all investigation resulting in the let letters f ers coming to light the following ing la as exact copy 0 of one of them IN OVE TOVE T WITH RITT Ert de dearest arest will I 1 have hava bc ban n Io iomini kIni all day aay for or some on a horae but I 1 see aee there la Is known one comming comman I 1 guess you have tied had such a nice time at you have forgot all about tile me else ismer minde it if I 1 once get eight of you I 1 i III remind you of noma flomo one else elee I 1 thought I 1 would pel get this ariste no eo you woul 1 not havo any thing to pick it quarrel 1 alth I 1 Is it me about I 1 am almost di hanff ing to a 0 o you will so BO if I 1 tol appl ppl out of patience Dat luneo JL give you a scolding ng you m III have to look over it I 1 know you dont aunt want to see aci me half as n bad as I 1 do loo V iiii n uil 1 r will the next time you mite be me I 1 don dont known whether you oil can rend read this for electo Is standing hy by the table well I 1 will close hope when I 1 get up front from table I 1 x will III peo neo you comming are I 1 u will III tco go crazy and tear this letter up no more ihl time lime your earnest love good ave will x x x x x the foregoing letter was written x w ith ink the following in the same handwriting N rit I 1 ng was in le lead it d pencil 1 I LOVE YOU TO DEATH 11 my dearest will you must not get mad malat at my but bul will it 11 1 not because bec ause I 1 dont lovo love you for god only knob kneit a if I 1 loved any more than I 1 do I 1 would KO go crazy about you vou will I 1 lovo love you to lo death I 1 wits just thinking lat last night it will was waa only hero here I 1 would give alvo tho the horld ull all I 1 ever ev r saw if wo no only vas tins together but will I 1 know you pet get awful mad at mo me but god only kno knows w 8 I 1 cannot help it hut but I 1 hope when vo axe do het get h et together vo 0 o will be happy will it if you should hould say ana nn thing thine to hurt my awl 1 I in inga oA after wo we was married it would kill me for I 1 would think you did not lovo love me die will I 1 love worship you I 1 will show liow you after a while I 1 hope you do mo me for I 1 never would want to I 1 live if wo rivet lizis could not ss ayree ace I 1 would turn bad for I 1 would lovo love you so I 1 will III close tor for this time to my love will x x x x x the letter belle believed led to have hae it been D written by ritter is 1 also in pencil buti but Is a very poor literary effort it Is as follows lows 91 i WILLS TENDER MISSIVE may th 9 95 try my littel bon honey bony y I 1 will drop you a few 1 lines 1 n and you had better have me N a letter t wrote when whan I 1 come com down or t I 1 sera will bo be in our family olt ida I 1 am sleepy it was waa just when I 1 got hero this thin morning and I 1 have been working all flay it Is nine and ill iet ix t you are in bed by this til lime tile and I 1 will tou bo 1 l there soon but I 1 w elih I 1 s I 1 was in ili tho the gme samo bed that you are arc in topsy lopsy I 1 dont know liow how we are arc going to message manac you all ead you wanted to start next and I 1 have ha pot got to po go to monday and cant got get back on tit ill tuesday day I 1 never thought to tell you jhc n im down Howa roWe going to manage that can you tell me for I 1 I 1 wont lot any one elfin take tak ou to 10 the track and I 1 am afraid to let you stev siev in vernon to long for nomo noma one might co como down and you but bel I 1 cant stand that ilat to cant you sit gle rody redy to KO go well everything deenis lively here now sweetheart and I 1 think I 1 am going to bo be luckey this bummer und and it Is just the summer that eliat I 1 I 1 need to tw be luckey ickey li well bye bye ILL lie peti am sleepy x x x x X 3 X X the letters supposed to x have X been beell written by mrs were shown to her by browm bro ati she dented that she bhe had written then them RITTER DECLINES TO TALK an attempt was mado made to interview ritter with reference to the letters letter but he would not be interviewed NO ho 0 simply I 1 MT ly refused to answer r saying he be had nob yet seen scon counsel john rockwell brockw ll was waa balsen becot e justice de dolsy lie ile waived waive d earlna tion lion lila his attorney judye judge dusenberry tating that ho he did so no 1 baube he h wished to be in con colmant b tant attendance upon hla hill ding brother brothe r the bond was waa fixed at 2500 and was waa furnished david rockwell was later r removed to tile tho of judge dusenberry Dugen berry ritters mother came from rush valley today to attend her son david Rock ROCIE wolla wife alfo was sent bent for but she was too ill HI to come r e being about to give blvd birth to a ch child in d |