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Show DN TRIAL FOR LIFE. !toufle Doutre, the Bloodthirsty Frenchman French-man of Snake Valley "Again" in the Sinister Balance. jHE PARTICULARS OF THE CRIME- -rj Tragedy of the Stage Outdone by the Tragedy of Keal Life Among the Ranchmen A Bllter Fight j I, for Water Kights. r.f 'enday signals a week of tragedy in the JUislict court at Provo. jrf "iioufle Doutre will "'again" be tried M'er lis life. The case is rendered the more Jini.ue on account of its adverbial appendage M a:,:aiu. It rarely falls to the loto tone Irnotal to have his life placed twice in the scale that it may become the delicate stakes of late and legal play. Doutre is a hot blooded impulsive Frenchman. French-man. He and his brother Aleck are prosperous pros-perous ranchman over iu the Snake Valley jnear the Nevada line. Some three years ago a rancontre began over the matter right of the locality. The feud grew tierce and al-tnost al-tnost every ranchman was arrayed upon the 'jane side or the other neighbor against laeighbor. The Doutre brothers were among the most active in the dispute and one da3' when they met a neighbor named Xoaks the battle came to to guns. Noaks bit the dust. It v-as claimed that Alec k fired the fatal fa-tal shot but to make sure f the game the grand jury returned an indictment in-dictment holding both for murder. The case came to trial. Judges Powers and Dick-sou Dick-sou defending, while the avengers wer represented rep-resented by United States District Attorney Peters and Dave Lvers. The battle between these giants of the bar was a spiiited one. The jury brought in a verdict finding the Frenchman guilty of murder iu the second degree. Vital exceptions were saved, however, how-ever, aud a new trial was obtaiued. The defense de-fense was successful, aad after an ordeal that at seveial periods looked as if it would end on the gallows, the brothers were acquitted. ac-quitted. It was a severe lesson to the factions in Snake valley. For a time hostilities were abated, and human life rose to a premium. The bitterness of feud, the germs of warfare iere simply slumbering, however, and a Ort time ago the fight, was renewed. On is occasion Neighbor Allen's funeral arch was sounded. The victim had turned e disputed stream into a dit. h ancf was iiering his ground when Troufle Doutre ap-ared. ap-ared. A dispute followed ; Allen received fatal bullet. It is said he struggled be-rpen be-rpen life and death for fifteen days, that e Doutre's made vain efforts to battle the tter. The victim was buried. Where? The coroner, it is said, was unable to find it. A search was made, but the hiding of c remains had been done so skillfully that 1 efforts were fruitless. Troufle Doutre U indicted for murder and on Monday the ial for his life begins, with Judge Powers presenting the defendant. |