Show BOTH DEFENCELESS WHEN HE SHOT THEM Details of df f t the ithe e Murder er of of William William and and Mrs B Bathe Bothe he by by the Husband I MOAn MOAB OA Utah STarch March 24 Details Details o of the murder of William WilIlam Tibbetts and Mrs Mary Maty- J Bothe B the at La Sal creek about forty five miles mUes southwest of here by Charles Bothe husband of the Woman ea a br brief ef account of which appeared In The Telegram last last week have just been r received The tragedy took place at the ranch of William Tibbetts Tibbetts Tibbetts Tib Tib- betts on the evening of at the At Atthe Atthe the Tibbetts ra ranch 1 h were Mr Tibbetts Charles Rose and Mrs Mary Bothe Mr 11 Rose Is isan an old oid man nearly nearl 90 years of age While the men were still at the supper supper supper sup sup- per per table Bothe entered the house rifle In hand an said to Tibbets You Yo have stolen my wife Tibbetts made a denying answer answer His wife came In itt In from lom another room and spoke to him Ilm hoping to te him when hen he cursing her said I 1 will kill you b both right now nov and sh t her the fhe ball near the small of the back passing through her body and she fell she stood He then turned the rifle on Tibbetts who who sprang into the pantry B Bothe the the broke through the door pushing and I in inthe inthe i ithe the rifle sh f him the ball entering near the piddle middle le of the the baCk back and passIng passIng pass- pass Ing he body The mur mu er then coolly demanded of ot Tibbetts a a horse and saddle and taking to the ranch of Ben Lacky Jacky a sho stance away and Informed Informed informed In In- formed Mr l Lacky that old man Rose had lad been teen kicked d by a horse and some help heiP was fie needed dea at the Tibbett ranch Mr Lacky arriving another another messenger messen messen- I ger gel was secured from another ranch and sent itt in all haste haste to Moab for a physician Mrs Bothe died in In- about two wo hours and Mr MI Tibbetts Tibbetts' lingered until about 2 o'clock 2 In the Charles Charl s Bothe the murderer Is about 28 25 y years ars df efface age and arid his wife Is about 17 11 years of age The couple came some sometime sometime time ime ago from Leadville Colo Cob where ere the mother of Mrs Bothe is said to re reSl re- re Sl side Mr i Tibb Tibbetts Tibbetts' s' s had several times times had the co Couple cople come ome to to his ranch to look ook after It while he would be away and had taken great grOat pity on on n the thc woman For or some time she had been stopping at the ranch Bothe Dothe being awa away and ar- ar had md been about perfected to send her her people at L Leadville William Tibbetts Tibbets was regarded by all who knew know C him himas as a whole rOad minded d good citizen clUzen and neighbor neighbor neigh neigh- bor He had been in this c country fo for tor about ei eight ht yea years yeats s coming here from Illinois For a number o of ot years he was the foreman of the Lasal ranch tanch of J. J M. M Cunningham Cunningh n Co but having secured a fine ranch lanch and invested his savings In n cattle had had been beep f for r the past year yeat looking after his own wn property proper y I IOn On word first reaching here hOre word v was as wired to western points to capture cap cap- ture ure the murderer and reply has just reached here that he has ha's been c captured at Cob Colo and will be taken takeno to o Montrose Montroe jail to awal the the arrival of Utah officers The murder murd r having taken taken ta ta- ken place in San Juan co county nty the prisoner prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner will willbe be bc taken to Monticello for trial |