| Show LETTER LEITER FOUND IN ROBERTS'S POCKET THROWS MYSTERY ON PUEBLO TRAGEDY Fred Roberts who ho sacrificed ht his life lite upon tiron th the altar of or ml misplaced placed affection b by br sending sending-a n bullet through his brain after arrer having ha attempted to kill Mr Mrs Ninnie T K Cooper ICooper nt at Pueblo yesterday Js Is well known knon In Salt Lak and those who vho ho ar r acquainted with the relations between Roberts and Mrs Cooper have hare feared a tragedy tras-eJ for some time I Mrs Irs Cooper Is also well known mown In this city She Is a daughter of oC Mr and Mrm C C. W W. A A. Schnell and her husband Charles E. E Cooper was In the employ of or one ne of ot the leading e dr dry goods houses house o of the cH city some years rears agoTo ago Two T Dramatic Rows Hows i Roberts Robert who was vas n also o married the acquaintance of or Mrs formed Cooper Coop Coop- er years yera ago nt at a time when she hc wa was living with her husband Later Mrs lira Irs ts am an Mrs Irs Cooper separated separated separ separ- from their husbands and it was wast t only recently that tha t Mrs In Roberts secure secured n a a divorce orce from rom Roberts In her orl original 1 i t her er husband Mrs 1 Jot Roberts erts nam named d Mr In Cooper as the co co- co respondentS respondent but I ibis his was eventually withdrawn and the divorce orce was granted of desertion e upon th the ground In III th the the- meantime Cooper and his had tad separated and Mrs Irs Cooper had filed tiled an nn action for divorce She continued con- con to tn n reside in SaIL Salt Lake Lako with her little girl 7 i years year but hut In May y lant Cooper came camf to 10 the tho rity and the child chillI He then thell wont went to Pueblo where he In Instituted divorce orce proceedings proceedings proceed proceed- ings n against hl his hia wl wife naming Roberts a as c co When the the- decree was i granted however ho It was S as on the ground of or d desertion solely The principal tight fight was os over the child and this has not yet et hen ben settled th the little girl heln being Inthe in inthe inthe the custody o of a n third party h by order of r th the Pueblo Jud Judge e before whom the proceedings s ha have been had hall letters in Roberts's Pocket rocket After the shooting yesterday Mrs f Coo Cooper r declared that she had harl not re reciprocated reciprocated ref re- re I aled the a 1 advances s of or Roberts hut but butIn hutin r In the pocket of or the dea dead man nun w was s I Mrs Cooper Wrote in Endearing En Eli- dearing Terms to Man lan Who Shot Her Her Mother at Her Bedside I i.- i. It I t f Frederick Roberts Muss Mass Oct SL The police havo r received c rl I a message message- f 4 4 from Pu Pueblo hlo Cob Colo stating that f 4 44 ff f 4 Frederick fFrederick Fr Roberts formerly of or this 44 4 4 elt city has been hilled killed there Roberts Roberta 44 4 4 left fo for fOl tho the West cst some somo years earB ago aso 44 4 4 A brother still lives ll here 4 4 f 4 4 1 44 4 4 e 4 I found a letter etter supposed to have been written by Mrs Cooper which would I dispute her statement t This letter e la is signed Minnie Minni Is very pry endearing ende In Intone Intone intone tone and embraces a request to Roberts Roberts Rob Hob erts to send the money with which to pay the board o of herself and little girl The letter further says ns Well Frfd I would would give gle anything ItI It If ItI I could hut but sep see you ou and talk to you ou n nI na as naI asI I have havo much to say a From late reports received d It appears that the shooting occurred upon the street some ome distance from Crom the place where here Mrs rs Cooper was hoarding lInS' It Is presumed that Roberts had gone gone- to Pueblo Pueblo Pu Pu- ebb eblo in response to the letter Jetter found upI upon upon up up- on hl his bod body from Mrs Cooper who It would appear had experienced a a. slI slight ht change of heart henrt Attempted to Kill Her fler I IOn I On the da day preceding the shooting I I It Is said b by friends of Mrs rs Cooper she fihe he went riding with Roberts who was urging ing her to marry him nt at once She declined declined de de- IC- IC dined and drawing a revolver urs-I urs he I threatened d to kill her hel I If she hc did not consent Mrs 1 Cooper grabbed the weapon from Crom Roberts's hand and threw I It from rom the buggy and when Roberts got out to recover It she drove rapidly awa away and returned home h hy by her herself The next meeting meElIn wa was the one on the street t. t Here It Is said b by people who ho hower were passing Roberts Roberta and anti Mrs Cooper had some hot words when Roberts quickly pulled puller hl his gun and placing the muzzle against the womans woman's cheek check fired tired The rhe bullet hullet entered the left temple and lodged od ed on the rl right ht side of oC the theno no nose e. e Inflicting a very serious wound hut but one which will probably not prove fatal Supposing that lie he had killed the theman woman Oman wo O man Roberts then placed h his hs gun un against his own head hlad anti and tired fired The bullet crashed through his right temple temple tompie tem tom pie Into the brain and Roberts fell to the sidewalk dead doad oad Although most niost painfully Injured Mrs I l Cooper started for her home an and was wn staS' staS staggering aon along the tho sidewalk when people went vent to her assistance Later she was removed to to a n hospital Mrs 1 Schnell the mother of or Mrs Irs Cooper left eft for Pueblo last night and will attend the bedside o of her daughter daugh daugh- ter until the woman has hns recovered sufficiently suf suf- to return home homo |
