Show i. i I MODEL OF NOVEL VILLAIN SLAYS LOVE RIVAL j I I By N. N E E. E A. A S Service BASIN Wyo Wro Feb 18 Pete Pete Mul- Mul lendore In Catherine Lockhart Lockhart's Lockharts Lock- Lock harts hart s widely read screened novel The Fighting Shepherdess has Just be been n convicted of murder here and nd sentenced sentenced sentenced sen sen- to life Ufe Imprisonment in the pen pen- Iten When the authoress came into the theW W Wyoming country a few years ears ago looking for material for a novel of Western Vestern romance Albert Lampitt was one of the types she encountered Lampitt she decided was the embodIment embodiment embodiment em em- in flesh of all a Western Vestern bad badman badman badman man man is thought to stand for tor There was an atmosphere of ot lawlessness about him Another Western type the authoress observed was Dr Joseph Ash of Cody Wyo While having the rough and ready manners of the pioneer Ash Impressed the novelist with his be benign benign benign be- be smile his kindly good nature and love of playing the tho protector to the weak and needy WOVEN INTO NOVEL So these two characters were w woven ven Sh destined destined des des- Into The Fighting Shepherdess tined to bo read by thousands and seen by more thousands when a film version version version ver ver- sion went the rounds o of the movie theatres IAsh IAsh i iAsh Ash was the prototype Q of Mormon Joe Lampitt was the model odel for Pete I In the story Mormon Joe a I sheepherder saves a beautiful young oung girl daughter of a mother from the forced embraces of Mullen Mullen- I dore doro Joe takes the girl to his shack In in the tho hills and cares for her as a loving I father I Villagers In the neighboring town of Prou y refuse to associate with the girl they call Mormon Joes Joe's woman when she comes to town I fired with hatred be because because because be- be cause Mormon Joe has taken the girl from him ambushes the sheepherder and shoots him to death I The girl giN takes charge of his sheep ranch makes a fortune and turns Prout Prouty whose inhabitants spurned her I into a prosperous city IN REAL LIFE That's tho the story of the novel In real lire life life Dr Ash prototype of Mormon Joe was murdered at Co Cody ly ten years ears ago ago by the explosion of a craftily contrived fastened to the door of his house Lamp Lampitt tt the of the story and Ash were said to have been love rivals Lampitt was known to be expert in contriving Lampitt was seized In connection with the slaying but was freed be because because because be- be cause of lack of evidence As years passed Lampitt became an anoil anoil oil field worker He entered the employ employ employ em em- ploy of the Ohio Oil company in the Grass Creek field near here Grace Lee typical Western tern beauty was bunkhouse caretaker of the Ohio camp LampItt became infatuated with her She spurned his advances Another man loved Grace Lee He was Harry Foight oil field worker with all the chivalrous tra traditions of the West The engagement of Foight and Miss Lee wa was announced I Then Then Then- 9 A blast one night rent the bunk- bunk house Foight and four companions were blown to pieces Authorities found a partially wrecked Infernal machine machine machine ma ma- chine in the ruins Lampitt was seized as he was about to flee Evidence pointed to him as the man who had looted the powder magazine of the oil company and se secured secured secured se- se cured the high explosive which caused the blast This evidence and the tearful testimony testimony testimony tes tes- of Miss Lee convinced a Jury hero of ot Lampitt's guilt And the novel villain now villain now a villain in real life life will will spend the rest of his days in the Wyoming state |