Show 10 TO DEATH BRIDE OF FEW WEEKS BRUTALLY BRUTAL BRUTAL- LY LV MURDERED BY COWBOY HUSBAND IN MONTANA Dr Driven ven Insane by Marital Troubles Westerner Runs Am Amuck ck Kills Four People and Then Ends H His is Own Life Billings Mont DrIven Driven temporarily Insane insano by marital troubles and suffering suffering suffering suf suf- fering from an injury resulting from froma a a. fall with his horse early in the winter Cliff Roots a cowboy and md freighter residing about forty miles north of or here on Thursday ran amuck with a rope and six-shooter six and after killing his young oung bride of a few weeks her brother Andy his own stepson James Bridges and his wife's sister Mrs W. W S. S Thompson committed suicide Mounting his horse Roots threw a rope around his wife's neck and dragged dragged dragged drag drag- ged her at a gallop over his lila ranch until the back of her head had been crushed by striking against stones and nd other objects He dragged the body back to to the ranch anch house and left It in the stable where it was found by officers The immediate ate cause for the act will viti never be known was playing cards with a Wend friend when Roots rode up and looking looking looking look look- ing through the tho keyhole fired three shots through the door killing Reh Reh- der instantly and tearing one of his companions companion's ears off Roots then went to the ranch of James Bridges son ion of his first wife and shot him to death without warning From there he be rode to the ranch of Mrs W. W S. S Thompson widowed sister of his first wife and shot her dead deach Returning to o his own ranch Roots went into a afield afield field Geld and blew out his brains |