| Show I 1 WAS THERE ANY SHOOTING sheriff pops pope unable to find any evidence to substantiate the shooting story sheriff richard pope has been on tile tho ies again and lie he lias has lost losi no opportunity to investigate the richardson shooting affair lie ile has been over every bit of tho the ground that vae mae described by richardson noar near the riv river and has meas ineas tac med al dist distances auers and found fo und men who ere in the at the time of the alleged shooting and lie he has not found one thing to lead him to believe that there was any shooting ting done as alleged by david richardson mr pope says he took henry with him to see BOO buckskin charley and aheu questioned dowil to the real facts the indian said lie he 4 to ft had not seen nor heard any shoot 1 in n but ft a white roan man bid told him i there thera had beon been shooting of 0 course sheriff lie riff popes pope a ceases out L ide lide of 0 uintah county but he has haa in of the reported 8 scooting ting near hie lake lork ind and doubts there han ha lr lag g been any in that country the story of several men inen with win chesters chea che Is accounted for by louis N shanks iia sald eald ho he and como camili new sott settlers lers mere in the tha lake roll folk countr oun tr chero hero lie ho was trying to sell bell f them suino land and ami they staid oner oer night ht at rob hob nations the next morning he vas vaa ac accosted by nir mr richardson chardson lU and asked where ho he staid the last night and he said richard son was bioty much excited and told him about tho the shooting the day be boio when richardson claimed to have been shot at while after a horse mr air shanks shanka says saya there gasn wasn t a winchester in ili tho the baity mr lir pope fope says say tur fur thoi that it if ho he could find any corroborative clidence el dence of the statements lie ho would feel that be la Is mistaken in hla his concha along but thus far lio lie says that they iney hao hano riot not been forthcoming we give this information as theio has been some demand for the other side of the story etory |
