Show mrs b bill U tells 01 jack ayou ion hem Be because ause there is no disposition to do any one an injustice in tho the matt mattir r we publish the following letter from mrs A J shepherd wife or of mr air shepherd of 0 whiterocks Whlter who as nag shot there last week by jack houston editor vernal express will ou kindly correct your article about tho the shooting of mr air shepherd of whiterocks I 1 bench why does bour our paper not send out a reporter to find out the truth of the story na as there was no truth in the statement which you printed in the first place shepherd and wife aro are both up in the fifties peaceable people who stay at home and do not mix in any ones affairs they have two young adopted children the eldest but twelve years of age mr shepherd Is crippled hav ing ft a very bad double rupture which the Ilous tons very well know knew he also had bad a leg broken not long ago and an arm crushed also at the time ot of tho the trouble he was crippled with rheumatism in his shoulders and back the trouble 1 was not over water as you stated as aa shepherd la is not a man who steals water or any thing which may have been taken in the past as aa neighbors will testify to ll houston has mado made many threats I 1 of taking shepherds life ile he told two people he intended to follow him some borne day when he went for wood slip up from behind kill him and leave h him n there so we me have instructed 0 our r little boy to watch and give warning as mr shepherd does not hear well but the trouble started last monday juri june Ilous tons wife mite drove past shepherds place alongside a roaring ditch she was driving fast the wind was waa blowing from the south or southwest which made it impossible tor for her to have understood a word mord of anything that was said at the dist distance aneg shepherd was from her the little boy earl was mowing hay ills papa wanted anted to hurry earl had stopped at the top of the field and his papa said to him when he came near pat them on the back shove them along A neighbor was near mr shepherd and heard what he said bald shepherd did not even see mrs houston until she had passed she wont went home and told her husband what I 1 she had heard then she came back I 1 up the road one halt half mile passed shepherd house and on to the allotment still north where shepherd d was waa shocking hay jack followed on horseback before starting east jack dismounted and his wife mounted and rode up tho the lane when she reached a point about opposite where shepherd was working she 0 began with the vilest ot of oaths oatha and names to induce shepherd to come over she kept telling lies until it was waa necessary to call her a liar then jack took it up lie ile had put on a heavy coat to cover the gun he carried mr shepherd rd asked him it he came here hunting trouble with oaths lie ile said bald yes and im going to have it too ile he pulled his gun grabbed the top wire of the fence with his left hand band and began tiring firing by that time 1 I shepherds wife started across the road to aid my husband I 1 turned and sidd said to him you have killed him with oaths houston said eald dont you say a word or I 1 will kill you too ile he pushed the gun in my face and said I 1 would just ns as soon put a hole through you as not then the wife jumped off the h horse 10 arse caught her dress on the saddle horn and tore it on the right side she carried a club in her hand about two and a half feet long she struck me across the face and broke my glasses in falling failing back I 1 clutch od cd and caught her dress at the neck continued on first page SHOOTING OF SHEPHERD continued from page five shimming a piano selection mrs iler her dress was waa not very high at the neck neither very iery strong I 1 hoid held on with my right hand to keep from falling I 1 caught the club with my luy left hand when she again attempted to strike rne me she then with her tree free hand proceeded to boat beat up mv face all this time shepherd was i reeling and calling for hk help ip over in the field ile he was fully a rod over in ili the field when shot ahot the th them N vent ent down to the corner and watch ed mr millspaugh and I 1 trying to get him over to and through the fence when they sa saw him go down jack mounted ills his horse they then left she walking mr air Af arlmon of phoned for dr lloyd llod also for the sheriff MRS A J SHEPHERD |