Show midwest oil employee is victim of gun attack while visiting in vernal F 11 il HIM 1 V SALT LAKE JAKE ISIS 1 to j IL crrz itt rz orr OM or boin litt lit T PLAN IS iq flits III QUICK OF D I 1 one of the ate most disgraceful affairs to happen in vernal tor for many yeara took place tuesday evening at 6 46 45 in front of the mott and aad winn bar her ber shop when E B hampton local honey producer used an auto matte lugar in fn an basult on 3 11 II kutz rutz bookkeeper tor for the midwest oil company at rangely langely 1 it la is understood that the two men lad been going with the same girl the woman Is ft it member ot of a prominent family ot of vernal and rutz la Is believed to have been cut ting in on hampton hamilton in his attentions i to her Il hampton lampton to scare him and get tim out of at town so he coq a gun and planned to accompany on rutz in his car a short distance from town and him out to rangely langely L II ampton found out that rutz was vi as in the barber shop and so waited for him on the outside M hen hutz rutz came out he approached him and ask him it his name was rutz to which rutz answered ansi vered in the affirmative hampton said he had a bone to pick with ith him and rutz suggested that they get into hie his car a boick buick coupe which was parked at the curb in front of the shop they did so and as the owner backed awa hampton hamilton ask him where he was vias going rutz replied to the hotel botel no you re not you re going back to rangely langely Ran gely hampton ampton II ft pt the same timi unit producing a 45 lugar automatic which he liem held on his lap pointed policed toward rutz BY this time the car nas as straightened out and baided east slightly mouth rutz looked around tor for same way of at escape and quick aa as a flash opened the door on the side where hampton wag was fitting sitting and knocked him to the ground rutz then sprung from the cir and headed tor for the open door of th vintah drug store as tat fast a as he lie could run ran the car I 1 eing left on a glupe slope coasted ovey the curb toward the dank bank of ner er nal but was as stopped ly a by stand er before it struck hanpton hav ing got on his feet pursued rut at a slow gait with ith ills his gun in hi band night marstall Mars lall adam cieck t ton con nas was standing stan ling on tte the opposite bide lide L ide of the street and when the mer entered the drug store rushed avei to intercede he ile caught hampton at the rear of the store and die dis aimed armed him then took him to hie his room where he told him to remain until he came back for him rutz ran run out the back of tl ill e store and circled around the street to the bank T of vernal corner he ile enquired enquire of f the crowd croad CT ws there it ham had bad been taken into custody or if ho he could borrow a gun to defend himself th two men were tak taken en to the rity city office by marshall erection eon where the situation wai was talked over and made II ampton admitted be had bad acted ather hast lly fly and rutz said he was milling villing to itt it drop bo hamilton hampton yas was all 1 lowed to go on ruts rutz swore to a complaint charging II ampton with an assault with a deadly hampton was brought before justice charles 9 carter justice leo C thorne being out of town and ed ad under bend bond chich he furn filled the tabe 1 is now nw in the hand hands of the district attorney atto ruey and a prelim inary hearing will be held beld ai as soon ai he can be present to conduct the examination rutz told the vernal rep that when the guu was a produced in the car hampton ampton II stuck it into his and threatened hav hi life he lie was wai go an taken b that tor for the moment he did not know what to do then be truck struck hampton and threw him out et of the ear tar and jumped on him bim when he bit the ground as he ras afraid of his life he ile ran to the nearest place to get out of rane of the run gun hairston Hair declare declares he had no auten alon of shooting nutz rutz but mere ly trying to scare him that he be had plenty of chances to hare have shot him had bad be so desired een elen while on the lie ground when hutz rutz was wa running to the store |