Show flold allu vies DIES IN A UTO AUTO ACCIDENT MAN HE HEL LD 0 FO FOR R DEATH OF WIFE I 1 IN N DR DRUNKEN UNKEN BRAWL AT SPRINGS wo we had a pattie and mary died waa tho the explanation ot of 0 0 smith of the tragic death of hla his wife at their ranch at squaw spring lyo miles west of oc frisco in this county sunday night leland rowley ot of milford to garrison had stopped I 1 at tho the ranch to deliver some goods when ho he this gruesome in formation from smith who la Is familiarly known as aa oy cy ilo ile asked rowley to got get an undertaker tor for mary alary and tho the deputy sheriff tor for himself rawley got in touch with the authorities and sheriff nella neils jenson accompanied by roy coloman coleman Iler herbert bort nich and harry ward went to tho ranch they found mrs airs smith doad dead in her bed she bho was fully dressed and showed unmistakable evidence of having received a severe beating on saturday afternoon previous to smiths announcement of his wits death mike sloan of frisco had stopped at the ranch and found mrs smith lying on tho the floor bleeding freely from a wound on the head she stated that she had slipped and fallen causing the cut mr air sloan assisted her to the bed and left thinking that she was not injured seriously an examination of the body after being brought to milford Ml lford showed that she had received several broken ribs and that death was caused by an internal hemorrhage hemor hago hage smith was locked up in the milford latt jail and Is being held pending the verdict of the inquest which will behold be held today from all that has been learned it 1 Is evident that mrs smiths death re suited from an encounter wun with nor her husband as they aro are known to have had many such battles in the past when under the 1 influence of which it la Is claimed was waa a rathor rather frequent practice ot of the couple those personally acquainted with mr and mrs mra smith say gay they hero boro an all excellent reputation tor for honesty were hard workers and had accumulated considerable livestock at their squaw springs ranch it was only when ita m bebing too freely that martial troubles occurred oc cured these personal encounters had taken place over a period ot of aars the couple had bad resided in beaver co for twenty five years and were residents of Now house si during the boom dayss of that camp mrs smith was vas a picturesque character always wearing mens mena clothing and riding the range and doing most of the ranch duties usually thought to be mens work of recent years she had not been seen much in public but spent practically all kotlier time at the ranch smith has employed abe murdock Murdoc lc and nd refuses rebuke a of beaver as his attorney a to make any statement the body its s been held at the mortuary in milford pending the inquest which Is boing hold held arwe as we go to press mr smith Is sixty years old while his bis wife Is several years his senior they have no relatives in this section according to those most mok intimately tel Y acquainted WWI with them milford news saturday evening about six whilo to tropic goorge crowso and family of 0 kanosh root met with a terrible accident when their automobile overturned about two alloa les north of town near the clark farm audrey aged eleven was instantly killed and four brother br othora a and seators stators and tho the father were ren dorod unconscious for awhile gean aged beven seven I 1 iwho was tho the most so seriously injured was taken to the hospital hero here and 4 at first it was ft as thought that ho he dl dlo but at last iasi reports lie ho seems to bo be gettig along Us as well as can be er pecked alta aged thirteen mildred aged eight and E eric rac aged nine and afia tho the father were badly bruised and ad cut I 1 it t Is not known what caused tho the accident but it Is thought that tho the rea rear r tiro tire blow out as a tack was found in alie tiro tire the car which was waa a 1930 1990 ford coupe was badly damaged tho the top being completely demolished lorla loris Clil Chlde destor ator coming from tha efin state farm was wag the frat on tho scene and he rushed into town fa tor r help but in tho the meantime mr and mrs B E 8 S soper of BOS conler center street salt lako lake city camo came alon along gand and picked up bp the dead girl and brought her to town theodore chidester Chlde ater jesse miller frank bevy and tom foy reached the scene before mr soper got goi started tor for town and brought all tho the rest rat in to the tha hospital where dr bigelow attended to their injuries after an examination of tho dead child dr bigelow stated that received a double basal fracture of tho the skull i mrs cornelia lefevre and d daughter aught er thelma Thel roa anil and sons bons william EH anil and marion all came over from tropic and na a brother brot lier of mr came down from kanosh upon receiving word of 0 the accident the father left sunday tor for kanash with the body also taking the tow four children home with him funeral tees were held at kanosh tuesday ter hernoon noon at 2 for audrey the grandmother to la with the anju injured red child agthe at the hospital the mother of the children whorled who died about two yeara ago was miss rachel Le lefevre Ferre daughter of mrs cornelia lefevre of tropic before oare aie her aar marriage |