Show MAN HELD FOR DEATH OF WIFE IN DRUNKEN BRAWL AT SQUAW SPRINGS we had a battle and mary aled was the simple explanation of C 0 smith of the tragic death or of ills hla wife at their ranch nt squaw spring two antles west of 0 frisco in this county sunday night loland leland rowley of 1111 tord ford to garrison had stopped nl at the tha ranch to deliver some bome goods when he this gruesome information from smith who Is familiarly known as cy iia he asked rowley to got an undertaker tor for mary and the deputy sheriff tor for himself rawlon got in touch with the authorities and sheriff neils jonsan accompanied by roy noy coleman Iler bort nichola and harry ward went to the ranch they found mrs smith dead in her bed sho was fully dressed and showed evidence of having received n severe beating on saturday afternoon previous IOUs to smiths Sn iltha announcement ot of hla death mike sloan of frisco had stopped it fit the ranch and found mrs smith lying on the floor bleeding freely from a wound on oil the load licad site she stated that she had slipped and fallen causing tho cut mr sloan assisted hor her to the bod bed and left thinking that she was not injured seriously an ali examina examination of the body after being brought to milford showed that she had ret received elved several broken ribs and that death was caused ly by an internal smith was waa locked up la ia the wilford jail and Is bein being held pending tho the verdict ot of the tha inquest which will be ba held today prom from all that has been learned it la Is evident that mrs smiths death resulted from an encounter with her husband as they aro are known to havo had many such battles in the past dasta when under the tha influence of 0 which vh it to Is claimed was a rather f tre re quent practice of the couple i those personally acquainted with mr and mrs smith say they bore bora an excellent reputation for or honesty were hard workers and had accumulated considerable livestock at their squaw effs ranch it I 1 t was waa only ahem am g too freely that martial troubles les oc cured these personal encounters had token taken place over a period of 0 yara the couple had resided in heaver deaver co for twenty five tive years and wore were rest resl donta dents of 0 newhouse during tho the boom dayss of 0 that camp mrs smith was a picturesque character always wearing mens clothing and riding tho the range and doing most ot of tho the ranch duties usually thought to be mens work of recent years sho she had not nol been seen much in public but spent practically all ot at her time at the ranch 7 smith has employed abo abe murdock murdoch of heaver deaver as hla his attorney and refuses to inako inake any stat statement emont tho the body bo dylis hs h s been held at the mortuary in milford pending the inquest which Is being held as we go to press mr smith Is sixty years yeara old while ills his wife Is several years hla his senior they have no relatives in this section according to those thosa most intimately acquainted with them wilford news |