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Show SHOOTS GIRL, . THEN TURNS ; GUN ON SELF BBJ f, i B F j ' Provo, Utah, Oct 2. Vnll Wight- H' ,i f v man, n -wealthy young rancher of BBB' i Ourny, Uintah county, this nftcrnoon H , Bhot down tho girl he loved "better H, j I t , than anything else In the world" and BBB then killed himself. Pretty 18-year- BBfl ' ( ! old Dello Drown of Ouray, tho girl BBfl . jg swaying between Ufa and death BBB ' wl'h a bullet In her lungs BBB jjl j Tho tragedy followed a quarrel bo- BBfl I I twocn the lovers who had been en- BBfl j j, gaged bItico February. This note, BBfl ,' found In Wlghtman'8 pocket, may BBfl I A explain his motive: BBE 'j P? Provo Sept. 1, 1912 BBfl; ill Mr. Vail Wlghtman, Myton, Utah. BBfl 'j I havo heard a good deal lately, so BBfl ;' It Is all off between you nnd mo for- BBfl ' .ft ever. So consider this final. Am re- BBfl turning tho ring In same mail. BBJ ' , i!'" Signed, BEM-T3 DROWN. BBfl V P. S. Kindly return nil of my let- BBfl j tcrs at once. I havo burned what I BBB ij havo of yours. BBfl ' ) i In another pocket of Wlghtman's BBB : ; clothing was found n diamond en- BhBI ' i gngement ring In n smnll case. BBJ Girl Was At Work BBBJ Dello Drown, her mothor, Mrs. BBflf i Hunter II, Drown, and her elder sis- BBflj i ter, Cnrrlo Drown, all of Ouray, came BbBJ to Provo about six weeks ngo and BbBJ " I took employment ns grapeplckers In BBJ ' tho vineyard of Phillip Gundlol, two BBI I miles northeast of this city. !BBBI A Dello, Carrlo and Ernest Richard, i a boy of 14 years, were at work In j! tho arbor nt about 2 o'clock this af-, af-, tcrnoon, when Wlghtman, son of W. jjj ' C. Wlghtman of Payson, nnd tho own-jj own-jj er of 700 acres of rich land on tho I Indian reservation, near Ouray, pushed push-ed his wny through tho vines nnd up to tho younger girl. Ernest Richard J who was working near, henrd tho PH low murmur of their voices for n BPJ moment or so, nnd then heard tho BPJ ' EM sank crying to tho earth BPJ tho young rancher, pointed "hli BPJ "Then I'll destroy your family," PPJ f' i ' WJghtmnn responded. H ' "Well, you won't," retorted tho PPJ H j' Wlghtman pulled n 23-callber au- PPJ ' tomatlo revolver from his pocket, ppj thrust tho muzzlo ngnlnst tho girl's PPJ r' r,eht Bldo and fired once. As tho BH ! Blrl sank crying to tho earth tho PBJilj cnrth tho young rancher, pointed his Hn' revolver nt Ernest Richard and Car- PJI rle Drown, who had run forward. BBff Thcy turned nnd ran screaming BB , through the vines nnd townrd tho Hk rnnch ''oubc. whero Corrlo Drown PBl- PulIed a loaded shotgun from Its rack PBki nn(1 started to pursue Wlghtman. PB Whcn Bho reached tho form of her HfY H,ster Bho drPPcd tho gun and fell PB i UPU tho wounded girl. H Wlghtman Kills Himself BB j Wlghtman ran east through tho Bfl I vlneynrd to n public lane, nnd thenco Bl i to n point 100 yards or so from the Bfl j l tceno of tho shooting. There ho mot BH I D. E. Drereton, n neighboring ranch- H ) cr Wlghtman stopped short In his BKfV '"Eht nnd yelled to Dreroton: H f "Well, you can como nnd got tho Bfl ' H.T With this, ho placed tho muzzlo of BH j!j tho rovolved over his heart and fired, M j sank to his knees and fell downward P ''" on his fnce dead. il Notified by Qnudlol, Drs. David BH Westwood and E. G. Hughes nnd BH I Deputy Sheriff Felix Bachmnn rushed Bfl , la an nuto from Provo. Miss Drown Bfl J W08 taken by nuto to tho Provo Gen- Bfl d oral hospital. It is feared sho can- Bfltfs not llvo. Bfl My1 Was to Have Gone East Hjil Mrs. Huntor Drown, tho mother, BBij said Inst night that sho nnd her BBJIJL husband had planned to send Dello Bflrlj to Philadelphia whero tho Drowns BHll havo relatives, to finish her high BBi; sclll course This plan Wlghtman BJ- bitterly opposed. Ho said ho loved I Dello "better than anything else in tho world" and that ho didn't want her to leave him. Despite tho fact that during tho four years they have known Wight- man they havo considered hlra ono BB ot tnc,r closest friends. Mrs. Drown BB cr-d her daughter Carrlo fear that Bfl t ac caused harm to como to Hunter BH Drown tho fathor. Hi J Drown left Ouray two weoks ago BJfI to take a wagon load of fruit to tho BKx Indian reservation agency. His wifo PJl f' hls not heard from him slnco hu Bl'! depnrture. Sho telegraphed to Our- BJ al tonight in tho hopo of getting in- BJ formation as to his whereabouts. Bfl t Wl-ghtman was about 28 years of BJ age and well educated. BBB1 - |
