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Show SPRINGVILLE UTAH, HAS A TRAGEDY Springvllle, Utah. July 15. James Mahan, 21 of Cripple Creek, Colo., Is dead by hiB own hand and John Sharp, 22, wounded by n bullet from Mahan's revolver as the result of a love tragedy enacted here at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mahan was an apiarisc and had been engaged during the summer months for the past four years by bcekecpeis in this section. Last year Mahan paid court to .Miss Maud Ostler. Ost-ler. 19 years of ago, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ostler of this place Miss Ostler's parents made strong opposition co a continuance of the courtship of their daughter bv Mahan. Ma-han. Their opposition apparent! was effective, for In Mahan's pockets after his death was found a letter from Miss Ostler, wherein she informed Mahan that his attentions must cease. Todoy Mahan called Miss Ostler over the telephone and asked for an Interview. The interview was accorded, ac-corded, and at 1 o'clock Mahan went to the Ostler home, where he remained re-mained for an hour. The result of his Intorview with Miss Ostler manifestly manifest-ly was unsatisfactory. " About 2 o'clock John Sharp, who is familiarly gnown in Provo as "Jack" Sharp, and Byron Duke. 21 years of age, Sharp's friend and business partner, part-ner, drove to Springvllle. They stopped at the home of Miss Mabel Beardall, who has been the object of Duke's attentions at-tentions for about two years, and Miss Beardall accompanied them to the home of Miss Ostler, upon whom Sharp had been a rogular attendant for the last thrco months. There they spent the time until shortly before 5 o'clock, when the four started for a drh e. Awaits In Ambush. When the party had proceeded about half a mile from the Ostler home, which is about one and onehalf miles east of Springvllle, Mahan stepped Into the road from a clump of trees. He held a revolver In his hand. Directing his remarks to Sharp, Ma-had Ma-had said: "You have ruined my happiness and I am going to kill you." "Don't shoots don't shoot," cried Duke. "For God's sake, don't shoot us," shouted Sharp. The young men pleaded in vain, however, for Mahan Immediately pointed the roolver and fired at Sharp, who was then in the act of climbing out of the buggy. Takes Own Life. Immediately after firing the shot at Sharp, Mahan turned the revolver upon himself and sent a bullet through his heart. He died almost instantly. The bullet entered Sharp's body jtst below the navel. The young women, greatly excited and unutterably shocked by the tragedy trag-edy of which the had been witnesses, recovered their somposure sufficiently to summon assistance. The sheriff's office at Provo was notified and an automobile was sent to Springvllle. In this car Sharp wns taken to tho hospital at Provo. The body of Mahan was also taken to Provo. Sharp was taken to the general hospital hos-pital at Provo, where, at midnight, he was reported to have an even chance for his life. His condition Is regarded as extremely critical, however, Mahan's bullet entered Sharp's bod at a point about two inches below the navel and penetrated the intestines in fourteen places. At the hospital the surgeons found It necessary to remove re-move thirty-nine inches of the punctured punc-tured intestines. John Sharp is the son of Harry Sh.-rp of Provo, a locomotive engineer In 'the employ of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, running On the Ile-ber Ile-ber City branch of the road. John Sharp and Byron Duke run a confectioner' confec-tioner' store near the Denvor & Rio Grande railroad station. |