Show BRUTAL MURDER IN SOUTHERN UTAH salt lake march 24 A special to the tribune from moab utah says details of the murde william tibbetts and mrs alary bothe at ia sal creek about forty five miles southwest of here by charles bothe husband of the woman have just been received the tragedy took place at the ranch of wm tibbetts on the evening of the at the tibbetts ranch were mr tibbetts Tib betta charles filoso ana sirs alary bothe mr kose ia an old man of nearly 00 years of age mrs bothe was the wife of charles bothe the latter is known as dutch charley in that section while the men were still at alic supper table bothe entered the house rifle in hand and said to tibbetts Tib betta why have you stole my wife I 1 to which tib betla made a denying answer boelio made further threatening talk when his wife came in from another room and spoke to him hoping to conciliate him when he curning her said 1 I will kill you both right now and her teo ball entering near the email bf the back passing through her body ind she fell acad where sha stood lie then turned the rifle OH who into the pantry bothe broke through the door in the rille ahot him the bull near the of the back and body ahe several more shots but none took effect alie murderer then of a horge and saddle and rode to alio ra of ben lacky ft short distance away anaf informed sir lacky that old man llodo had been by a librae and help was n ceded at the ranch 1 lie then rodo back to ranch and dragged to the and compelled sir to open tibbetts clothing to see the wound ana after it aid that will be all right i juat aa I 1 wanted it he then compelled mr hose to go through the same operation with the prostrate body of his wife and made the same remark both of hia victims being conscious ana laying in great agony his wife begged 0 him that bow lie had killed her to go away and leave her to die in peace he then rode off in the direction of colorado mr lacky lack y arriving in ger wan from another ranch and beut in all haste to moab for u physician mrs bothe died in about two hours and lingered until about 2 clock in the morning diaries bothe the murderer Is about 28 years of age and his wife js 17 years of age the couple came some time ago from Lc adville colo the mother of airs botho is said to reside bothe settled on land on spring creek near paradox but being a shiftless person anade very little sitf cess and his young wife had a hard life of it being almost naked and starved she left him several times and sought food and shelter at neighbors hut ho would find her and with threats of taking her life cause her to return to him neighbors had been considering raising means to send her back to aier people at leadville Lc adville air tibbetts biad several time had the come to his ranch to look after it while lie would be away and biad taken great pity on the woman for time she had been stopping at the ranch bothe being away and ar range menta had been about perfected lo 10 her to her people at william tibbetts Tib betta was regarded by alf who knew him as a whole broadminded broad minded good citizen and neighbor lie had been in this country countr y for about eight years coming here from illinois for a of years he vas aln forea man of the 1 of J M cun Co cobat but having secured a fine ranch arid invested his savings in cattle had been forthe past year looking after his own property little if known in this section of bothe or his history lie has beeh heard to boast at times of having killed two men in germany lie is of a brutal repulsive disposition the remains of sirs bothe andi tr tibbetts have just reached moab where they will be interred on word arst reaching bierc word waa wired to western colorado points to capture the murderer and reply has just readied here that he has been captured at colo and taken to montrose Mont rosc jail to await the arrival of utah kofl acers the murder en place in san juan county the prisoner wilt bo taken to monticello for artal the feeling of the people throughout this section Is very bitter but til seem inclined to want the law tor tako its course |