Show A sheep man of vernal murdered job john 11 darnell sheepherder in ern em clovee plo ee of 0 william bascum of 0 vernal was shot and killed near the K ranch this morning at three a in ill by an ail unknown fol foe who fired from an all ambush darnell died twenty minutes after he was shot it Is that bascum nid li id been warned to li get oft off of the cato catle range several times but ignored tho the warning al iwo f 1 jf l I 1 n S her gerders herders ders john darnell slid and J U L prick bezing a noise ainone tile the herl her 1 ollied vl lied on oil th 1 ank n llred fired two into the ar to anre ili coyotes at this ilis instant a f ure rose front from da an 1111 linol t i mell ill through tic fir fic mas t as anken to tile the ap cainap v it lice ice it 1 I a ai while price win will la 0 a nearis ranch to 10 telephone for a 1 ir sta ta pd that as he be vis leaving the hie sheep camp he saw a gang of men in I 1 i aisla t te e driving U bai ij i in an co j beep herd of 0 1400 lead avira oscr a sleep cliff there is considerable excitement 11 in n uintah county over the darnell and many of the men have petitioned to tho the slie riff to male mabe the aie proper demand for iusi c in Po colorado lorado sheriff laa richardson lert left for or the scene of the murder late today together with a number ot of Da friends to see what step could be taken ll it war was learned today that darnell was the I 1 man who came to vernal last may alay to testify against the cattlemen who had burned johnsons sheep cami where lie was employed at the last minute ho he is said to have refused to io disclose the identity of 0 his attackers many claim that he did pot not testify because of bf a threat from froin ell an unknown source dr G 11 cruikshank of vernal iwho hurried to the scene or of the murder arrived after darnell had died th that atthe the sh must have succumbed within twenty minutes of the shooting the physician aurther stated that darnell had bialle no confession before his death he 1 did however recover consciousness long enough to demand a drink of water the shooting darnell it is said conks conics as a result of a dispute which has lasted for years between the cattlemen and sheep men of utah and colorado although the sheep men mell haic lae a legal right to range their slice on tho the colorado side hide of tile the boondry line it is said that tuo the colorado cattlemen are determined that they shall not spoil the cattle land by arrangements are being made to secure a permit from froin colorado officials to move the tha lody body of darnell ilo to venial where a coroners jury will likely be a held vernal express |