Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-06

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Commissioners and County Clerk
Killed in a County Seat iOuarrel- Other
Criminal Nctinss.
DENVER, Col, ! 5.-The city was ter
ribly excited over The startling news re
ceived late last night, that two of the Grand
county commissioners had been shot and
killed and the other commissioner and
county clerk MORALLY wounded by masked
mob. The trouble that led to the shooting
was the result of an old feud dating back to
1879. when the county was created by an
act of the legislature and the seat located
at Hot Sulphur Springs. At the election
held in 1883, the people by vote changed
the county seat to Grand Lake. The
matter was taken to the district court and
then to the supreme court. Meanwhile the
hatred existing between the two factions
growing intensely eliminated in yester-
days bloody work. Grand county has
three commissioners, Barney Day,
R. G. Mills and E. B. Weber.
a majority of whom, Day
andMills, were in favor of declaring the vote
illegal that had created Grand Lake the
county seat and removing the records
back to the Springs. Last Monday the
commissioners had a regular meeting at
Grand Lake. Just what was done is not
positively known, but it is reported they
decided to declare the Office Of
county treasurer vacant, because of
his refusal to file a satisfactory
bond. During the meeting Day, Weber
and the clerk, Dean, stopped at Mrs.
Ioung's boarding house, a quarter of a
mile around the end Of a small lake. The
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through thicket Of small pines. Yester-
day morning just before 10 o'clock the
two commissioners and clerk started from
the house to go to the place of meeting
and finish up the business before
finally adjourning. When about midway
through the thicket. Three masked men
suddenly sprang out of the bushes, and
commenced firing, shooting them all down.
Almost instantly, before the work had been
done, one of the commissioners returned
the fire, killing one of the assailants. The
two other masked men, thinking they had
killed all three of the party, disappeared
in the bushes. When the startled
citizens arrived at the place
IF combat a moment later they found Day
dead and Weber and Dean mortally
wounded. They tore the mask from the
other man, and found he was Mills, the
other county commissioner, and two other
assailants not known. Suspicion,
however, rests upon two
noted desperadoes, Bill Redman
and Len. Coffin. When the news was
brought to Hot Sulphur Springs it pro-
duced tie most intense excitement, and
shortly before dark last night party
of twenty horsemen, well armed, left
for Grand Lake and a terrible fight is ex-
pected. Up to this time, 10 o'clock p. m,
no late news has been received
from the scene of the tragedy.
AS courier riding fifty miles over the
mountains is the only means of communi-
cation, there will be no further news
until morning.
BURGLARY AT DULUTH.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
DULUTH, July "a bold burglary was
committed early yesterday morning. The
safe of j. B. Sulphin 81 Co., butchers, was
blown open and $40 in cash taken. No
clue.
The Fourth of July passed off very
quietly and without accident.
THE DEMoRsE TRAGEDY.
MANDAN,D. July 3.-Frank O'Donnell
appeared before Justice Beehman to-day
for his hearing on the charge of threaten
ing the life of DeMorse. John A. Slogell
and Geo. P. Flannery appeared for the
prosecution, and E. A. Campbell, of Litch-
field, and J. L. Campbell, of Mandan, for
O'Donnell.
E. A. Campbell argued on a motion to
the effect that the defendant be discharged
on the grounds that the complaint did not
contain sufficient facts to constitute the
offense for which the defendant was
sought to be held. E. 81. Campbell was
several times applauded during his argu
ment. The motion was overruled, and
the case adjourned until July 8, at 10
a. m.
SERIES OF TRAGEDIES.
ERIE Pa, July 5.-The facts regarding
; yesterdays tragedy are about the same as
reported. Two brothers named Kuhn
clerks in store, were riding in a street
car, both being intoxicated. The young.
est, Albert, fred a revolver out of the
window, and little girl nine years old
named Steiner, playing on the sidewalk in
front of her parents residence, was shot
through the heart and instantly killed
After Albert was placed in the police sta.
ton his brother Frank went into the cell
and had quite long talk with the muir
derer, but nothing is known of the
conversation. Leaving Albert he went over
on the west side to see a young lady who
was engaged to be married. She was visi
ting his sister-in-law, and he bid them
| goodbye, shaking hands with both the la.
dies and saying they would never see him
, again. He was excited, and said his brother
had committed an awful deed, and he was
going to hang himself. Both the ladies
supposed that he was joking, and his sister
in-law offered to lend him rope. An hour
afterwards he was found in the basement
of the store where he clerked, hanging tc
beam and dead. Another brother, George
took horse and buggy to drive into the
country to tell his father of the double
tragedy. The night was dark and he drove
off an embankment, wrecking the carriage
and narrowly escaping serious injury.
The child shot was distantly related to
the murderer, and it is supposed that he
fred the revolver merely to brighten her
He claims he thought it was loaded with
blank cartridges. Frank was greatly ex-
cited over the shooting, and being under
the influence of drink, and thinking his