The San Francisco call., 1895-07-31
Clarence Barr'S Slayer Identi-
fled by an Eastern News
paper Man.
EX CONVICT AND GAMBLER.
A Wild Life of Crime and Bloodshed
in Colorado and New Mexico
Territory.

The efforts of the man who killed
Clarence Barr to convince the public that
he is Q. b. Henderson and not Con Sulli-
van, the ex-convict and sure-thing gambler,
will prove futile. Yesterday well-known
newspaper man, who has worked in the
East, called at the City Prison and posi-
lively identified him as Con Sullivan. He
said:
l know Sullivan and saw him soon after he
came out of the State prison at Colorado,
where he had been serving term for shooting
man, but he was pardoned by the Governor
before his term expired That was about six
years ago. He went to Albuquerque, New
Mexico, and there made his headquarters at
the Mint saloon, which was then run by John
ColIlngswogth. There were all kinds of gam
bling going on there.under the management of
Lew Davis. Shortly after Sullivan arrived
tnere were quite number OF complaints
made By men who had been bunkoed. The
method was this: Sullivan had made a set
OF dice that he could make turn up
any number he desired. There was train
arriving on the Atchison and Topeka from the
East at IL P. NJ. A train would depart for the
south on the Atlantic and Pacific at l o'clock
in the morning. Sullivan, who was a smooth
talker, would go to the depot and pick up
sucker and take him to saloon called "The
Little He'll" the proprietor OF which was in
their confidence, and there shake for money
with his loaded dice. After being feeced the
victim usually went away on the l A. N. train.
One night Sullivan and Collingsworth, who
was his confederate in these operations, picked
up Jewish peddler from Chicago on his way
10 Iexas. The sharpers represented that they,
too, were going to Texas, and asked the peddler
to go out and have drink. He would not
shake dice, SO they hit him on the head with
slungshot and took his gold watch and chain
and about $3.50 in money from him. The
peddler could not get away on the train, so he
had Collingsworth and Sullivan arrested for
robbery. They had skipped out OF town and
were caught in a Mexican ranchero several
miles away, where they were in hiding. Owing
patience of their victim, who, after spending
about three months in Albuquerque. left in dis
gust, and the prosecution of the case fell
through and they escaped their just deserts.
During the progress OF the prosecution
against them they became hard up for ready
cash and began to cast about for means Of
getting money. At last they hit upon plan.
Davis, the gambler in Collingsworth's saloon,
had a beautiful daughter IL years of age. She
was acknowledged as being the prettiest girl in
that part OF the Territory. Davis, it seems, was
in some manner in Collingsworth's power and
the latter insisted upon marrying the girl. who,
to save her father, complied with his demand.
No sooner were they married than Ceilings
worth placed his girl-wife in house of i'll re-
pute and soon after he was known to have
money in plenty again.
During the troubles he had lost his saloon.
By the liberal use OF money he and Sullivan
managed to have the robbery cases continued
until 1t was dropped Tor want of prosecution
The girl shortly after became so thoroughly
disguised with her husband that she left him.
The next heard of Sullivan he was in Los An
geles, and CollingSworth was doing tin horn
gambling in Denver. Sullivan, a little later,
drifted into Oregon, where he was arrested in
Portland and served three months term for
vagrancy. His next prominent appearance
before the public was his killing OF Barr in the
Baldwin Hotel.