, 1896-08-03
KEEPS UP ITS RECORD.
ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY
AT CRIPPLE CREEK LAST
NIGHT.
4 Colored Porter Hacks a Man to
Death and Morally Wounds a Wo-
man and Then Attempts Suicide
Jealousy the Cause of the Insane
Act

Cripple Creek, Colo, Aug. 2.-R. G.
Pickett, a saloon porter. cut Frank
Davis and his mistress, May Rivers.
with a razor at the house Of the woman
at 8 o'clock this evening. Davis is
dead, the dying, and the man is
in Jail with a self-inflicted wound in
his neck. made while he was being con
veyed to the Jail by the officers. The
three parties to the affair are colored.
Davis ran a dance hall on Myers ave-
nue. up to the time of the fire and lived
with May Rivers. After the fire he left
town and only returned yesterday to
close up his property interests. In his
absence the woman had been living
with Pickett, and the return OF the old
lover aroused his jealousy. A few min
Jordan's saloon. where he was former
ly employed, showing a razor and ay-
ing that the woman had gone back to
Davis and that he had to do something.
He left the saloon to go to the house
of the woman a few feet away. located
in the alley to the rear of the So-differ-
ent saloon. and there encountered
Davis. A few words passed, Davis tell
ing Pickett he was not wanted there;
to go and not come back any more. AT
this the discarded lover drew his razor
-a -InrItn- Ta,,tr yphN
was sitting down in a chair. Pickett
reached owe and cut him about the
breast several times with swift strokes
and at the last cut all but severed his
head from his body. cutting his throat
from ear to ear. The woman screamed
and Pickett turned to her. delivering
one down stroke from the cheek across
the throat with the razor. then turned
and fed up the alley. The cries Of the
woman had attracted officer Byers,
who came from Third street on to the
scene just as Pickett left his victims
and started to run. Byers started after
the fugitive.
Davis started from the house and
ran down the alley to Myers avenue
almost into the arms OF Assistant Mar.
shall Tom Clark, who followed him
across the street and caught him Davis
told the officer Pickett had cut him. and
CLARK asked Oficer Johnson to look aft
er the injured man while he ran up the
alley and assisted Byers in making the
arrest. Davis was assisted across the
street by Johnson at the time and re-
peated that Pickett had killed him and
fell over dead. Officer Byers had
caught his man in the meantime. was
reinforced by Clark and Corberry, who
at once rushed the prisoner into the
house and confronted him with the wo-
man, who was receiving medical atten-
ton for her wounds. The woman at
once Identified the prisoner and inside
of three minutes from the time the cut
ting occurred, the slayer Of Davis was
on his way to Jail. frightened, but
boasting. To a bystander he shouted
as he was being taken to Jail. 1--WE got
my man this time and got him right
This Is my sixth man and l may get
another before I get to Jail"
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
At this Oficer Corberry. who was a,
his side. started to search the prisoner
for weapons and grabbed his hand JUS
as Pickett made a swoop at his own
throat with an open pocket knife he
had concealed up his sleeve aftel
throwing away the razor with which
he had done the cutting. The blade
crossed his own throat but did not en-
ter deep enough to make a seriou!
wound.
At the Jail Pickett weakened. plead
Ito be hung or shot and said he was dy
ing from his wounds, but after an ex
ANIMATION was made and he was locke
up he grew alarmed about his situa
ton and attempted to play drunk as
defense. He is about Is years Of age
has been In the camp about sever
months and a employed as a porte
at the National hotel bar and later a
the Antlers saloon. 1t is thought h
formerly lived at Florence.
DR.. Removal attended the River
woman but does not expect her to hv
Through the night.
Davis was q man Of some propert,
and stood high among the coiored PEG
pie of the town a. well Is in the con
hdence OF the business people. Their
Is considerable Indignation among tn
colored people at the killing and ther
was some talk soon after the Grim
ives committed Of dealing out summar'
Justice to the slayer.
ANOTHER CLEVELAND RIOT.