Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-29
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

pany. the federal and state govern.
incnts have been withdrawn. II Il
the opinion Of Marshall iiadsci's posse
that the only way TO capture the rob-
bcrs Is by Il still hunt, conducted by
men thoroughly familiar with the coun
try.
To Illuminate the point OF Pixies
Peak, to paint the entire state Of Col
orado and parts OF Kansas and Ne
braska red, Is the purpose OF those IN
charge of the Fourth OF July cclebrn-
ton ut Cripple Creek. The undcrtak-
ing Is one OF the largest and most
unique in the history OF Independence
Day celebrations In Colorado. 1t is pro-
posed to place on the summit OF Pixies
Peak 300 pounds of red fire. At an
hour to be fixed later the entire mass
Will be ignitcd by electricity and will
burst forth into flames. The promot-
ers of the illumination OF Pixies Peak
say that the light will be seen over
the entire state east of the range and
Its reflection on the heavens will be
visible on the Pacific slope. The idea
was suggested by Mayor Johnson of
Denver. The people OF Cripple Greek.
and neighbornG towns and In Colorado
Springs and Manitou will be asked TO
contribute money for the fire. The
cog wheel railway company has Offer
cd to haul the fire free of charge to the
summit of the peak and half Il dozen
electricians have volunteered TO con-
meet the huge mass with n storage
battery and guarantee that it will be
exploded without difficulty.
The summer session of the Colorado
Editorial Association met at Glcnwood
on the 23rd. AT the afternoon rollcall
the following were found to be pres
cnt: Halscy NJ. Rhoads, Press. Den.
yer; w. p. Kennedy and wife, Re.
veille, Rifle; L. Price. A. C. Newton.
Press, Denver; w. T.. Kennedy and
wife. News, Grand Junction; +. 4.
HaimbauglI, Sentinel, Denver; l.. II.
johnson, Hcrald-Dcmocrat. Leadville;
Howard T. Lee and wife, Republican,
Denver; J. l.. Berry, Facts, Cclo-rho
Springs; c. +. Liggctt. P,ess. Shcrid:s.
Lake; Leo Vincent and wife. Reprcscn-
tatlve, Boulder; A. Roberts and wife
Press, Montrosc: s. d. BrOsius and
wife, Mail, Pueblo; w. L. Thorndykc
and wife. Reporter, Lovclnnd: A. G.
Scchrist, Times, Wray; ]. d. Lnwlcss
and wife, Sparks. Lamar: G. o. Finch,
Journal. Castle Rock; w. +. Pabor.
Grand Junction; G. r. Rawalt. Cham
pion. Gunnison; ]. +. Greenawaldt.
Tribune. Florence: Howard Russell,
Express, Fort Collins; George o. Blake.
Star, Grand Junction. At the afternoon
session the following program was car
ried out: Especial and Boom Editions"
T. s. Lawless of the Lamar Sparks.
who took the position that such did not
pay. "Needcd Legislation" was fully
treated by c. T. Rawnlt of the Gunni-
son Champion, who explained that
much Of the legislation desired by
newspaper men was defeated for the
sole want Of time, the local legislator
paying more attention to local bills
than to the passage of general laws.
Howard Russell of the Fort Collins
Express gave n review on the topic.
docs Foreign Advertising Pay?" His
remarks were thoroughly discussed,
and the general opinion prevailed that
1t was best to let the foreign advrr-
tiser alone. At the evening session W.
E. Pabor read n poem and Mrs. f. A.
1hayer delivered n paper entitled "'Thc
Publisher and the Country Editor"
She was followed in n short address by
Congressman Shafroth.
Alfred Packer. the "man eatcr," has
lost his case in the Supreme Court The
pardon board Is now the only possible
means for him to escape serving out
his forty-year pcnitentiary sentence.
The case decided by the court on the
10Th was an appeal from the Gunnison
county District Court. This is the
fifth time that this case has been be.
fore the Supreme Court in one form
or another. In the District Court of
Hinsdale county. at the April term,
1883. five separate indictments were
returned against Alfred Packer, charg-
ing him with the murder of Israel
7 ,JI
Miller. George Noon and James Hum.
phrey. The Swan indictment was
filed April 9th. and the other four
April Z, 1883. On the 9th of April,
Packer was arrested on the charge of
killing Swan. He pleaded not guilty,
but on April 13rh was convicted of
murder in the first degree. and on the
same day the court sentenced him to
be hanged May 10Th. Later the sen
tencc was set aside and the cause re-
verscd. upon the ground that the sec
tions of the criminal code prescribing
the punishment for murder were re-
pealcd by the Legislature without a
saving clause. after the crime was
committed and before the conviction
was had. The case was rcmandcd for
new trial for manslaughter, included
in the specific crime of murder charged
in the Indictment. Thereafter an an
plication in the five cases was made by
the defendant for Il change of venue
from Hinsdalc county. and the causes
were set for trial to the District Court
of. GurniSon county. After this the
prisoner filed Il motion IN each case,
supported by affidavit, for his dis
charge upon the ground that more than
two terms of court had elapsed with
out his having been placed upon trial.
fsD
were consolidated for trial. On August
9. 1885, the trial began. and two days
later verdict of voluntary man
slaughter was returned under each in
dictment. The court sentenced Packer
to forty continuous years in states
prison. divided into five terms Of eight
years each. On December 4. 1850. ha-
bcas corpus proceedings were com
menccd. The application for discharge
on this ground was refused.