The daily sentinel., 1901-08-30
FINISHED THEIR JOB.
Delta Mob DcmoIishes All That
Remained of RadcIifs mesa
Lake Resort Buildings.

LdAe resort Du'i%nss'
On Sunday morning an AIMED mob oi
thirty masked men burned the remain
ing buildings at the hatctsry owned by
William Radcliff and SamsE Bloomfield
at Grand mesa lakes. nortdaf Delta.
1t is thought by Mr. Bloomfield, who
returned to Denver last evening with
news Of the burning, that the mob be-
lieved he was in the house and that it
was intended that he should take the
leading role in a tirst class necktie party.
The fact that the train on which he was
travelling reached Delta late, probably
saved his life.
Mr.. Bloomfield has for some years had
| a financial interest in the hatcheries at
Grand mesa He avsided entering into
the controversies between Radcliffe and
tho people OF Delta county, as he believed
he might be able to adjust the difficulty
as he was popular among the people OF
that vicinity.
A week ago he determined that tho
time was ripe for him to 60 to the hatch
cries and attempt to preserve a remnant
of hia property. He left Denver last
Friday, but, owing to his train being de-
layed, did tot reach Delta until 4 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. 1t was then too
late to prod I'd to the lakes and he stayed
in Delta thas s.;ght.
The next morning before he could
prepare to depart for the lakes he was
told that tho hatchery had just been
burned by masked mob and that he
had best leave the country at once He
lost no time in following this advice,
On his arrival in Denver he found q
number Of kilograms confirming the fact
that the hatchery buildings had been
burned. One from Charles Winterstein
at Plateau City, is dated August 25 and
10 as follows:
"Hatchery burned at 3 o'clock this
morning by masked mob of 80 men. No
one was there but Sam Burwell. Hes
all right"
Burwell 10 an old man who was ON.
ploysd after the drst burning, to act a.
guard and endeavor to preserve the ash
In the hatcheries il possible.
In discussing the affair last night, Mr..
Bloomfield said: II believe that the peo-
pie who are fighting us heard that was
coming to pay visit to the hatshsry
and determined to kill me. They calcu.
lated that would roach the lakes Sat-
urday night and occupy the old build
ing which was left intact by the first
band which raided our property. Whsn
they found that was not there they
burned the house and chased old Bur-
we'll away. II my train had not been
late 1t is probable that their plane would
not have miscarried and might be dead
now.
II do not believe that 1t would be safe
for anyone known to be friend OF either
Radcliffe or myself TO enter the country
now, and as for Radcli6, do not believe
that he could pass through Delta on .
railroad train with safety.
sour property 10 practically ruined and
estimate the loss at $4,000. We have
lost about 5,CoO,Oco fish and those which
are still in the lakes are being caught by
Wholesale by the campers who are living
in that vicinity. Recently there were
about 1OO Of these people and they
caught a vast number of dsh, much
more, In fact, than they could possibly
use. II this thing is not stopped there
will not be fish in the lakes In two
years.
II do not know what legal steps l will
take. must have q consultation with
Mr.. Radcliffe before answer that ques-
ton. He will be in the city within few
days and then we will determine our
course Rocky Mountain News.