Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-15
AWFUL MURDER
CONFESSION OF \. o. eALsRAiTH
Bodice Of Murdered Wife and chiIa
Found in a Lonely Cabin
In Russell ouieh.

Denyer. April i0.-Azel d. Galbraith.
Nho Nss arrested Friday for forgery.
vas discovered last night to have nar-
defsi his wife and Rine-yeGT-Old sOa.
Donald. on or about last March sTh,
and TO have lstI their bodies in the
lonely eabin at Russell Guleh. where
tho murder Was committed, With the
announcement of GaIbgaith's aTTes'.
friends living in Russell Guleh lnslI-
tG,sd a search and discovered the
bodies in bed. where they had lain
month. GalbgaiIh had removed all
suspicion by stating that his family
had gone to Boston.
Galb.aiIh made q complete e0nfss-
sion Ot the murder 10 chief Of Police
Armstrong and Detective Captain
Conaor last night Smoking \ cigar
stts and some times smiling. hs related
the awful details without tErnoT.
Tho only thing about which tho po-
lice arc undecided is GalbFalth's mo-
tive. GalbTaiIh eyIdently had Intended
TO take his oNn life after the murder
of his NIIe and child. but, as Chief
Armstrong told him. ha lacked the
nerve"
IL is thought by the police that tho
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in his infatIAtIon for Mrs. L1itis R'ta-
sell OF Is TU.niy-sseuni avenue. fie
denics this and claims that his motive
was tho financial straits into which no
had brought himself by gambling.
drinking and following women, Mrs
IIo,ti. Russell VAS arrested last nlsht
and after an interview with Chief
Armstrong and Captain Connor shs
was locked up to bo held until the ar
rival Of Sheriff Thomas Cody OF Gil
Pin county. She In not thought to have
known anything Of the murder.
Did you kill your wife and boyg
asked Captain Connor OF GalbEal,h.
Il did" replied GaibTaith. = killed
my wlf- and hoy early In III. morning.
! sho, my wife through the head while
shc was talking To me. We were In bed
nj the time and hhc never moved at-
tcrward.
Then I went to the door OF tho
houS. and called the boy down and
coaxcd him To get In bed beside me.
after I had covered NJ his mothers
head, and when he turned his head to
look out Of tho window I shot him
through the head.
Then dressed and got on n quartz
wagon. I drank all the whisky In tho
house before I left. rode on tho
quartz wagon to Idaho Springs and
stayed there two or three days drink
inI. came to Denver March itth."
Gaibrai,hs murder Of his wife and
child Is regarded as one Of tho most
coid-bloodcd crimes ever committed.
Gaibrnith admitted that he had been
planning the double murder for nearly
n month before he committed H. II
wns reported In Denver last night that
Indignation was Mt white heat In Gil
pin county and II iS thought that II Gal
braith is taken back there Mt any umo
soon m attempt will bc made to lynch
him.
each other from childhood, They wcrc
schoolmntcs and had always been con-
sidcrcd devoted couple.
He probably will bc held In the city
:ail in Denver for nn indefinite time.
Both Galbrnith and his wife wero
reared In md around Fort Collins.
where they were very well known.
Many relatives live there Sheriff John
A. Cross OF Fort Collins came to Dem
yer last night rs nm agent OF Gal
braith's sister to see what could be dono
TO have him cleared OF tho forgery
charge.
With the utmost composure Gal
braith related the details Of his crime.
He told how he had shot his wifo and
son and nfterwnrd picked the bullets
out OF tho bedclothing and carried
them In his pocket for several days.
About April 1st he returned to tho cab
in, where he took out all the furniture
except the bed on which lay the
bodies of his wife and boy. and hauled
Il away to sell 1t.
1t was early in the morning that Gal
braith, lying beside his wife. shot her.
7 heir nine-year-old boy. Donald, had
dressed and gone out on the side OF the
hill to play. After killing tho mother
Galbraith went to the door and called
the boy down to him. He covered up
the form of his wife and persuaded the
child to lie down on the bed beside him.
Then when the boy turned his head to
look out Of the window, he shot him.
too.
After the murder Galbraith wanted
to get away from the scene of his crime
and went to Idaho Springs. He re-
mained in Idaho Springs drinking. for
.hree days. and came to Denver on
March 14th, going to the Brown Palace
hotel. He said last night that he had
not drawn a sober breath since killing
his wife until he became sober after his
arrest Friday afternoon by Detectives
Carberry and Sanders. When he was
arrested Galbraith had in his pocket
the revolver with which he had killed
his wife and boy, but he made no effort
to use 1t.