Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-12-23
WOFUL MURDER
NEAR THE CHEYENNE cAnons
Young Woman peeoyed to the moun-
tains and shot-ciothins Destroyed
to Prevent Identife alton.


Denver. Dee. 2O.-colo.ado Springs
dispatches give particulars OF horri-
Bile crime committed on Cheyenne
mountain near that city.
Lying across the trunk of deeayed
tree. her face burned TO a crisp. the
nude body OF woman Was found on
the slope OF Cheyenne mountain.
about seven miles from the city. this
afternoon. Beside the body WAS half.
iiilsd bottle OF gasoline. Indicating an
attempt had been made TO eremate the
remains.
The discovery was made by DR.. =.
Q. Chamberlain. a dentist. who. with
friends. Was making surveys. !, was
in secluded spot. at q point about
$50 feet south OF the bafFo trail that
leads up tho mountain from tho pa.
yilion In North Cheyenne canon that
tho body was found. Tho spo, Is known
as Cutler mountain and forms the
saddle between North and South Chey-
emo canons.
Tho theory iha, the woman was
murdered is supported by the fact that
that sho was lying stretched out. her
arms by her side. Indicating that when
her form was placed across tho fallen
tree and the gasoline lighted Il was life
withstood the terrible torture without
~r!thin. about. The only part OF the
body burned was the face and hair.
Tho neaS was partially decom'
posed. but the fact that tho snow
has been on tho ground for several
weeks may have kept the remains In
In q stat. OF preservation for a long
time. no that IL IL hard to say when
tho woman died.
A coroncr's jury was summoned on
Monday and returned verdict that
tho woman came to her death on .
dnio unknown and TIM; tho cause waK
a Eunshot wound below the left car.
ranging upward. the bullet being OF
5s'caiibcr and fired by som. person un.
known. with fcionious intent
An autopsy developed III. fact that
tho murdered woman was In a normal
state. leaving no ground on which to
form even suspicion that she had
been killed To hide her shame.
a most important result OF the au.
topny WAS III. discovery that tho
woman had about $50 In pure gold In
her teeth. the dental work on which
must have cost nearly $500. 4 minute
description Of tho condition OF tho
teeth was furnished by DIR. Burton to
tho coroner. II follows:
Tho upper right wisdom tooth In.
undovciopcd. On the upper right side
Of tho mouth n solid gold bridge cx.
tends from the first molnr to the Gus.
pid. Tho second molar In present. Tho
flrst and second bicuEpids are absent.
filled with solid gold dummies. There
arc two gold filings, medium size. In
the mcsinl OF the upper central incisor.
"On the upper left side n gold bridge
extends from tho first bIcuspid to tho
second molar. worn on tho mesio.
linEunl portion OF tho crown. Tho sec.
ond molar Is made from n bicuspid
dummy. The third molar is present.
"The lower right three molars or
wisdom teeth are present. The second
molar is gold.iillcd in the misio-occlu'
sial surface. The first molar Is absent
and has been gone several years.
All teeth are present on the LETT
lower side. Large gold filling on oc.
clusion of the first molar. Large gold
filling on occlusion extending onto dis.
tai surface OF the second molar."
Tho report OF the autopsy places the
woman's age from seventeen to thirty
years, rs Judged by the condition a
tho teeth. The popular opinion is that
she was about twenty-five years old.
John Quick, n miner and tenmster
living In Denver. fears that II was his
wife who was murdered. and friends Mt
Colorado Springs Of Miss Lena Weber
of Kansas City have examined the
body under the belief that she may
have been the victim, but there has
been no Identification yet.