Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-11
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Henry Kagy of Lumberton, is spend
ing the day in Durango, having made
a trip down the San Juan to Blanco,
where DIR. Thurman and others are
interested in a new ditch enterprise.
and thence 10 Aztec and Durango. MIR.
Kagy says there is a vast territory un-
der the proposed ditch that will bios
som like the rose when watered, and
looks very fayorably upon the enter
prise.
DR.. w w. McEwen of Durango Col.
came in Sunday to visit and shake
hands with his many friends here a
few days. and surely he has scores of
warm friends in this vicinity. He had
been called to Ralston. Okla. several
days previous to his coming here. on
account of the serious Illness of his
mother and while he was SO near
could not resist the temptation to
come and see mis- friends here. He also
has farm property west of town which
he is looking after. There is some
very fine oil wells within a mile of his
farm and no doubt he will soon be
lrawing a handsome royalty from his
and.-Parsons (Kan.) Herald.
The prosecution of Jake Zipperian
accused of the murder of Matt Lux
singer. had practically all their evil
dence in at noon today. having exam
ined 20 witnesses.
The evidence was very strong
against the accused and it is the gem
eral opinion that the prosecution has
a very strong case. but of course this
cannot be determined until the evil
dence of the defense is all in.
| Besides the large number of wit
| nesses subpoenaed quite a number
| of people are in from Bayfield, and the
vicinity where the homicide occurred,
to listen to the evidence.
Allen Crawford, the young man who
| was badly burned and so narrowly es-
| capped with his life in the Crawford
| fire in Hay Gulch Wednesday night.
was brought on the Southern to town
| last night and taken to the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. Barbee. who keep
a laundry just across the railroad
tracks west from the depot. DR..
| Lackey, who had gone out to the
ranch upon receipt of the news, had
attended to the injuries of the young
man, and returned to the city about 8
o'clock last evening. The doctor stat
| ed that though the burns on the head.
| iace and neck were bad. that no SER
Gus consequences were apprehended.
| fhe hands were injured more than
| The other burnt parts, and the finger
| nails had come off, but there appeared
| 10 be no danger OF losing the hands
or any Of the fingers.
A reporter called at the Barbee
home this morning and found Alien
| Crawford in bed, presenting a serious
| looking spectacle. His head and face
were tightly bandaged, with holes for
the mouth, eyes and nose. His hands
were also done up and he was entirely
| helpless.
A large band gold ring which he
wore was sawed off last night by a
| jeweler. and difficult task it was, on
| account of the tender condition of the
hand. The young man was able to
| talk, however, and told what he knew
| about the fire.
The only way he thought the fire
| could have started was by a spark
| flying from the fireplace to the carpet.
The family had retired about 8 o'clock
and left two small, well burnt chunks
OF wood in the fireplace.
Allen Crawford. Willie Michaels, an
| other young man, and Peter Norris,
| Mrs. Crawford's father, all slept up
stairs in the same room. Mrs. Craw-
| lord and Mrs. Retta Allen, the teacher
| Of the school In that vicinity, slept
| downstairs. Mrs. Crawford awoke
| about midnight, and heard a roaring
sound and saw bright light under
he door. She Jumped up and called
| out Fire." The men up stairs heard
her and the two young men ran down
stairs. but upon opening the door at
the bottom the flames rushed in and
Willie Michlels ran back upstairs and
| jumped out OF the window to the
ground, a story and nalf. Allen
Crawford, who had his overalls in his
hand, wrapped them around his head
and started to run through the flames,
was overcome before reaching the
outer door and fell. His mother ran
in and pulled him out. Mrs. Allen
had in the meantime crawed through
her bedroom window and escaped un-
injured. Peter Norris, being a pretty
old man and not active as the young
men, failed for some reason to get out
and his charred body was found in
the embers after the house was con-
sumed. Mrs. Crawford received no In
juries to speak of.
Willie Michaels ran to Huntngton's
place. half mile away and gave the
news, when wraps We're brought to tho
members of the household, who stood
outside in the meantime.
Then messenger was sent to Rob
ert McNicholas' ranch, mile and
half away, when the news was tele-
phoned to Mr.. Crawford, here in town
The loss will probably exceed 81
600 The house was a good. substan-
ual log structure, well finished, and
had six rooms. All the furniture and