Gilpin observer., 1904-04-14

| When The news Of the finding OF the
bodies reached Denver Chief Armstrong
and Captain Connor took Galbraith in
confession:
sit was early one morning four or five
days before the fourteenth of March.
My wife was lying in bed beside me, and
my nine year old boy had gotten up and
dressed and gone out on the hill to play.
81 was talking to my wife about how
hard pressed | was financially, and as
she turned her head away from me for a
moment, l pulled my - calibre Colts
automatic revolver from under the pill
low and shot her through the head. She
died instantly without moving a muscle
"Then | pulled the cover over her
head, and got up and walked to the door
of the house and called the boy. He
came running down the side of the
mountain. and as he came to the door
he asked What doyou want, papa?' told
him to come and get in bed with his
mama and me, and got over next to his
dead mother, but told him to speak
easy for she was asleep.
II lay there by the boy talking for
about five minutes, when | called his at
tention to bird outside the window
AS he turned his head. shot him
through the head. He, too, died with
out quiver.
"Then got up, and after getting both
the bullets out of the bedclothes, l
dressed and put them in the watch
pocket of my pants.
al began drinking hard right away
drinking all the liquor l had in the
house. Then | locked the door and
started to Idaho Springs, where stayed
for several days before coming to Dsn-
yer. l caught quartz wagon, remem
ber, and rode down there.
Il arrived in Denver March II, and on
that day wrote the letters found in my
clothes yesterday.
II stayed in Denver until April 1,
when went back to my house in Rus.
sell gulch. The day before had cashed
the forged check at the May clothing
store.
Il went back to the house in order to
pack up all my furniture, for which l
had given a bill of sale to Ernest Will
Jams, electrician at the Brown Palace
no ell in return for S225 he had loaned
me. The furniture is in Idaho Springs
ROW, having been held there by some of
my creditors.
THE reason 1 killed my wife and child
was that had been been brooding over
my financial troubles for weeks, and
thought l would end it all by killing
them. There never wBs couple that
got along better than my wife and did.
In all the eleven years of our mar ried
life we never had single quarrel, and
the only thing she ever said to me ap
preaching unkindness was when she said
that she did not think she could stand
my drunkenness much longer but that
was over with in few minutes and she
was as kind and loving as wife could
be.
"My boy was very bright lad, and l
was very fond of him.
Il was married eleven years ago in
Fort Collins on thy 14th day of October.
drank hard once before was married,
but stopped it until about four years
ago.
'"My wife was Miss Jennie Lamb
Her father is minister and he lives now
in Estes park. They lived at the time OF
our marriage in Fort Collins, having
moved there from Estes Park. Her
fathers name is Rev. e. j. Lamb.
"My wife was about year and halt
younger than l am, which makes her 81
My boy Donald was years old. l have
brother, s. V. Galbraith, but l have
hot heard from him for the past year
and half. At that time he lived II
Salt Lake, and he clerked at one OF thu
hotels there.
II have two sisters living 10 Fort Col
Inns. One is the wife OF j. A. Bennett
and the other the wife OF w. o. Mosman
l was partner Of Mosman in general
merchandise store in Fort Collins up un
til about six years ago. went to For
Collins when I was II years old.
"Three years ago was made manager
OF the Topeka mine, for which A.
Richardson paid 100000. lost my io
there two months ago. was neve
actually discharged, but / saw le tier
Mr.. Richardson's attorney from hin