Gilpin observer., 1906-08-02
DENVER ASSAULT.
RICH MILL OWNER ASSAULTED
BY PROMINENT LAWYER. ~
QUARREL OVER Telephone
Tyson s. Dimes, One Of the Stratton
Estate Executors. Attacks J. X.
Mullen, Millionaire Flour Mill

| his own home at Ninth and Pennsyl-
vania avenues, Sunday afternoon, j.
| K. Mullen, the millionaire milling man,
! was struck several times with dog
whip by Tyson S. Dimes, knocked to
the floor and Mr.. Mullen, it is alleged,
was threatened with death by Mr..
| Dimes, who carried a large-calibre re-
| volver. Mr.. Mullen swore out. war
rant charging Mr.. Dimes with assault
to kill. ftt kf Itf r.tlJ
Mr.. Dimes is a man six feet tall and
| of great strength. He is compare
| lively young man. Mr.. Mullen is in
his sixtieth year and is short, being
but five feet eight inches tall.
| AS reported in the News, the cause
| of the assault was an alleged insult Of
| fered to Miss Virginia Dimes, daughter
| of the assailant of the millionaire, over
telephone. Mr.. Dimes and Mr.. Null
| len are on a two-party line. The lat
| ter attempted to use the telephone
shortly after ~ o'clock Sunday noon to
| call a physician in an urgent case, but
found it busy. According to his state
ment he waited thirty-two minutes,
during all of which time Miss Dimes
| kept up her conversation with a young
man. He at length requested her to al
| low him to use the telephone for a
matter Of life and death that physi-
clan. be. called, Mr., Mullen claims that
| Miss Dimes answered him imperti-4
rently and told him not to butt in"
| He replied that he would hold the
| line until she allowed him to use it.
| Courtland Dimes, Mr.. Dimes second
son, interefered and told Mr.. Mullen
| that he talked like the colored coach
man, and Mr.. Mullen said that no lady
| would hold the telephone under the cir
| rumstances that Miss Dimes insisted
on keeping up her conversation.
| AS result Courtland Dimes and a
| friend, Mr.. Woods, left the Dimes res
| idence at the corner of Colfax avenue
and Vine street, and went to the Null
| len home. They demanded to see Mr..
Mullen, the affair was talked over and
the two young men started away ap-
| parently satisfied of the trivial charac-
| ter of the controversy.
| Hardly had they left the Mullen resi-
dence when Dyson Dimes appeared on
| the scene. He carried a dog whip
used in the Dimes stables for keeping
| the hounds In leash, and walked into
| the hall of the Mullen residence and
demanded to see Mr.. Mullen.
Mrs. Mullen and her daughters asked
Mr.. Dimes to step into the drawing
| room. he saw MI. Mullen anu went
to meet him, demanding in strident
| tones whether he had said that Miss
| Virginia Dimes was no lady. Mr.. Null
len replied that II Mr.. Dimes would
calm himself and be seated. he would
talk the matter over with him and ex-
| plain Just what the telephone conver-
| sation had been.
Mr.. Dimes again demanded to know
| II MIR. Mullen had said that his daugh-
ter was not a lady. Without waiting for
a reply, it is charged, he advanced
upon the aged man in whose house he
| was and struck at him with the heavy
| dog whip.
The thud of the blow seemed to in
| furiate Mr.. Dimes the more. while Mr.
Mullen was too as.onished to defend
himself. Mr.. Dimes knocked his vic
tim down aid knelt on him, striking
him in the face with his fists and
breaking his glasses.
By this time Mrs. Mullen and her
daughters, frightened nearly to death,
| attempted to drag Mr.. Dimes from their
| father. In the melee a revolver either
| fell from Dimes pocket or was dropped
by him. He picked it up Immediately
and waved 1t around the room. The
| women screamed and Mrs. Mullen i'm
| plored Dimes not to kill her husband,
| telling him that man was dying in
the room above. Dimes is said to have
| replied that he did not give - If
! there were four dead in the house.
However, the infuriated lawyer took
| his revolver and whip and left the
house, returning to his own residence.
Mr.. Mullen Immediately consulted
with his attorney, Frank Goudy, and
had warrant drawn for Mr.. Dimes ar
rest charging him with assault with
intent to kill. The warrant was
| sworn to by Mr.. Mullen in Magistrate
| Cartons Court and was served by Con-
stable Edward w. Phillips at late
hour Sunday night on Mr.. Dimes, who
gave bail for his appearance before
Magistrate Carbon.
]. X. Mullen is president of the Colo
RADIO Milling and Elevator Company
and general manager of the Hungarian
Mills Company. He has been a prom
incnt citizen of Denver for thirty-five
years and has borne a spotless repu-
tation both for business integrity and
for his honor as an old-school gentle
man. He lives In a magnificent resi-
dence at SOC Pennsylvania avenue. He
has a family Of five daughters.
His assailant, Attorney Tyson S.
Dimes, Is one Of the most prominent
lawyers for Denver. He was for years
in the law office of c. ]. Hughes, Jr..
| but attained an independent position
from his appointment as one Of the ex-
ecutors of the will Of Winfield S. STRAIT
ton, the Colorado Springs multimil-
lionaire. He made large fortune out
of the fees attendant upon the legal
work OF the Stratton estate and since
then his rise has been rapid until he
now is regarded as one OF the most
prominent lawyers in the West.
Miss Virginia Dimes. his daughter. is
beautiful girl and Is popular in the