Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-03
DENVER ASSAULT
RICH MILL OWNER AssAuLTEc
~ PROMINENT LAWYER.
QUARREL OVER TELEPHONE
Tyson 8. Dimes. One Of the stratton
Estate Executors. Attacks J. x.
Mullen, Millionaire Flour Mill
Owner, In His Own House.

ui5 own nome NJ Nlhth ana GennbyI'
yania avenues. Sunday afternoon. j.
X. Mullen. the millionaire milling man.
was struck several times with a dog
whip by Tyson S. Dimes. knocked 10
the floor. and Mr.. Mullen. II is alleged.
was threatened with death by Mr..
Dimes. who carried u larse-calibrc re-
yolver. Mr.. Mullen swore out u war
rant charging MIR. Dimes with assault
TO Kill.
MIR. Dimes Is n man six feet tall and
OF great strength. lie Ii a 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.
fcred to Miss Virginia Dimes. daughter
OF the assaiiant OF the millionaire. over
q telephone. MIR. Dimes and Mr.. Mul-
len are on n twoparty line. The lat
Ter attempted To use the telephone
shortly after IL O'Clock Sunday noon to
call physician In nm urgent case. but
found It busy. According to his state
ment he waited thirty.two minutes.
during all OF which time Miss Dlncf
kept up her conversation with young
man. He at length requested her TO al
low him to use the telephone for
few minutes. explaining that IL was n
matter Of life and death that physi'
clan be called. Mr.. Mullen claims that
Miss Dimes answered him impcrti.
rcntly and told him not to butt in
He replied that he would hold the
line until she allowed him to use II.
Courtiand Dimes. Mr. Dimes second
son. intcrefcrcd and told Mr.. Mullen
that he talked like the coiorcd coach
man, and Mr.. Mullen said that no lady
L...l.l h..s
sum8tnnccs that Miss Dimes insisted
on keeping up her conversation.
As . result courtland Dimes and
friend. q Mr.. Woods. left the Dimes res.
idcnce at tho corner Of Colfax avenue
and Vino street. and went TO the Mul.
len home. They demanded to see Mr..
Mullen, tho affair was talked over nnd
tho two young men started away ap.
rarcntly satisfied Of the trivial chnrnc-
ter Of tho controversy.
Hardly had they left tho Mullen resi-.
dcncc when Dyson Dimes appeared ON
the scene. He carried n dog whip
used In the Dimes stables for keeping
tho hounds In leash. and walked into
tho hall OF tho Mullen residence and
demanded to see MIR. Mullen.
Mrs. Mullen and her daughters asked
Mr.. Dimes to step into tho drawing
to NEE, him. demanding In strident
tones whether he had said that Miss
Virginia Dimes was no lady. Mr.. Mui.
len replied that II MIR. Dimes would
calm himself and be seated he would
talk the matter over with him and cx.
plain Just whnt the telephone convcr.
sation had been.
Mr.. Dimes ngnin demanded to know
II MIR. Mullen had said that his 'dauEh.
ter was not lady. Without waiting for
reply. II Ia charged. he advanced
upon the aged man In whose house he
was and struck Mt him with the heavy
dog whip.
The thud Of the blow seemed to In.
furiato Mr.. Dimes the more. while Mr..
Mullen was too nstonished TO defend
himself. Mr.. Dimes knocked his VIC
tim down nEd knclt on him, striking
him In tho face with his fists and
breaking his glasses.
BY this time Mrs. Mullen and her
daughters. frightened nearly to death.
attempted to drag MIR. Dimes from their
father. In tho melee revolver either
fell from Dimes pocket or was dropped
by him. He picked II up Immediately
and waved II around tho room. The
women screamed and Mrs. Mullen I'm.
plorcd Dimes not to kill her husband.
telling him that n man was dying In
tho room above. Dimes Is said to have
replied that he did not give n - II
there were four dead In the .ousc.
However. tho infuriated lawyer took
his revolver and whip and left the
house, returning to his own residence.
MIR. Mullen Immediately consulted
with his attorney. Frank Goudy. and
had a 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 n late
hour Sunday night on MIR. Dimes, who
gave bail for his appearance before
Magistrate Carlon.
j. X. Mullen Is president Of the Colo
RADIO Milling and Elevator Company
and general manager of the Hungarian
Mills Company. He has been prom
incnt citizen of Denver for thirty.hve
years and has borne spotless repu-
tation both for business integrity and
man. He lives in a magnificent resi-
dence at 500 Pennsylvania avenue. He
has q family of five daughters.
His assailant, Attorney Tyson s.
Dimes, 10 one OF the most prominent
lawyers for Denver. He was for years
in the law Office of c. J. 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
a beautiful girl and is popular In the
smartest circles Of Denver society. She
took leading part in the Kirmess