Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-02-16
PECULIAR FRAUD
GRAVE ROBBED AND CORPSE oY.
NAMiTEo At VICTOR.
TO GET INSURANCE MONEY
John }. heEsehern. Supposed to
Have Been Killed. Arrestsd To
0ether With Three Other Men
Two Women implicated.


Two Women implicated.
Denyer.-A Republican special from
Victor and Cripple Greek tell the fol
lowing story:
Because Marshal Saylor had
''hnneh" when the supposed body OF
John J. McEach"rn Was blow up In
ihc Thrc. Jacks tunnel an the morn
Ing OF January .GIh. McEaehcrn
and his partner. John vaiicy. Frank
Naudlin and i.nI. keilos are under
arrest here charged with robbin. the
gray. al Robert speed. dynamitins
IN" body and attempting to defraud In
suranc. companies 0uI OF sums a..rc-
eating $1,000 by passing on the man
Iird remains rs those Of McEachern.
McEa.Ecin's widow" and her sis.
ter. Mrs. Frank SaudIin. ar. under ar'
T"SI nj Colorado Springs. charged with
being accessory Ia the alleged con
spiracy.
No time will b" lost In getting To
trial John J. MeEneh.rn. Jack yariey.
Frank Naudiin and Kellogg. arrested
here. charged with being In n plot to
rob u life Insurance company A d.
rect information charging McE.ichern
with obtaining money nhdcr falss pre-
t"uscs Will b. Issued. perhaps along
with other charges Of a more scrious
character.
When the explosion tors q human
body To fragments In the Three Jacks
tunnel. two weeks nso. where Nc
Enchern and vaTicy were leasing.
Marshal Nnylor became suspicious
and started mn investigation. lie
I.ss.t has taL G..l los.
ont u policy ninety days previous In u
III. insuranc, company for 5000. In
the Modern woodmcn for $1,000 and
In the A. q. u. ". for 5000. and had
tried to get $1,000 In another company
which refused him.
Naylor found that tho grave Of Rob
crt Speed. who died from an accident
and was buried III. day before the ca'
preston. had been robbed and that
piece of scalp with brown hair On u.
resembling Speeds. was nmong tho
Huppos ID remains Of McEachcrn. who
had red hair. Tn. marshal secured u
confession from a man who said he
was paid $50 by MrH. Mct:nchcrn after
she received 5000 of thc Insurance
money.
The officers found McEachcrn hid.
Ing In The home Of his brothcr.inlaw
Frank Naudiln. Mc.:lchcrn was ar.
rested after u gun light.
McEachcrn came here from Lead.
willie last September.
One insurance company has paid
Mrs. McEachcrn 5000. but tho other
insurance has not been settled.
McElchcrn IL suspected Of being n
prof, ssionni Insurance Kwindlcr. II
was told that he collected large
-
years ago. iciRning death In n conn
FOR three days. lie aud Jack Vurlcy.
his partner, are held without ball.
william Naudlin was released ON 81
600 ball.
Lutte Kellogg. local pugiiist, who In
said to have tipped on the case TO
Marshal Naylor. was arrested Sntur.
day on a charge OF dcfrandinE the In.
surancc company out OF $50. Kellogg
was TO have received 1000 NJ his
share OF the $1,000 for which McEach.
ern was insured. but got cold feet be-
fore the night on which the corpse
was to have been stolen.
After witnessing the funeral and
learning Of the $1,000 being paid 10
the supposed widow. he wanted a
share. when rcbnffed. he told the
story to Naylor. He was arrested be-
cause, II Is claimed. that he received
$50 from Mrs. McEachcrn as part pay
ment OF the total OF $1,000 he was to
have received.
I. is believed that McI:achern wit.
messed his own funeral procession
from the windows OF his brothcr.in.
laws house. where he was hiding.
Jack Narley denies all knowledge OF
conspiracy. He says he went to build
n fire outside Of the tunnel ut the sug.
sestion OF McEachern. the latter say
ing he would remain in the tunnel and
prepare the fuse. After the explosion
he says he reported to the coroner. A
man VINO looked out OF n cabin near
by Immediately after the explosion
says Varley merely glanced into the
tunnel. apparently. he believed. to see
whether the corpse. under which for
ty-five pounds OF powder had been
placed. was properly scattered.
Friends Of Robert Speed are in
censed by the use made of his corpse.
Talk of lynching is heard. but Nc
Eachern is carefully guarded in the