The Ordway new era., 1906-08-03
DENVER lSI
a'on MIL owNss 49,.
~ PROMINENT
QUARREL OVER rslr,i|
'yeen :. Dimes. On. q y. :.
Estate Executors, A,.,..
MULLEN. MULLEN mlliionslrs ~. :
owner. In His Own n,...'

s,onser.-Attacked in IN. m
ais own home at Ninth 'as asi ~
vania avenues. sunaa. and N
n. n. : Muiien, the millionaire aM m,n'.
Vas was struck several time. ,'t st,a
whip by Tyson s. Dimes sM I
tne noor. and MIR. MulIsn !. Anosl
Mas. mns threatened with desth
ZINES. p,nes. who carried a larrss,,, s z
voiyer: Mr.. Mullen sways wsssaulE '''i
TO kill. DHes with Y
Mr.. Dimes Is a man al, a..
OF great strength. He Il ! ~
lively young man. Mr. wara ray
ms sixueth year and Is % sho,,
but five feet eight inches ,.U's ,.U
As reported In the News u.
OF the assault was an allepea :
Tered to Miss Virginia Dimes s S,s n.
OF the assailant OF the millior,,,. ~
a telephone. Mr.. Dimes and NJ,
len are on a two.party line r. r..
ter attempted to use ths ~.
uy ,, after IL O'Clock Sunday -
call a physician In an urgen, -.
found II busy. According IN n.
ment he waited thIrty.two - ~.
during all Of which time N,.s Il
kept up hor conversation win
man. He at length requested h., !.
low him to use the telephons I.
Few minutes. explaining hat /,
matter OF life and death that , =
Clan be called. Mr. Mullen cl,I-.
Miss Dimes answered him -
rently and told him not to abu,, i, ;
He replied that he would hou
line until she allowed him IA !.
CORTLAND Dimes, Mr.. Dlnes' -
son. interefered and told Nj. n,
that he talked like the colored ~
man. and Mr.. Mullen said that no ?
would hold the telephone under h.
rumstances that Miss Dimes ~
on keeping up her conversation
AS q result Courtland Dine, =,
friend. a Mr.. Woods, left the Dluts
idence at the corner Of Coliar ua
and Vine street, and went to IL I
len home. They demanded to ~
Mullen. the affair was talked ora
the two young men started avn
rarenuy satisfied OF the trivial d
ter OF the controversy.
Hardly had they left the Mull1 4
dence when Dyson Dimes appearel
the scene. He carried a dog 4
used In the Dimes stables for kesj
the hounds In leash, and walked
the hall of the Mullen residence
demanded to see Mr.. Mullen.
Mrs. Mullen and her daughter 4
Mr.. Dimes to step into the dnt
room. He saw Mr.. Mullen and 4
to meet him, demanding In sri1
tones whether he had said that
Virginia Dimes was no lady. M.
len replied that II Mr.. Dimes q
calm himself and be seated be \
talk the matter over with him ~
plain Just what tho telephone a.
sation had been.
Mr.. Dimes again demanded to
II Mr.. Mullen had said that bis z
ter was not n lady. Without waiting
a reply. 1t is charged. he advsI
upon the aged man in whose hcal
was and struck at him with The
dog whip.
The thud OF the blow seemed
furiate Mr.. Dimes the more, vhlA
Mullen was too astonished 10 9
himself. Mr.. Dimes knocked ~
tim down and knelt on him. q
him In the face with bis n~
breaking his glasses.
BY this time Mrs. Mullen
daughters, frightened nearly %
attempted to drag Mr.. Dimes non
father. In the melee q revol'e!
fell from Dimes pocket or wa ~
by him. He picked 1t up imms
and waved 1t around the roo%
women screamed and Mrs. AgI
plored Dimes not to kill her ls
telling him that a man was ~
the .oom above. Dimes Is saia y
replied that he did not give :
there were four dead IN Ins
However, the infuriated lasa
his revolver and whip and -
house. returning to his own ~
Mr., Mullen Immediately ~
with his attorney, Frank GCus, r,s.
had a warrant drawn for MI. ~
rest, charging him with ASST Ns.ss
intent to kill. The M
sworn to by Mr.. Mullen IN M1 X
Carlon's Court and was serveaT
stable Edward w. Philips ~ !.
hour Sunday night on MI. ~
gave bail for his appeafsn''
Magistrate Carlon. - I'm
J. K. Mullen is president 70 o. ~ ~
rado Milling and Eievaso' ursd
and general manager OF .Is W, =
Mills Company. He has bee1 .s;,i
inent citizen Of Denver .,UosIeu ,oe
years and has borne q sIpr,ssriS
tation both for business .aScS ,I,o
Tor his honor as an old.sca1Ss
man. He lives in a mag masn ~
dencs at 500 Pennsylyan,nss ns.srs
has = family OF five daus~fy n
His assailant, Attorney
D,.a - e ona Of the most
lawyers for Denver. ne W. wsasssi
IN the law office OF .. s.ssrt :.
but attained an indepencsd me 4
from his appointment ,as,s,srsli as %nI 4
ecutors !, Of the will Of WIZ snss 4
ton. the Colorado spr,uss ps ~
iicnaire. He made 2 laiss I'm II IL
Of the fees attendant. .'tsts w. ~
work Of tho Etratton es,N ana =
then his rise has peen ~ &
now II regarded " ~ ~ ~
promipent lswyer,s; ,y 1,;rs., y II IL "
Mss yirsin,is; ", ~; .rS1i; "a i .pogs
snsrfssf circles Of Densysis N NJ
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