Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-07
Son Of Judge BeIiord OF Denver
Almost Beaten to a Jelly
In Goldiied.
THUGS LEFT HIM FOR DEAD.
U,nsmitcrs Make an Attempt to Blow
Ip an Electric Power Line
Patrol Maintained

Co,ddeld New Dec 6--Hcrhert Bel
ford. SON of Judge Bedford of Denver
auneorcd today at the office of the
legal department of the Goldheld Gone
solidatoo Mines company with his face
80 badly disdgucd that DC was hard
d. recognized. as 60 result OF treatment
received at the hands of The miners
saturday night His face was bruised
and Dis nose broken. upper teeth
knocked out and several ribs broken.
Vclford claims that Dee was recognized
Am one of the saloons Of the town and
called 20 the sidewalk, where he was
taken into custody by "a lnuu wearing
"a star and reporting himself as uep-
utv sheriff Tie was led through % DARK
aud lonely district supposedly on ms
way TO jail when he was set upon uy
thugs and was LEFT for dead. Tie was
found two or three hours afterward IN
an unconscious condition ana taken Z"
the hospital and % was several houIa
before he rcgained consciousness.
Bedford was missed by his friends.
kut was supposed TO De out OF Tow ID
During the evening Of the assault hei-
ford had been accused OF having
"scabhed" on STATIONS ludepeuuence
mine Boo Cripple Greek during the strike
time but in the ofiica OF the company,
and was not eligible 60 join the miners
union. He was also accused OF being
too friendly with detectives iu Gold
field Re was taken to the miners
union hall TO clear his record, but he
found no one 10 identify him. He was
permitted to go with a warning nul
later he was assaulted.
Bclford says mis- friend. one Greenlee,
al. HaI
time OF the assault on Bolford, IS no.
where 10 be found His trunk and ei-
fects are undisturbod in his room just
as he left them Saturday night. and no
one has seen him since Bclford says
he IS either killed or has departed.
Dynamiters made am effort Yesterday
20 wreck an electric power line which
furnishes the light and power To- Cold
field patrolmou today discovered
100 sticks Of giant powder scattered
around three poles near the place
where the line crosses the railroad
track two miles from the city. Holes
were bored In two of the poles and
caps had been exploded but the powd-
en- being frozen, failed TO ignite.
The Nevada California Power COM
pany maintains patrol Of its line be
tween Golddpld ana Bishsp, which
covers the entire line once every AZ
hours The force has been augmented.
and hereafter close watch win be
maintained.
N ie understood by the mine oper-
ators that tho coming OF the troops
means "a permanent garrison at Gold
field.
II o. declared the plan has been UNI
der consideration for several months.
aud that "a number OF applications have
Iocn made by the mine owners
throughout the state for such action
hv the war department But little OF
the details could be gathered. but % Is
understood the post will boz branch
OF ne Preside and that 10 will be a
regularly established military post
Tho statement is made that the post
win be established an a few months,
and that troops are being hurried to
Goldneld ahead of time 20 prevent the
possible outbreak Of violence In the
event Of am attempt on the part Of the
operators TO reopen their mines.