Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-09
WAIT IN BUSHES AND MURDER
 OFFICER
LawieSS Element in Jungle Near Collins Pounds His Head to Pulp During His Night Work,

FORT COLLINS, Colo. July S. John Allen. one Of the hrayest police officials in the state, was brutally murdered by thugs. He was picked up in an unconscious condition and take to the hospital. his face beaten 10 a pulp and the whole side of his head crushed. The examination in dicated that he had been struck at least a dozen times with a sandbag or an iron bar He died a few min utes after reaching the hospital with out reSaining consciousness. When the report becomes general il is feared that the jungle" will be wiped out Allen was apointed some six months ago to patrol the "jungles," a suburb or the river bottoms, where a great deal of liquor is sold. There have been numerous convictions of liquor dealers since his installation in the jungle" as policemen and he had many enemies there.
 EG-- entered a store this afternoon and examined some reyolyers, remark ing that he wanted to buy a better gun than the one he had, as a man had threatened to do him up" and he wanted to protect himself.
 As soon as the report of the assault on Allen was received, half a dozen city and county officers. reinforced by 1 citizens, formed a posse aHd begun 6 search of the jungle" and surround ing country. A large reward will be offered for the apprehension and con yiction of the men that killed the of | ficer.
 The city officials sent a representa- ! tive to the bedside of Allen to obtain from him if possible the description ! Of the man that had threatened his | life, but. the injured man was in such condition that he did not regain con | trol of his mind, and the slightest clew to his enemy was lost. It is pos. sible that he may have told some of his friends something about the man who made the threats to do him up, '' and an investigation is being made along this line as well as the late hour will permit
 i Allen was discovered a short dis, tance from the road leading to the | jungle" when some men heard his mOans. The alarm was given at once | City Marshal John Ryckman and Dep.
 uty Marshal Hank Whitaker were
 summoned. They found Allen lyine
 on his face with his brains oozing out
 through his skull, which was crushed They turned him over. and had it moi been for his uniform they would not 1 have been able to recognize him. Peo, pie living half a block from the place where Allen was assaulted say that
 they heard not outcry nor any dis 1 turbance, other than firecracker shoot ! i'm TnA hA gF r.F IL. -T--s.-
 along the road in the darkness.
 | Allen had no other injuries. 4 short distance from where he was as I-saulted is a clump of bushes. Allen
 in going down to the jungle took the main road and then turned to the left | down to the jungle took the main road
 and then turned to the left down a | side road which passes the bushes It is believed that the thugs were ly ing back of the bushes, and as he
 passed by they struck him a blow that rendered him unconscious. Although he was a handy man with his gun, he
 did not have it even out of his pocket
 One blow struck back of his head i: believed to have been the first, render ing him unconscious.
 Allen was a most popular officer oi
 Fort Collins and the bitter feeling
 against the jungle will be intensified
 when the report of his death is
 spread. It is likely that officers will
 be appointed to patrol the jungle to l morrow to protect the inhabitants
 from injury at the hands of the mob
 If a suspect is captured tonight it is
 likely he will be hurried away tC
 some other point as there would be danger of violence from the mob. l Allen was 8 years of age and un
 married. As far as Is known here
 he leaves no immediate relatives.