Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-30

! position, drew his revolver and at
tempted to shoot him. Driemus. how,
ever. wrested the weapon from him
and using it in his own defense shot
his assailant through the heart.
Swatow, China. May 2s.-The revo-
iutionfsts are now attacking Chung
Lang and Tung Chang, wealthy towns
in Ching Hal district Many inhabi-
tants fled to this city. The uprising
! is attributed TO excessive taxation.
elluride, May 2S.-The arrest of
A. Lilly, city clerk. for defaIcation,
3 created a big sensation in this
". The arrest was made at 6 o'clock
st night on warrant charging him
With using city funds. The defalca.
ton figures in the neighborhood of
$4,000 and may go higher. The city is
not the only sufferer. He is treasurer
OF the Elk lodge and he is shy $500
to the lodge.
Lilly is an old timer in Telluride.
having been resident for upwards OF
twenty years, occupying many posi-.
tions of trust and standing high in
the estimation of all. He Is a thor
ough accountant and has served sew
eral terms as assessor of the county.
deputy county treasurer and is on his
second term as city clerk. No one
ever dreamed of him turning dis.
honest trick. He has been considered
above reproach with hosts of friends.
Liilys method of obtaining money was
by raising warrants. He would issue
warrant for some street laborer. or
Tor some supplies and after having
them signed by the mayor Increase
the amount. For instance. one war
rant drawn for SO was raised to
s311.S2 and charged to supplies. The
warrants were disposed of to war
rant scalpers and finally worked their
way into the banks where most of
them are held.
The city clerks bond is only 81 900
and while the defalcation Will be S.
900 or more it is not believed the
city Will lose much more than that
covered by the bond, the loss telling
on the warrant scalpers and present
holders owing to their fraudulent ma
ture.
In addition to being city clerk, treas
urer of the Elks lodge, Lilly is a
director and secretary of the school
district but it is not thought the
district will be out anything.
Lilly's downfall is charged to gam
bling. He has always been what is
termed "a good fellow" with gambling
proclivities which he evidently could
not control, but as he often made big
winnings nothing was thought of his
losipgs as he was regarded strictly
honorable. Lilly is a married man
but has no children. He telephoned
his wife from the jail last night that
he probably would not be home and
she did not know the real reason until
ed to break the news when she be-
came historical, hardly believing it
could be possible.
Lilly frankly admits his guilt and
says he will not place the county
to any expense prosecuting him but
will plead guilty and take his medi-
cine. His downfall is a crushing blow,
however. He shows it in every way
and like many man in similar po-
sitions would give anything to right
the wrong.
Silverton, May 27.-Fire was dis
covered in the building on Reese street
occupied by DR.. w. r. Winters for
office and residence about 2 O'Clock
Sunday morning. 1t was discovered
by neighbor woman who gave the
alarm. DR.. Winters was aroused from
his slumbers and dragged out of bed.
The fire caught from a stove, 1t is
believed, and in a very short time
Dr.. Winters would have been burned
up. AS it was he lost all his personal
belongings including an unusually fine
line of surgical instruments. The
building was owned by AL Springer
The loss or insurance has not been
given out.
New York, May 27.-Dominlck Ziz-
"a, 2S years old. was found dead in
bed yesterday by his mother, his head
having been crushed by blows from an
axe found on the floor beside the bed.
On the strength of Mrs. Zizza's story
her husband, Antonio Ziza, was ar
rested. The mother said her son was
the sole support of the family, her
husband not having worked fer some
months. The father and son frequent
~ quarrelled, the father demanding
money, the son refusing it. Antonio,
his wife stated, had often threatened
10 kill the boy. She left the tene-
ment in which they lived for short
time, leaving her con asleep and her
husband in the kitchen. When she
returned the husband was gone and
when she went to wake her son for
breakfast he was dead.
Dallas, Texas, May 27.-Thirteen
lives were lost and twenty-five per
sons badly injured, one hundred or
more cut and bruised. and more than
hundred thousand dollars worth OF
property destroyed is the condensed
results of a tornado in northern Texas
The worst work OF the storm was at
Wills Point, where half a dozen deaths
occurred.
Fort Worth, Texas, May 27.-Ac
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