The Glenwood post., 1907-05-18
YOUNG FISHER
BREAKS RECORD
Two Trials and Three Times in
Jail Between Two Suns

The last issue of the Post told Of
the preliminary hearing of Dave Fish
er, the bellboy charged with robbing
Charley Rutter. Denver travelling
man, of $50 in currency. The testi-
mony brought out the fac: that Fisher
had come to the Hotel Glenwood and
asked for work; that Fisher claimed
to be without money and had drawn
small amounts at the hotel office and
had tried to borrow from other EN-
ployes of the house: that he had seen
Rutter with a roll of bills; that Rut-
ter retired very late; that Fisher
made the rounds of the house in the
morning and made the six O'Clock
calls; that when he was wanted to
make the 8 80 calls he could not be
found, but was seen little later and
then disappeared from the house and
was not again seen about the place;
that when Rutter arose he found his
pocketbook and money gone. He
described the denomination of the
bills he lost and little later Fisher
was arrested on a Rio Grande train
while trying to get out of town.
When Marshal Malaby took off the
fellow shoes ball of greenbacks
rolled out on the floor and was found
to be two twenties and two tens-the
same denominations lost by Rutter.
Notwithstanding this evidence
which certainly looked bad enough
for Fisher. Judge Hedden set the fell
low free, as he seemed to regard the
young mans conviction IN the district
court as extremely doubtful.
But Fisher was destined to pay for
his liberty and to celebrate his vic
tory he proceeded to quaft literally
from the flowing bowl. As a result
of his frequent and generous libations
the young fellow became quite bois-
terous and was escorted by the minions
OF the law to the sorrow foundry on
Grand avenue aud there given an ope
portunity to mediate on the wisdom
of his conduct.
Saturday afternoon he was hailed
before Police Magistrate Carpenter,
there to plead to charge of drunk
and disorderly A recess was taken
for supper and Marshal Malaby told
the prisoner he might be released un-
til 7:3O, the $21 which the officer found
on the fellow being retained as for
felt for his appearance.
But it is said there are often wheels
within wheels, and Fisher now thinks
he is the victim of that sort of COM
bination for scarcely had he began
to stroll eisurely down the street
until the hand of Sheriff Zimmerman
was placed upon his shoulder and he
was bidden to prolong his stay in the
county Jail from which he had taken
his departure but "a hours previous.
This last arrest was made on com
plant of Manager Smith of the Hotel
Glenwoo charging the robbery of
another guest of the house, lady
from Aspen, who, it is said, is loser
by Fishers light fingered tactics to
the tune of Sl1 so.
When Judge Carpenter returned to
the council chamber prepared to pro-
ceed with the case he found that the
prisoner through circumstances over
, which he had no control, had been de-
tained and the case was indefinitely
postponed The magistrate has not
vet decided whether to forfeit that
cash bond of *2l or to cite the sheriff
f,r contempt of his court in spiriting
a prisoner beyond his jurisdiction.
District Attorney Gentry filed in
formation against Fisher who i'm
dresses the officers as smooth crook.
1t is probable the trial may not he
held until November as there will
probably be no jury before that time.
1t must be said that Fisher s ex-
perience, three times in Jail and two
trials in twenty four hours, is not
often duplicated.