The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15
near LYN CHIN G.
FOR MURDER OF coNsTAeLE RAo.
LAND IN GRAND COUNTY.
SHERIFF STANDS OFF MOB

Desperate, While Under. Arrest, eheets
ofsesr at Frassr-kow In jail at
sulphur sprinss-Woundsd Man
Likely to Die.
Denver.-A Republican special from
Arrow Saturday night says:
The fear OF mob of determined cit
lxens that they might do harm to eher-
III Jones alone prevented the lynching
to-day Of Dago Frank, who last night
at Fraser shot and mortally wounded
Constable Neal RAgland.
The prisoner was brought here to-
day by the sheriff, who 10 highly popu-
lar.
Hardly had the ofncer reached town
when he became aware that hostile
demonstration would be made against
the prisoner
He hastened to q nearby Justice,
where he had Dago Frank bound over
to the District Court on the charge OF
murder. This done, the sheriff went to
the train with his man.
There he met . crowd OF nifty men,
who demanded the life of the consta'
ble's assailant.
The mob had q rope and WAS ready
to mete out summary justice, but this
aged to get his prisoner into the bag.
gage car OF the train and shut the door
The ofiicer then stood guard and, as
no one wanted to injure the sheriff, II
was finally concluded better to let the
man go than to hurt the officer, who
stated that he was determined to take
his prisoner to Sulphur Springs. The
mob disbanded and the prisoner was
lodged in Jail tonight at Sulphur
springs.
Dago Mike, = notorious character
implicated In several killing and shoot
ing ARRAYS, was arrested In Fraser last
night by Neal Ragland, charged with
holding up George Brosseau two days
before. Dago Mike, the only name by
which he Is known here, confessed to
the robbery and named two hobocs
Dutch" and Dick" as accomplices
The evidence was not suf1cient to hold
the two men and they were asked by a
committee of citizens to leave the
town. This they did
Last evening Constable Rasland oi
Fraser started to bring Dago Mike to
this place. When the two men were
opposite Dan Kinney's saloon. Rag
Land turned his back for a second. and
a. he did SO, Dago Mike shot him In
the back. the bullet penetrating the
constable's body just below the
left shoulder and coming out on the
other side just above the heart.
Wounded though he was. Ragland
! ran into the saloon and asked Kinney
for 4 revolver. which was refused, Kin
ney saying that he did not want to
help out at a killing. The wound be
gan to weaken the constable, who sank
to tie floor of the saloon and became
unconscious. Ragland did not havo =
weapon with him when he was At
tempting to bring his prisoner to this
place, believing that he could handle
Dago Mike without the use Of wea
pom, Daeo Mike had been searched
for weapons and when last noticed by
the oficer he carried none. 1t is the
theory Of the ofIicers that a gun was
secretly given the man by his friends
O. H. Barber, a bystander, seeinf
| the turn Of affairs, arrested Dago Mikt
and held him until the arrival OF Sher
IN Jones and District Attorney ]. c
Labrie from Sulphur Springs. Tho
sheriff brought his man here. where
the lynchins was narrowly Inverted. a.
above related.
Dago Nike. in his confession to tn
hold-up, admitted that 1t had been ht'
intention to hold up Mayor Frank II
Ross and VOLTS saloon. had he no
been interrupted by the officers.
Dago Mike has long been known
a desperate character. Two years ag
he killed a man named Preston i
Boulder park. but because OF an ell
ment OF self-defense shown at the tria'
his punishment was not severe.
Six months later he shot mar
named DALEY. who recovered. and nc
more than three months ago he wa
connected with shooting ARRAY
Kremmllng.
Ragland is an efficient officer on
has many friends here. His condition
is precarious.