The Ordway new era., 1907-05-03
i|URDERWI6
olAvaN or MAvR,e,
CAN'T keEp 80
DENVER CRIME seal'
Astsr Two Years AlmI.,. u,
John Shire Confess, !,
ting coId.elooded Mu,s..
YER Home. +

ver Home.
Butte. Mont.-John Shire ~
here to await an examinatIo. \
sanity. confessed ,ha, two
he murdered Maurice C,pl,,
YER auctioneer. shooting him
while his victim was sealed i.
lor with other members of HI,
In the early evening. When
rested II was evident that -
was preying Shirc's mind ana r
questions finally induced Mn
Haunted by the memory a n
h0 had resorted to cocaine al
In an EFFORT to forget, and n
temporary delusions which
in his arrest as an Insane nm
In his confession Shire r,r1
Caplan was n wealthy man. ~
In his store he exhibited A An
bills. Shire said he was des,aI
he followed the autioneer hon
purpose OF getting his money
Il got into the place by a ~
after he had entered the fru,
said Shire. "and, while golnr
q hallway IN my search for Ia
met his daughter and she
alarm. When the man appeayI
him to throw up his hands. III
obeying he picked up a s,od
he moved as II he was going ls
me. and shot him dead. lAs
back to the saloon where |
ployed as bartender. remalni
for over n day. Several men 4
knew. were detectives" a
Shire, "came around the place I
was working several times u
frightened for fear that they 4
my trail. but they never did d
about II. The man who ran n
where l was employed was y
l tended bar for him, but be IN
me anything for my work. vi :
did for me was TO keep me ~
the time"
II was believed that Shire mi
ing under temporary delusioos
the use Of whisky and cocaine
II did no good to remind Shirt
was behind locked and band
where nobody could get at bin 4
him harm. On all other mii
man seems TO be perfectly q
He gave connected and clear ~
the murder he confesses be q
ted.
The murder Of Maurice L 3
was the most cold-blooded an
ever committed In Denver. q
who was president OF the DelsEE
tion Company, was shot down n
glar In the parlor OF his houe,
East Sixteenth avenue. The =
and Nathan Stryker. a pn1
wholesaler, were playing eafs
the room with them was MA =
who sat In a corner reading
Ruth Margaret Caplan was w.
ing the parlor from the vesti0sa
the burglar came in through =
door. which had been LETT w !
A revolver In each hand. tne
covered tho occupants OF the y
dering them to turn over :
money. Caplan had in one poe1.
5000. He produced three =
dollars in silver and laid 'as
on tho table. while Strykef =.
G5 cents, the contents Of one !,
II want all you've got sala Y \
ber. Caplan then turned 70
and asked her to go into the e. X,
and bring more money. sne y
quested, returning In a mon.
about $14 In cash, which W"
the pile on the table.
But this did not satisy 'ns ~ y
II want the money you ~
day., ne 6alu. A.. n
This remark apparently ~
Caplan. He had been slttlns + \.
through the minutes that y =, y
wife and Striker to turn w
money they had, but had gIoss' n
ally more pale. After conlma,ss. h
to turn over the money iron ,'
the robber bent over the taDn
up the little pile Of silver. a y
ment Caplan thought he saw y 4
tunity to save his properly
down he started to PICK ny ~
which his feet rested. The ~ Gss
the pistol he held In ms
the bullet entering in the lesS ess'
heart and causing instant aes