Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-16
CHASTITY DISCOVERY NAY BRING
ABOUT ANOTHER LONG BAT.
TIE IN THE COURTS.
MURDER WILL OUT"
THREE MURDERS ARE SAID TO BE
TRACED TO MEN PROMINENT
IN "coLoRApo TROUBLE"


to be that Of W. J. Barney. a miner
who disappeared several years ago.
tho arrest OF half dozen men, for.
merly prominent In mining circles. will
be made within q month. Bulkeley
Wells dug up the human bones. He
says the murderers are known, that
several have already been located. and
that the whereabouts OF the others can
not long be concealed.
Wells found the body Of Barney
through clew furnished by Steve Al.
ans In his confession to tho Idaho au.
thoritics. which confession Adams has
| since repudiatcd.
The skeleton will be introduced as
evidence when the trials Of the men
who arc to be arrested are called.
Knows Smiths Grave.
Wells also claims to know where tho
body OF Smith was buried. but this will
not be taken up until the alleged mur.
dcrers are In custody. He says the
skeleton OF Barney was unoarthcd only
to give tho local authorities ground on
which to Issue warrants.
The discovery Of tho skeleton vas
made in q remote part OF Gold King
Euich twelve miles from town. lie.
sides Wells. City Marshal Willard Run.
ncls and others were present.
Tho location Of tho place Of burial
was made possible by the visit hcrr In
June. 1906. Of Steve Adams. Adams
was brought here by General Wells to
substaniiatc some matters related In
his confession. He had stated iha, he
knew where tho bodies of W. J. BaF.
n-y and Wesley Smith were buried.
Tho former disappeared In June. 1901.
and tho latter In March. 1903.
Adams. 10 his confession In Idaho.
admitted that hc was tho ASSASSIN Of
Arthur l.. Collins. formerly general
Ing Company. who was killed on No
s-mbsr 10. 1909. Asked u he knew
anything abou, tho disappcaranec Of
barney and Smith and whrihcr or not
h- vas Implicated with their taking
OF. hc replied tha, he had nothing 10
.,o with their disappearancc. but tnsr
tho circumstances Surrounding !; aad
where the bodies were buried.
Describes Mode Of killing.
He said that narnsy was assaulted IN
tho rear Of livery stable on Colorado
avenue late NJ nisht. lie Was wounded
with rcsa,vers and clubs and durins
tho adray shof In a gun exploded.
Afses tiafn~y had been beaten up In =
livery stable. according 10 tho confess
sion. by vincrnt ~. John. then pr-si.
dent of the Telluride union. and sis ps
seven Austrians. he ~as marched 10
Tho railroad tracks 100 yards distant.
They then escorted him. Adams said.
down the railroad track distance os
snsnc three miles 10 where il crossed
the wagon ruaa leading TO tho Alta
mines and mill.
Tip this road into tho nsoaatains he
was taken 10 near the Alta mill. lie
says barney thought they wsFe going
To -seort him cot OF tho cosairy. but
uppa arriving near the Alta they shot
him 10 death. His body uss taken
thirty or forty feet beiov the road.
placed on the ground and bis srvr
rolled above and alongside Of It. There
II rpmaincd until late In the summer II
1909. when the mur,iefsrs began TO feel
uncomfortable In apprehension of ap.
preaching trouble. and Adams. accord.
Ing to his own confession. accomra.
nicd by u. n. Carpenter. then sccfc.
| tary.treasurer ot the Telluride Miners
union. removed the remains from b.
hind the tree and buried them In a
| more secluded place
They stripped the body. he said. of
the clothing and boots and took u
II
ing u In one hole and the cipshinz in
another abou, thirty feet distant. which
vas done In order TO destroy identi-
| fica,iou.
when Adams was down there IN
June. 1906. with General Wells they
| went up to the little sat where Bar.
ney and his clothes had been buried.
but on account Of ahpu, four feet Of
snov on the ground at the time thcy
couid no, end the places where the
clothes and body had been buried.
though they dug many holes around IN
the suow. Adams. however. showed
General Wells marks on trees and
other things by which the location os
the grave could he determined when
the snow had disappeared. -.
Later In the season General Wells
found the hole In which Daruey's
clothes and boots had been buried. The
boots were cut exactly as Adams had
described when they were removed
from Barney's feet These General
Wells has kept In his Possession until
now.
Several efforts were made during
last year TO tnd the grave, hut proved
unsuccessful by reason Of Adams hav.
Ing given description of the location
of the grave Just opposite TO that
where II was finally found.
General Wells says a complete skeis-
ton OF Barney was taken up. Only one
or two ribs were missing and they
were found with the clothes. The skel.
etcn shows two bullet holes through
the ribs and another through the bone
OF the arm. The front teeth are
knocked out and the skull fractured.
The skeleton was brought to town.
With regard TO the disappearance Of
Smith, Adams says he was killed In
the Miners Union hospital In this
place. General Wells stated that
through Information obtained from Ad-
ans he was confident of later finding
the resting place Of the bones Of
Smith.