The Glenwood post., 1907-06-22
KNIFE WOUND
ENDS IN DEATH
Greek Meets Greek---A Heated spiel
Blow With Ciub---A Flash
of Steel and Work
for Coroner
CLUB LEAVES BAD SCALP WOUND

the section house at Sunlight, on
the Colorado Midland, was the scene
of killing Tuesday night. Frank
kurles stabbed Frank Scripter in the
abdomen and the victim died from
the wound an hour and half later.
The murder grew out of contro-
versy concerning Kurles brother who
is also employed on the section as
track walker. In this capacity, his
work was easier than that of the
others and the enmity of his fellow
workers was incurred thereby. Feel
ing against the brother almost reached
the point of open mutiny and NUT
tered threats could be heard against
him, uttered even by his own brother.
Finally. on Tuesday night between
the hours of $50 and 0, Frank Kurles
hunted up his foreman, Frank Scrip
ter and demanded that his time check
be made out, rs he would not work
if his brother kept his job The fore
man answered that he woulG do so
Wednesday morning. The reply
angered kurles who insisted that the
check should be Forthcoming immedi-
ateIy. Scripter ordered him out of
the house.
Kurles refused to go, whereupon
his foreman called in Charles John
son, foreman of another section gang
stationed at the same place, who also
ordered the man to leave the room.
By way of enforcing the orders Scrip
Apr snatched up a pick handle and
Struck Kurles on the head, knocking
him down The laborer picked him
self up and the rest of the story is
told in the language of Charles John
son, tho only eye witness to the
killing. ''Kurles rushed upon Scrip
ter and the next l heard was, My
God, he's got knife, followed by,
He's got me, uttered in almost one
breath.
The injured man was placed upon a
hand car and rushed to Cardiff as fast
as the machine could be made to go;
at Cardiff the switch engine was at
tached to caboose and all haste made
for Glenwood, where the death took
place shortly after arriving. The
cut was in the left side of the abdo-
men and extended to the backbone of
the unfortunate man.
Scripter told one of his friends tnat
he was going to Spring Valley to get
his head dressed and possibly did start
out for that place. Be that as it
may, he was apprehended by the
Glenwood night marshal at the Silver
Club saloon late Tuesday night, and
taken into custody by Deputy Sheriff
Carduell and lodged in the county
Jail where be now awaits trial,
A coroner's jury consisting of Will
liam Cardnell. foreman; Charles Mar.
shall, W. p Kennedy, Ollie Thorson.
EA l.. Chase and E. T. Wolverton was
ISummoned and after hearing the testi-
0hony brought in a verdict to the
effect that Frank Scripter came to his
death as result of wound inflicted
in the abdomen with knife or other
sharp instrument in the hand of Frank
Kurles, and that said injury was in
fiicted with felonious intent. Nothing
can be learned of Scripter's relations
beyond the fact that he has a married
daughter living in the East. He was
So years of age and fine specimen of
physical manhood weighing over 200
pounds The remains will probably
he buried at Glenwood.
Physician Rosenberg dressed Kurles'
injuries The murderer has cut
several inches in length on the side of
his head, inflicted by the pick handle,
and is otherwise bruised. -Four
stitches were taken to close up the cut.