The Glenwood post., 1907-04-27
ABSINTHE FIEND
SHOOTS Up TOWN
Joe Warner in Critical Condition
Nan Responsible Wounded by
Officers, Jumps in River
and Goes Down
THE BODY NOT YET RECOVERED

The people Of Glenwood we're great
ly excited Wednesday night by an
unknown man who. after imbibing
pretty freely of the liquid insanity
known as absinthe, started out in a
drunken craze to shoot up the town.
AS he passed the Rio Grande sleeper
which each day is left in the yard to
be picked up by No. 8. he met two
men of his own class and iourishing
Colts As ordered them to put up
their dukes which they promptly did
and yet this did not prevent the fell
low pulling the trigger.
One of the men who gives his name
as Joe Warner. was shot through the
groin and is now at the county hos
pitaI in a rather serious condition,
although the doctors think the fellow
will recover unless serious complica-
tions set in which are not threatened
al. this time.
The assailaDt then proceeded to the
island between the Grand and Roaring
Fork rivers where he began shooting
at the cabin occupied by Fred Kinney
and wife and baby. He then broke
into the house and ordered the occu-
pants about demanding that they get
a gun for him. He fred one shot in
the house which grazed Kinney's
breast and then the two engaged in a
terrible scuffie Kinney finally
wrested the gun from his antagonist
and rushed from the cabin. Mrs Kin
ney having already made her escape
with the baby. By this time the
officers and several other armed men
had reacned the scene and as Fred
rushed ont of his cabin flourishing the
six shooter. several of the fellows
taking him to be the desperate took
shot at him and it is only due to
their poor aim that Kinney is alive
today.
A little later the real ruffian rushed
from the building and was welcomed
by fusilade of shots which were re-
peated as long as he could be seen.
which, however, was very short
space of time as the fellow started to-
ward the Roaring Fork river and was
soon lost to view.
The crowd secured lantern and
easily tracked the fieni to the water g
edge and after examining both sides
Of the river for quite q distance up
and down and seeing no returning
tracks decided that In his fright the
fellow had plunged into the water and
had been carried away by the under
tow.
This theory was strengthened the
next morning when the officers in
making a moro careful investigation
found spots of blood on the fellow s
trail leading right down to the water.
The river at this point is SO swift and
the undercurrent so strong tnat it is
impossible for anyone to stand on his
feet any distance from the shore and
II is said horse cannot swim the
stream at that point.
The spota of blood prove almost ab-
solutely that the man had been
wounded by the posse and probably
was so weak from his scuffle with Kin
ney and the shock that he went down
soon after striking the water and it
is more than likely the Grand river
will soon throw out upon its banks
the wreck Of what was once man
but who through drink has gone down
to this terrible death
The fellow, whoever he was. pur-
chased the six-shooter Wednesday
evening of John Rittmayer, saying as
he did 81. that while beating ride
into Glenwood he had been held up
and robbed by some others in the box
car but that he saved his bills. slip
ping them down In the torn lining Of
his coat. He had at least SIS. OC
when at Rittmsyer's. He put the
gun in little grip aud this grir
which has been found by the officers
was labeled r. d. Golden, but wheth-
!