The Glenwood post., 1909-07-03

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1--WE reached Marvine Lodge about
week. There We're five of us In the
strangers to me, Fred and myself. We
cabin. Two of the boys went out aJon
gone. spoke of going and Fred nr
man and Fred were at the cabin whe
ready to go fishing. ! took one of III,
then went on down to fish. | bad not
minutes when | heard what | thought
have been one. i climbed on little
my horse was some yards from where
being strange. but | then decided tina
was merely II limb breaking under tn
away, Being satisfied that everythln
ing. After about an hour, l retur
The other boys came in and we loafe
barn and got my other horse and let
| started up the creek after the othe
| found Fred at the side of the tran.
and asked him. Fred, what in the wori
to me. | could see one of his eyes
hold of him and shcnk him again as
ing this ! turned hiru partly over ana
| thought then that he had fallen ag
them TO bring some water and rags
They came up aud we then di""nvere
head The bullet had entered the
He had pulled his hat down over the
bullet from a'32-20 Colts through tue
him back to the cabin and / went IA
to Meeker and Glenwood, but fhe lin'
the people understoo what l said
the marshal of GIenwood, but guess
somewhere.
s'I asked the man that i lei
fish if he had noticed anything and
Fred was JUS. as he (the state mani
saw Fred with mis- arms around his
He said that after doing this, Fred
ton of where we found him. He had
n place that if / went after him after
and thus find him. Fred had evldel
fore shooting himself and when the
One of his arms was under his body
see any gun at first, but when tbs
ground between his feet where it hai
"I had noticed for two or three
In fact he would not talk unless w
all right, but he seemed ito be in deei
going fishing, Fred urged me to 60 al
Just to get me away from the cabin
that knew where tie fish spawning
have to get a map from MIR. Kinc aid
| .On Saturday morning we Fl lle'
made sort of swing and placed FIR
trip remarkably well. We reached
afternoon. One thing that helped u
dertaker of Meeker. He happe ned L
| Marvine Lodge and he was 4 gr'aa
| by the Meeker doctor that the reasSl
was because the bullet did not touc
| heart and lungs. He died in Meeh;e
| and ! then telephoned to Glenwood.
wagon and then on to CAcnwood o
'sI don It know why Fred did IN
ing. and Mrs. Gordon tells me thu
one and that she had n, ,,ticed for ov
the time. He had bee retained a
which | am told was to be 800 pc
never was better game man in th'
well -
Notwithstanding the fact that Gle
wood people heard at a. late. honr la
Friday night that Fred Gordon W
lowering between life and dnath at t
lonely cabin known AS Marvin Lod
in Rio Blanco county, it was not u
til Monday evening of this week tn
the real facts so far as known we
learned and then only when ST
Thompson arrived in tho city on t
same train that bore t'ne remains
one of Colorado 3 best g; lme warde
who was stilled in death, the victim
his own hands.
The story above is tho one. told
Sam Thompson to- the Po,t on, Mond
evening after his arrival in (ilenwo
But in spite of the fact that e'yerythi
indicates that Fred Gordon was \ 6
eide, there arc many of his old Gl
wood friends who will &c, to their !
resting places with the firm b elief t
he was the victim of cruel onspir'
on the pant of game law viz ,laters
lonely spot in the Rocky uounta