Evening star., 1909-06-28
FIGHT ON Pixies PEAK WINNERS co TO ROME
Chicago Students in Death Contest for Sculpture and
Struggle Painting Scholarships
QUARREL WITH CARETAKER TERMS OF COMPETITION
Objected Price American Academy Established
He Ordered Them Lines of French School.
ATTACKS WITH BLACKJACK OUTCOME OF THE WORLDS FAIR
in Darka Morgan
gressor Mortaly
Of Villa Mrafore
QUARREL WITH CARETAKER
Boys Objected to Price for Room and
He Ordered Them Out.
ACKS WITH BLACKJACK
Three Men Battle in Dark and Az.
gressor Il Mortally Wounded
and in Hospital.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. June 2s.-
After q desperate hand-to-hand fight yes
terday on the summit of Pixies Peak.
14.OO0 feet higher, John A. Clark and
George Shipley. Chicagoans. and former
students OF Dartmouth College, are in
jail. and Howard H. Robinson, govern
ment caretaker of the Summit House, Is
in critical condition at st. Francis
Hospital in this city.
The fight was the result OF a quarrel
over the charge made by Robinson for
accommodations at the Summit House.
The battle took place in the darkness
when the three men were the only ones
on the mountain top.
The two young men say that Robinson
attacked them because they awakened
him. and they fought in self-defense.
Robinson was left unconscious and unable
to give his version of the encounter.
The police began an investigation to
find the real cause of the trouble and
the men in custody until more is found
out.
Climb to Pixies Peak.
Shipley and Clark arrived in this city
from the east two days ago. They were
well dressed, seemed to have plenty Of
money and made number OF friends.
Saturday night the decided to
walk up to the summit of Pixies Peak.
a favorite trip. of tourists in the Rocky
mountain district. They reached the
to the point of exhaustion by the icy
winds and binding snowstorm.
They raped on the door of the Sum-
init House, where. Robinson was asleep.
The latter admitted them, and they had
something to eat.
After they had come back to the main
room. which was Illuminated only by the
candle In the neighboring room, q quar-
rel arose over the price of rooms for the
remainder of the night
According to the story of one of the
men, Robinson ordered them out, with
no place to spend the night until the
little train OF the cog road could take
them back to Manitou. They refused
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Robinson Attacks Them.
When they continued to remain Rob-
inson, they say, went back Of the lunch
counter and drew a short, heavy billy,
which he kept for protection. Then the
three men. three miles above civiliza-
ton, fought in a fierce death struggle.
After several minutes of fighting Rob-
inson dropped unconscious.
Realizing the seriousness of the af-
fair. the two boys, after they had bathed
their wounds, telephoned to the station
of the cog road in Manitou for assist
ance. Word was sent to Mr. Sells,
manager of the road, who made a flying
trip in an automobile to the foot of
the peak.
A special train was at once chartered,
bearing Sheriff George Birdsall of Ell
Paso county. DR.. l.. H. Beck of Manitou
and Mr.. Sells.
The train made the fastest trip in its
history, arriving at the mountain top in
one hour. The wounds of the three men
were treated and the return trip was
made. Robinson was rushed to the
hospital and Shipley and Clark were
placed in custody.