Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-28

/ much bs Matched and the small rain
bow, ns1ive and eastern brook trout
returned to the stream every year
from the Gunnison hatchery to keep
up the supply.
| Six armed men, supposedly from
Victor. Colo. early Wednesday morn.
| ing held up Caretaker Arthur of the
| Colorado Springs water System. open
ed the flood gates on Pixies peak and
turned l74.00O,000 gallous Of water
into the Victor reservoir. Caretaker
Arthur was held a prisoner for some
| {time while the woter was being run
off. but finally managed to elude his
! capiors and telephone TO Colorado
| Springs for help, Sheriff Burdsall OF
| Ell Paso county with a posse of ten
armed men, including deputies and
| detectives. Immediately left for the
scene Of the bold-up The water sup
plies for Colorado Springs and The
| Cripple Creek district are located on
| the slopes OF Pixies peak and dis
putes over them are frequent causes
| OF friction between the two cities. 1t
seems that Victor is short of water
i hid yCdi dithVhbh ntV h'PA tAe'
has an ample supply, having 100000
| 900 gallons left after theft of this
morning.
After an absence of practically two
years, during which time officers of
the state county and city, have been
looking everywhere for him. Mark
| Woodruff, who is wanted in connec-
tion with the alleged Irregularities OF
the land board, during the last four
| years, returned to Denver OF his own
volition Wednesday and announces
that he intends to stay there until the
| entire matter is Strengthened up. The
question of immunity naturally arises
| in cases of this kind but all those con
nected with the case declare that
| nothing OF the sort was promised him
This is evidently true up to the pres
ent because he declined to say wheth
er or not he would say all before
the committee If he were to be
shielded. he would probably. tell the
whole thing before the investigating
committee and not wait for the court
The return of Mr. Woodruff marks
the beginning OF the close of chap
ter in Colorados history that has beer
played upon far more than 1t was eve
worth. During the Peabody and Nc
Donald administrations, there wer
TWO large deals transacted before the
state land board one known as th'
Hurt case, iu which II Is claimed there
was fraud The entire transaction o
both cases did not involve $4,000. nev
ertheless the two cases looked sus
picious and Investigations of the las
two Republican administrations caus
ed the issuing of warrants for Wood
ruffs arrest The last legislature az
propria,ed $4,000 to continue the IN
vestigations, it being claimed tina
more grievous frauds would be dis
covered. At the end of severa
months work. these are the only tw
cases developed in which there is tn
least semblauce of fraud. During tn
development of these cases, the name
of state officers have not been brough
!, in, vet the cases have been enlarged
or perhaps more than any $1,000 cas-
Of fraud that was ever found in tn
, state. It was during this investigs
7 ton that Woodruffs name wa
brought into the matter so much.
; knew what was going on all the time,
said Woodruff, "and finally decide
: When asked if his tesfhimnoonny' w1"i %%i II
include evidence against men highe
up. he declined to answer. Wood
ruff was released on $500 bonds an
will remain in Denver until the ma
ter is Strengthened up.