The Delta independent., 1910-10-07
ITEMS OF COLORADO
EUents of Importance
Throughout the State
Ouray Saloon Robbed.

than $50 and made their escape. No
trace of the robbers has been found.
c. & S. Cashier Dies.
E. N. Griffith, aged 80 and the
cashier of the Colorado & Southern
Railroad Company, died in the hos
pital in Denver Friday, where he
had been for several weeks. suffer
ing from a general breakdown and
heart trouble.
Ranch Hand Missing.
Ben H. Butterfield, employed at
the Frank Larry ranch, fifteen miles
south of Glenwood Springs. has been
missing since Sunday Butterfield
and three companions were milking
when Butterfield left the corral to
go to hay stack. He was not
seen afterward. searching party
spent two days hunting for him.
Explosion at Buena Vista.
One man is reported killed
and much property destroyed by
dynamite and fire as the result of
riot that broke out among miners
at Monarch. mining camp 35 miles
from Buena vista. Friday morning.
Telephone and telegraph wires are
the fire. Sheriff Brewster with
several deputies, has gone to the
scene.
Shooting ARRAY at Baldwin.
VIII Green, of Baldwin, Colorado,
afN1T.
to the district court under $4,000
bail which he could not give. for
having shot and mortally wounded
Joe Griffith, another colored man. in
quarrel over a colored woman.
The shooting occurred at the Bald
win coal camps 20 miles north of
here. Griffith was shot in the groin
but may recover.
Convicted of Murder
o. p. Cant was found guilty of
Involuntary manslaughter in the cir
cult court at Steamboat Springs last
week. and Walter Miller. an Indian
half-breed, was convicted of murder
in the second degree for the killing
of Paul A. Clutter. July 81. Testi-
mony was to the effect that Cant
and Clutter were fighting when Mil
Ter interfered and shot Clutter. A
shot from Gant's weapon hit Clut-
would have proved fatal
Shot by Stray Bullet.
Mrs. Albert Dickerson of Litch-
field, Neb.. who is visiting in Du-
range. was seriously wounded by
stray bullet from a shooting gal
lery Friday. The ball pierced
two-inch plank in a board fence
along the highway where Mrs. Dick
erson was passing in a carriage.
The bullet entered the right cheek
an inch below the eye, passing
through the face and coming out be-
low the outer edge of the left eye.
It is said Mrs. Dickerson will lose
the sight of one eye and possibly
both.
TownspeoPle Welcome Stephen.
His townspeople gave John B.
Stephen. Republican candidate for
governor, a rousing reception in
Colorado City Friday night. The
gathering combined political rally
with social features. and marked the
firing of the first gun in the local
campaign. Senator Steephen told
his audience he valued their friend
ship more than their votes. Judge
James A. Orr. nominee for congress
from the second district was the |
only speaker.
Clubs Closed at Colorado Springs. |
AS the result of arrests made /.
by the police and district attorneys |
office. three liquor clubs at Colorado /
Springs. the Index, the Alhambra /
and the mechanics. will close by
agreement. For several months |
these clubs have been running in
spite of the local option law and |
frequent arrests and convictions |
Several other clubs are still operat-
ing.
Young Burglars Confess.
Louis Pierce, Ray Edwards and
Leslie Spencer, ranging from Is to
IL years of age, are under arrest |
at Colorado Springs charged with |
burglary. All of them confessed |
The youths were arrested on state |
ments made by Earl Underwood. IA |
years old. accused of arson. Under |
wood, who was n telegraph messen,
ser. would spy" house while pre-
tending to look for its number while |