The daily sentinel., 1910-02-17
A BIG SENSATION IS
CAUSED BY THE CASE

Colorado Springs has another SEN
sation, of which she has had many in
past years. The present case arises
over the shooting of a well known
woman in society at a lonely house
on Red mountain and about which
she is pretending to know very lit
tie. il has been proven that il is
not n case of attempted suicide, and
the young woman has made n con-
fession, which she now repudiates,
but which was made, nevertheless.
when she thought she was near to
deaths door.
Pictures in the Colorado Springs
papers of the victim of the mystery
show her to be very handsome wom-
IN, as she reclines on a diyan in her
home.
Colorado Springs is quite excited
over this further mystery that has
come to the ultra fashionable society
Of that city.
The following are some Of the later
details of the mystery:
There are whisperings that some
one Is being shielded in the case of
Alice Crawford Snow - someone
whom she would protect even at the
sacrifice of self-for other theories
not being tangible. the one of at
tempted suicide has gained ground.
The woman herself has denied she
tried to take her own life. She would
have the shooting Sunday night in
the lonely mansion on Red mountain
appear as an accident" Since be-
ing taken to st. Francis hospital she
mas declared emphatiCally that 1t
was.
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DIR. E l.. McKinnie, to whom she
made what she thought might be her
ante-mortem statement. DR.. McKin-
ME admits having received the con-
tidence, but declined to talk until
Mrs. Snow authorizes a statement
Meanwhile there are vague rumors of
quarrel having taken place In the
mansion early Sunday morning. al
though the identity of the other per-
sons. II a quarrel there was, is not
known.
Old John Ellison, the servant, has
a pitiful story to tell that supports
\ the theory that the beautiful actress.
although living in the midst OF lux
ury, was on the verge of starvation,
| and preferred to die rather than ap-
| peal to strangers. Ellison, 1t is said,
was found supping on a crust OF
bread and water in the big house by
| Attorney ]. T. White, who arrived in
| time to save Mrs. Snow from being
incinerated, as the bed on which she
| lay had caught fire.
The course taken by the bullet
does not support the claim that the
woman shot herself. The bullet en-
tered Just above the knee and took
a downward course, While the
| wound is not serious, complications
may set In, according to DR.. McKin-
ME, that may cripple her for life.
"Shall | ever dance again?" she
| asked the physician. The question
| gave an inkling of the woman's tenn
permanent and her friends are loath
to believe she wanted to die.
From all accounts Alice Crawford
both before and during her married
life, lived a life Of luxury. Her beau
ty brought her quick recognition on
| the stage. and at one time she was n
| member of Daly's company in New
York. When her mother brought
| the younger sister Emma to Mani
| tou, Alice Crawford. who was then
| married to an actor, followed. She
| subsequently married Theodore Snow,
n Klondyke man. from whom she
was divorced three months ago.
That the beautiful divorce was in
| financial straits was not generally
known, but it has leaked out that
week or so ago she offered her we'd
ding ring as security for loan and
was advanced some by friend who
rejected the ring. Mrs. Snow then
went to Denver, expecting to secure
a vaudeville engagement but was dis
appointed and returned to Manitou
After her mother and little daugh
ter Dorothy left for California ten
days ago Mrs. Snow lived in the big
house with her only man servant, and
from all accounts 1t was hand-to-
mouth existence.
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