Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
TELEGRAPHIc NEWS

ei'oie " iocate LIT. Hawley Crlppen
the American dentist who disappeared
last Saturday. The body of a woman
supposed to have been that of his wife
who formerly was Belle Gilmore. the
noted singer. was found late last nigh
buried in the cellar of their home IL
Hilldrop Crescent, Islington. on the
outskirts of London.
TWO collins were taken today b,
the police undertakers to the Cripper
home at Hilldrop Crescent, indicating
another corpse had been found in the
house. Everyone is barred from the
premises, and the police are yelling
their movements in mystery. 1t was
officially announced this afternoon that
Crippen had been formally charged
with murder and mutilation and that
police all over the world have been
asked to arrest him on sight
Crippen is said to have fled with an.
other woman with whom he was liy.
ing and who had assumed the name of
Mrs. Crippen.
Despite the calling in of all neigh.
bors. the police have been unable posi-.
lively to Identify the decomposed BODY
o! the woman found in the cellar as
that of Mrs. Crappen though they are
firmly of that belief.
None of the neighbors saw Mrs. Grin.
pen since February when her husband
gave it out that she had gone to the
continent for a visit. A short time
afterward there appeared a notice in
the papers that Mrs. Crippen had died
abroad. Then another woman. also
known as Mrs. Crippen. appeared nj
the Hilldrop Crescent house The den
list and the second Mrs. Crippen''
were seen in the house as late as last
Saturday.
Inc crime is so unusual and sur.
rounded by such peculiar features that
the best operatives of the Scotland
Yard have been detailed to seek the
missing dentist.
DENVER. July 1.-THE Belle Ell
more, mentioned in today's London dis
patches as having been murdered is
supposed to be one of the Belmore sis.
tiers who acted in Denver at the Ia.
Dor last winter She was an excep.
tionally clever woman in her line.
CHICAGO, July 1.-two hundred
and fifty guests of the Hotel Morrison
were thrown into a near panic today
when fire ragged in an adjoining build
ing. The assurance that there was no
real danger soon quoted the guests.
The first loss was small.
SlLVERTON, Colo, July 14.-The
lowa-Tiger in Arastra basin is the
scene of one of the richest gold strikes
that has occurred in the San Juan
for many years.
The strike was made in the fourth
layer of the main working tunnel.
about 500 feet from the portal of the
tunnel and 300 feet below the surface
of the ground.
For a number of years the main
'>'AA ~ t"'' ~ opUily WAC IL htdbl ltuu
ore carrying good value in gold and
Silver, From this many hundreds of
thoL.ands dollars worth of ore have
been shipped and paid to the owners
of the company
About year and half ago the
lowa-Tiger Leasing company, compos.
ed chiefly of Silyerton men, leased the
property from the owners.
In passing through this level. We'd
nesday on an inspection trip the fore.
man Clipped a piece of rock from
what was supposed to be the hanging
wall. The rock appeared to be heavily
mineralized with what in the candle
light looked 10 be iron pyrite, but when
brought to the surface was found to
be streaks and nuggets of pure gold.
A sack was quickly filed with this
ore and sent to Silverton for sampling.
1t gave returns of sixty-two ounces in
gold, value of $l,240 in gold per ton
twenty-five hundred pound were quick
ly extracted and sent to the Iowa mill
for crushing that win be sampled later.
The body of ore appears to be a
large one.
The IowaTiger is situated in the
center of the eastern gold belt and this
strike goes to confirm the claim of ex-
perts that il will make one of the
greatest gold belts ever found in the
state.
WASHINGTON. July 14.-Rumor be
came current here today to The effect
that Clifford Pinchot may be put for.
ward for the Republican nomination
for governor of New York Pinchot is
a legal resident and voter in New York
city. That he has become actively
associated with politics is not denied
by his friends here, but no one could
be found to stand sponsor for the re-
port that he may be urged as the sue.
cessor to Hughes. 1t is pointed out.
however. that Pinchot is the undoubt.
ed possessor of one of the great asset
as candidate in his close friendship
with Colonel Roosevelt.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July 1.-THE