The Delta independent., 1910-10-21
ITEMS OF COLORADO
Eoents of Importance
Throughout the State
Voorhees, Mentioned for Vacancy.

Judge John j. VOrheeS OF Pueblo,
judge of that judicial district, is be-
ing pushed for the vacancy on the
Democratic state ticket caused by
the death of Judge R. w. Steele.
Candidate Shot.
AS a result of q dispute over q
81 livery charge w. w. Mccoy, re-
publican nominee for assessor, was
instantly killed Friday at Center,
by Percy Talbot of Denver. Talbot
fired six shots at Mccoy five of
which took effect. Talbot was at
once arrested. a.,
Burned to Death With Hot Metal.
Two were burned to death and
one fatally burned at the Minnequa
| plant of the Colorado Fuel G. Iron
company, at Pueblo Saturday after
noon. when a car of moulten metal
fell upon them. The accident occur
red in the open hearth department.
and was caused by car jumping the
track.
Killed SOO-POund Bear.
Charles King, clerk of the dis
trict court at Glenwood Springs, who
vas hunting out near Deep Lake.
is probably the blue ribbon winner
of sports of that section for the
season of 1910, he having secured
one of the finest specimens of brown
bear ever taken out of the hills. The
animal weighed about 500 pounds.
and Mr.. King is having a rug made
| from the hide.
Greeley Man Killed in Tampa.
Chief of Police Eugene Williams
last week received a letter from
Tampa Florida, saying that F. P.
Hunt had been killed by an engine
The letter stated that he lived long
enough to give Greeley as his home,
and that he had a large bank account
and stocks and bonds in a Greeley
| financial institution. No trace can
| he found of any of the property men
toned.
Rock Kills Japanese Miner.
Refusing to heed the warning
of his companion, ]. Inowja. Jap
anese miner of Trinidad. was in
stantly killed Friday by a fall of
rock in the mine of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company at Primero.
The men were working in room
under an overhanging rock. One
of them thought the place unsafe
and advised the Jap to quit. This
he refused to do. He was 27
years old and unmarried.
Irrigation Survey Made.
Engineers have completed a sur
vey for the Elk river irrigation pro-
.l
along the northern border of Routt
county 1t is claimed that 5000
acres will be brought under culti-
vation in is months. In addition
TO this project the Hughes-Kilpatriok
ditch north of Hayden and Craig wi
supply an equal acreage while the
DR.. Leach project, south of the Bear
river. will include $4,000 more.
Alleged Forgery at Canon City.
Undersheriff John Chetelat of
Canon City took Jesse Mccoy. alias
E. Rix, Mrs. Artie Higgins and her
14-year-old niece. Maud Chetwin,
who were arrested in Leadville Fri
day, back to Canon City the same
day. Mccoy Is charged with forgery
and abduction and Mrs. Higgins
with contributing to Juvenile de-
| linquency. Mccoy Friday after
noon it is alleged. forged a check
on Captain B. F. Rockafellow and
cashed it at clothing store here.
The mystery of the disappearance
of Fritz Withmuller. a rancher, from
his home in Allen park near Boulder
seven years ago, was cleared up
last week when skeleton and a
few pieces of clothing, found at
lonely spot at Odessa lake, near his
ranch several days ago were brought
to Boulder and identified. A shoe
and a portion of a hat were posi-
lively identified by II. w. Smith.
neighbor, as having been worn by
the man at the time of his disappear
ance. medicine tube was found
by the body.
| Robbery in Sterling.
In an effort to dynamite the safe
of the State Bank at Proctor. seven
teen miles northeast of Sterling, two
masked robbers kept the Inhabitants
of the village in their homes by
firing at every person who showed
himself. while two other bandits
labored more than an hour at the
steel door of the safe. last Thursday
The robbers blew open the outer
door of the safe which contained
several thousand dollars. but they
could not penetrate the inner door.
and fed. A possee later set out
from Sterling. and the robbers We're
traced to lliff. where the trail was
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