The chronicle=news., 1913-11-10

| Tic Wan ordered to Keep nis head III
and the house WAS Immediately aur-
rounded.
Richards WAS NJ home md also
bis br0ther-in-lxw. Ssntartlli. When
asked for their guns. Richards saids
an they had was sn old rifle used
for huntinx. After rixd cross exam
iaation by Major Townsend. Richards
admitted that there were hish- power
rifles hidden under the table. The
table had been turned over and cieats
nailed along the edge that circles
the top.
| A !ssvsKe 3O3. u Remington high
power automatic. u :.-35 Winehcst-
~ and q SO-x: Winchester We're
founds. The guns with the cxcrp.
tion Of the sO-s: Winchester shot the
same kind Of shells ~ were picked
IRON behiad the ~mbankincht at the
Laughed rcSsrvoir. the place where
tn, men shot from ambush.
Tells Confused Story.
Charles Richards told confused
story Of how the guns came 10 he In
hts possession lie said that hc had
received the SxvaKe automatic from
Pete Rich the evening ofthe shoot
inH anu NJ his request nad hidden
II. The other rifles hc raid. had
Dccn given to his little 10, while he.
richards MAS Iixinx the cicais under
the table. The hoy had come In
with the rifles In his arms aud said
the big man gave me- these and
wants you To hide them.
Pete Rich said that he had pnr-
chased the sos u month before aud
u had never been used. An exam
inaticn OF the gun sno~ea ,hat II had
been fired that afternoon and there
were still shells In the magazine.
While the search Of the Richards
house was goipK ON. Mrs. Bioui. the
mother Of ono OF the arrentcd men.
came In aud sxcitc,i,y made the re-
mark in broken English. My boy
he can XIII the guards and he can
XIII some more.
JAW. tnctn sutOu ~
| Cartridge Hidden in Bed.
licsidcs the rifles. two siA-sh00t.
crs and . large quantity Nf amsnu-
milton OF all kinds were taken from
the bed In which Charles Richards
amt his wife slept. The men arrested
At the dcpo, had their pockets full
Of rifle ammunition. Richards. when
sxaminsd at Camp Waisenburk. at
temtped to prove an uiibi for himself.
Ia George and Frank krupa. HIS
story was that before the shooting
occurred that ss he WAS coming out
OF his house he saw Ed RICHARDS.
Peter Rich aud Pete Bioni pulling
iiii Gamble. "a non-union miner.
from y wagon.
They started up town with Gam
bie." he said. ''ana one OF them
struck Gamble and tried to force
him to join ;ac union. Gamble re-
fused.
About ten minutes later u saw
them take Gamble into the telephone
office. I followed closely. and soon
the bows reported that Gamble had
tclcphoned forthc guards ut the mine.
Il told Smith at the hardware
store that II those guards come Into
town and start something they Will
get warm reception. -Three-quar-
tiers OF an hour later the guards
came In an auto. They got Gamble
and started out OF town. Ed George
and Frank and ran to the seandpipc
to see the tight that we all expected.
We watched the fight from the
standpipe. After 1t WIS over | saw
six men stoop down and run into
ravine.
Richards stated that he had served
Ms a member OF company A. First
Colorado volunteers in the Philip
pines under Captains stuart and
Dortugaugh.
}, More Cofins, Is Threat.
, Adams. the guard who died yes
terday. was protected by a heavy de-
tail OF soldiers at La Veta until he
was placed on the train. Several
soldiers who were the patrols In the
streets OF La veta Saturday night
stated that they were told that more
coffins would be needed before
morning.
Everything has been perfectly
quiet in town since 1t was occupied
by the soldiers.