The chronicle=news., 1913-08-18
|tNlpN MINER KILLED,
: ''- DETECTIVE SHOT
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that after the detectives had dis
charged their weapons more than
snce.
As to Just what cOnversatiOa
passed has not been definitel!
learned. The friends OF Lippiatt de-
clare. however, that at different
times prior to the shooting the Bald
wln-Felts men had been shadoWiug
Lippiatt and other officials or menu
bcrx OF the United Mine Workers
and that passing along the street
tselk had directed an epithet nt Lip
piatt who was alone nj the time. Lip
piatt IL said to have gone to the head
qusrterS OF the organization In tho
Packer block and to have come back
few minutes later accompanied by
the five men and that he stopped In
front Of the operatives and re-
marked to Helix. In substance. Now
then you call me what you called me
little while ago" Al that. the men
declare. the detcctises pulled guns.
In flash the pistols were discharged
and lippiatt was fatally shot and
Belcher wounded. The bullet that
struck Beicher entered the left leg
lust above the knee hut In not con-
sidrred = serious wound. Five or six
bullets entered the body OF I.Ippiatt.
one passing through tho thorax. one
entering under the left shoulder
blade and penetrating u lung. on.
lower down. above iii. left thigh.
one pared through the ficshy part
Of an arm. and another !mbcdded IT.
self In the flesh Of a leg.
Though the crowd scattered terror
stricken when the shots were fired .:
quickly reasasmbicd around III. pros
trair body Of the organizer who wns
taken across the street Ia saloon.
The coroncr's oificc vas notified and
Deputy Coroner Roy Campbell re-
spond~d. Il was found later that bu
Que bullet was miEsins from the re-
roiser Of tippistL
The shooiink took place within
half an hour after Lippia,t had come
up town from the {. & s. d~po; ~h-.-
he met party Of organizers from,
the northern fields. on this same
| train arrived State t.Abe- Commits
sion~r T.. Y. brake. OF Denver. the
sp~-iai rmissAfy Of Governor =. ~.
Ammons. sent here to confer with
business men In ihr hope Of asrs,!nr |
| . strike. Brake waa In the Tai,~e
hotel talking with a C-N representa-
tive when the shots were fired.
con,mi.sion~. Brake when inter
viewed relative To tho shooting d..
ciarcd the incia~ni most serious bv,
asserted thai IL was necessary To han
die the situation with the caim..i of
reasoning and suggested that i, Was
mp tn the business m~n and rcoa
citizen. Of Trinidad to combine their 1
efforts TO bsins ahoas an amieas's
setileaaeat Of the difference, b-,~c-n
The minesS nad operators To the ~ud |
ihst tho strike might bc avcrs-d.
q. ". B~ichcr aud Walter Helix |
have been In the city for the past
month or more. The latter has been
In charge OF the Baldwin.rci,s dcs-c-
iiscs In this field. i.ippisi, has bren
In the city but . few days. hasiax
come here from Rugby where he
worked for short time In tho mines.
Tie was formerly al Frederick and 1
La ts. h. -. l
al fircsionc where he wa. /, former
alderman and well known as an or.
eanixcr. He II abou, q: years Of
age and Of robust build. and ha. a
brother. Hct bort i.ippis,,. residing a,
Colorado Springs. His brother ar.
rived on 'hc c. Z s. train las, niah,.
lie was = member Of the Rc,imcn
s!ncc his arrival here he had beer |
engaged st headquarters In heipinS
In the arrangements for the state Ia.
l'or convention that opened here to-
day.
The shooting caused considerable
exeiteHeni but there was no ai,em,;
at disorder. The crowds dispersed |
In few minutes. Many who clains-i |
to have wiineascd the shooting assert
thst they do not know what was said
or who first drew = gun or fired the
shot. All this Is to ~ determined al
the Inquiry before tn. coroner's jur..
Coroner b. d. sipe has been out II
the city hut will return to conduit
the inauest.
Herbert 1Lppiatt. a brother of tn.