The Glenwood post., 1913-01-18

diet of murder in the first degree and
an less than five minutes afterwarjs
Judge Csveoder had sentenced ,as pris-
oner to life imprisonment in the st It"
penitentiaFy At hard labsr and Sheriff
Farnum boarded Rio Gra.de train No.
4 with the prisoner and soon landed
him in the penitentiary in Canon City
where he began his sentence on the
same day +. was convicted.
victed was one Of the most heiaoas
ever recorded in this western slope see
tion. On the evening Of December II
Burns entered ,be Rio Grande depot at
the little station of Pando and with
big gun ia his hand commanded all tn
throw up heir hands. Besides the
agent, W. 4. Kinney. there were p'e>,
snt william A. NaxfIeld, Jr., and two
ether men WHO kaL oeeu working ut
tke ice pooi where the kio Gra.de MA.
harvesting y big cr,;p Of ice. N.x<i.ld
wss on his way to hn home At Gyp.um
In response to q Lessage informing
him of the death of his father.
The men all put up their hands and
then the desperate braadished his gu.
10 the face Of Kinney and with the
4uzzle of the reoIver Ieveled At Kin
seys head se pulled the trigger, but
the gun snapped without exploding the
cartridge, ssd to this fact Kinney owes
h life.
Burns then marched the four men
sp the track, but whea Kinney told
hin he must return aad flag the tram
- wreck would rsssl. he allowed hin
T. return, but adnonished hin to keep
tis hasds off. ths wirss and to give NJ
- II he valsed his life.
A. the three nea with their hands in
the air were marched up the track
Maxfield walked just ahead Of Buras.
Evidently Maxfield. must have lowere 1
his hasds . little for one Of the men
heard Burns say to Naxfield "If you
do thst again III tear your can OF"
and almost Immediately afterwards he
struck Aaxfield with. his fist and
knocked him down. Maxfield arose
only - be knocked down again. He
arose the second time and was knocke
down BY Burns who this time struck
his victim terrible blow over tn.
head with his gun and it is believed
that it was this blow that killed Max
field.
Burns walked several feet away from
and then returned to the pros.
trate body and kicked it aad said with
An oath, "I'n teach you to interfere
with ~" and then walking back a
few feet he deliberately fired = shot
into the body and then made his escape. |
That same night Burns was captured
in box ear at Tennessee Pass and the |
officers found in his pockets the blue
with which he masked |
MS face when he entered the Pardo
iepot, also Kinney's watch and the ex-
act amount Of money ct which he re-
ieved Kinney before starting to walk
he men up the track.
Knowing well the inflamed state of |
mind Of the people and fearing that
hey would wreak dire vengeance upon
Burns, Sheriff Faruum's deputies kept
their prisoner concealed for two day.
md then Farnum spirited Purns to
ilenwool where he has since been con
fined in the Garfield county Jail Be
fore he returned to his home Farnum
occurred frem Burns . complete written
which was first published
'r BATH In the Glenwosd Pest.
Burns lasded in Garfield County la.t
June asl worked several days in the
.ay fielaD Dear New Castle, bein.: en-
loyea - the ranch Of Joe MeBirney
Ind othsss in the Garfield creek eou,.-
ry. He Afterwards came to Gienwood
where On Dseenber z he was hailed be-
ore Poliss 3agistrate Rice - . eAasgs
II being 1sank and disorderiy and was
'rderei - Of town. He went inns-
lately ant 80. z, g. !. =: {. ssnMi.-
ed the eetns ut Pande fer which - Il
low servlhe . life sentence. Bsr.s
furnishes : tPieA example Of what
'oose aida fsse life WIN Do for .
'oung ma He has I'D life Il prof
ipey Al 4sipassos and ssw he y
aging thenaley.
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