La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1914-07-04

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1Oyy. 1Ao0 ~ started 10 . near
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MN abo1t otx o'clock, Major G. G.
ToWneeaA & ~ National Guards.
CADea1D Owopo, the coroner, sheriff
- 1spstiss AnAlly came from Wal.
oonbarg.
The coronse feaaA Lon Terry dead
= ~ WHEEL HAIRY Bryan dead II
SsHctica1ly the position he nSst took.
vi1h The end Of his gun shot Oh. He
~ been killed By IN explosive bull.
~ which had struck him in the
eAouhsr. Exploding. the splintefs OF
leaA had spread through his lungs
- body, the central steel ball had
gooo straight on IT. course through
hi heart. Adams was In . pool OF
blood about two feet square. He was
ut on . special train Il La Veta and
rushed 70 Pueblo. and died from loss
u blood upon arriving at the hospital.
While on the trip 70 the hospital
Adams told Major Lester. his at.
teo1ant, that they had never thought
q trouble after leaving town. and
were singing when they arrived At
he hill top. On that ride. with death
3ust Q few houfs ahead Of them. he
told the whole story to Major Lester.
tolA how. when the bullets rained.
they could see NO head or form Of .
peSon against whom they might re.
tam nrs. Told how hopeless and
helpless they were. and he told how
eooa after he had taken his position
there on the ground he heard sob at
he point where Harry Bryan lay.
The Murder Was Advertised
~ Real Pleasant Diversion
On the day bsfors. in the town Of
WalseaburS. parties were told to 70
- L. veta u they wanted TO see
some killing. and some went IN auto
NEEDLES. In their coofession later 70
~ military commission. the muir.
6erUru showed no ro0ofSe. but In.
0taaA tolA d Il - though Il was Of
mule cooooQusaco. vfom their hearts
~ non thsif view point perhaps Il
~, bat from The New point Of a
aes6 mother and father thea and now
llvlag d Colombo 0pringD, who knew
thas their boy. Loa Terry. Vas work
~ 20 cam moasy 70 complete his
eo1spe n Colombo College. and from
~ vSov polnt q The wife and two
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Whlttsa, and from the view point Of
CaDtAin Bryan. the father Of Harry |
BPyaa. the boy who had spent three
yeass at Simpson College. Wss - |
ysass a age and . splendid young |
fellow. this shooting from the tiles. |
These few moments Of Indifferent |
pleasure. this spectacle surveyed By !
~ curtous With 1ssA glasses and
epssa glasses from the house tops. |
water tanhs. telephone poles. and
reservoirs, had another meaning.
No troops had been sent into Ia |
veaa up 70 that time. although the
Oakaalo company had repeatedly r. ]
0usstea them. After the shooting.
AoVevoe. Q detachment Of the M
s1ooal Guard vas sent there and ar.
suses1 six strikers who wcre lodged
h he Walssnburg jail ON . charge Of
murder. and since that time three
oehors have been arrested and
charged with murder.
0ome time between the attack Of
0spssmber 18th and the killing on
November tn. . night attack vas
aaAe upon the Oakdaie camp at
Vhich time the assailants exploded
dynamite and attempted also to IRE
~ D. q r. q. trestle Just below the
camp. when the mine employees
~ guards vent down 70 put out this
ose they we're area upon from the
htllsides and about two hundred shots
vsrs exchanged.
Ever since the strike. except during
~ time Of the military occupancy.
- latsS the occupancy By federal
troops, the union has maintained .
Deekss around the railroad station q
IL Yea anl upon the public streets
anl o. several occasions they have
~ asS1e The town government and
sua things 70 suit themselves. They
have taken men Of Of the Rio 0rands
tsains at that point and have -.
easlsel numerous men Who were q.
ee0peing 20 get 10 Oakvisw for the
U8BHUDO - WObou08 ~ to0 Ooeoo1v
eeal mins. A majority Of the town
Trustees q L. vstA are socialists and
~ nan Who was town marshal most
e he tine wAs Q brother Of the
pessi1sat q he local lodge Of strik'
~ 0laefs.
1 FEW not SHOTS
At ne ANARCHY MI
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