The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-08-03

I taking the machine to pieces was to
transfer them to some other car and
thus destroy its identity. The car
found in Haliiday's possession al the
time of his arrest indicates that an
effort had been made TO remove its
identification marks. The prisoner
says II belongs in Denver and was
loaned to him by the owner to take
care OF during an absence from the
state. That It was stolen hardly ad.
mits of a doubt.
Explosives In Dump.
The night of July 18th. or about that
date. the powder house OF the Ban
croft Hardware company OF this city
around Soda Point was broken into
by thieves and nine boxes OF dyna-
mite and seven cans of black powder,
weighing twenty-five pounds apiece.
and having a total value OF s1o5.75
stolen. All OF these explosives were
found secreted in the dump Of the
Bassick mine on Monday and the cases
containing them Identified by Mr.. Ban
croft All of the dynamite and a con-
siderable quantity of the powder have
been returned to the owners. About
twenty .five dollars worth Of the pow
der was sold by the thieves and only
the empty cans were recovered.
A week ago lot OF groceries were
stolen from L. A. Jones' Busy Corner
store. including -four and canned
goods of different kinds. most of
which have also been. recovered and
restored TO the owner. Other loot un-
earthed at the mine and in the imme-
Giase vicinity consist OF merchandise
stolen from the Golden Rule store at
Florence and lot of nuts, bolts.
wrenches. etc. stolen from the ware
house OF she United OH company at
Florence.
Explains Gasoline Robbery.
The night of July 1eth two cans
containing twenty gallons VI Easo-
line were stolen from the plant OF the
Continental Oil company on South
First street. OF which Ed Dabney is
agent. and on the night OF the 18th
OF the same month similar robbery
was committed there. The empty
cans were found buried near the mine
How much other property may be con
cealed in that locality is unknown.
but is thought to be considerable.
The express company's records here
show that part of the booty collected
by the thieves was shipped to Den
YER One box of dynamite is shown
to have been consigned to Mrs. Ada
Tallman Mt 5lo1 Quitman street. II
was shipped under the name OF ]. A.
Tallman. who is said to be serving a
term in the penitentiary here.
The Men Suspected.
An ex-convict by the name of Alva
Luckenbill. who was released from
prison five or six months ago for horse
stealing. Is believed TO have been as
sociated with Halliday in the various
robberies recently. committed in this
county. Luckenbill has been living
with Halliday in a deserted house
htdi AHt DAHSlch hthc bihNc EtoiuaTg
or March and there seems to be no
question of their having been part
ners in crime. Luckenbill left here
last Tuesday with light wagon and
two light colored mares. with colts,
ostensibly for a trip to the western
part OF the state. That the horses
and wagon were stolen is the opinion
of the officers. The police authorities
all over the state have been instruct.
ed TO keel pokout for Luckenbill
and arrest him II possible.
Had Many Visitors.
After Halliday and Lukenbill moved
into the house at the mine they had
frequent visitors, there being ut times
as many as four or flve men there.
None Of them had any visible business
, to attend TO and their presence Gre
ated the suspicion that they were
! spies OF some kind. possibly repre-.
: sentatives of the government looking
after the forestry reserves or the min
eral resources OF the country. They
kept lot of fancy bred chickens and
about twenty-five of them were found
there by the sheriff on Monday. It
IL almost certain that they too were
stolen. From the amount Of stun
found at the mine the officers believe