The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-12-07

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him considerable notoriety. In his
youth here he was boomer prize
| fighter who won small reputation as
hard hitter.
About seven years ago he came in
to court attention when he was alleg-
ed to have been implicated with
Handsome Jack" MacEachren,
] Leadville miner, in graye-robbing
case in Cripple Creek According TO
| the stories at the time and since. Mac
Eachren and Kellogg removed a re-
Gently buried corpse from a graveyard
sank it in mine shaft and then blew
up the mine. Kellogg was alleged 10
have been instrumental in passing off
this body as MacEachren's and the
latter's wife collected MacEachren's
life Insurance. Later the plot was ex-
ploded when Kellogg turned states's
evidence and MacEachren was SEN
fenced TO a long term at the state
penitentiary.
Gaining release from the peniten-
tiary on good behavior before his full
term had been served McEachren re-
turned to Leadville about two years
/ ago. Meeting Kellog at a mine east
Of town. their old feeling which sue
ceeded the Cripple Creek affair came
to the surface and they came to blows
Thereafter they did not meet again.
Shortly after this ARRAY, MacEach-
ren was suspected of counterfeiting,
and few weeks later thru the
agency of Sheriff Schrader's office
and federal investigators evidence
was secured against him which was
conclusive. After being held in the
county Jail for several weeks and
sticking to the story of his alleged
innocence, MacEachren was brought
before the L. S. district court at Pue-
bio and there pleaded guilty to the
cou1ierfeiting charge He is now
penitentiary.
Kellogg was not implicated in this
crime Last year. however. he was
arrested with Fred Fulford on
charge of defacing ores and peddling
them TO Angelo Bertolas and other as
so-calied "high-grade" gold specimens.
Kellogg was released on bond. He
pleaded not guilty to the charges, tho
Fulford testified against him at the
preliminary hearing and tho an exten,
sive array of evidence in the way OF
gold leaf. blow torches, and quartz
specimens were found in Kellogg's
cabin in West Sixth street. Fulford
later pleaded guilty in the district
court and was allowed to go under
suspended sentence in view of high
family connections. When kellogg
IVES brought 10 trial in the district
court and Fulford was not present to
testify. his case was dismissed for
lack of evidence.
Not long after this dismissal Kel-
logg left Leadville. About a month
ago he was implicated in trouble in
Redcliffe, il was said here last night.
Suspicion directed against kellogg
at the time Sam Childers was blown
up at the Enclebach foundry was
never fully confirmed
The Cripple Creek Times on Thrus
day published an account OF Kellogg's
career as a miner. which is re-
produced in this connection for the
benefit of our readers The clipping
made from these columns in relation
20 him follow:
HIS RECORD AT CRIPPLE CREEK
Linked with the life of Lutte kellogg
who was killed at Canon City by Ed.
o. kuhlmeyer last Wednesday. after.
noon, is story OF crime as strange
as any ever written on the pages of
fiction. 1t was about fifteen years
ago when kellogg. strong, athletic,
! muscular young man came to the
| Cripple Greek district He had won
laurels in the sawdust arena, and. at
The time of his appearance here. was
champion lightweight boxer of Colo
rado. Temptation was flung in his
path and he soon was shunted from
the highway Of ambition to the easily
accessible road of failure. kellogg
finally dropped from near the top OF
the pugilistic ladder 20 the ranks of
the ham and egg" fighter He drank
and sought the company of disreputa.
BILE women. according to friends who
knew him here years ago. and it was
when he reached this condition in life
that John MacEachren proposed a
scheme to make some easy money"
Mac Eachren carried $4,000 life