The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-10
Prominent Business Man
Killed Last Night
SLAYER HAS ESCAPED
e. e. Withers, President lror
City Coal Co., Met Death
Riding In Auto
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1


Pueblo. Colo, June IA COM
mittee Of real estate men today
estimated the property damage
in Pueblo from the flood at be-
tween fifteen millions dollars and
twenty million dollars. This da-
mage is an appraisal Of the
building and contents. ....
Washington, June Tone million
dollars would be made Immediately
available for relief work in the flood
district of Colorado under resoiu-
tons introduced simultaneously to-
day in the senate and house by Sena-
tor Phipps and Representative Hardy
both of Colorado.
Denver, June 1.-THE first loss of
life as result Of flooded lowlands
Denver was reported today. Joseph
Richter, fifty, was drowned while
seeking to save personal effects
from his home.
Pueblo, Colo, June THE known
today totaIIed fifty five, three bod
les being taken to the Fountain
school, according to reports Of Red
Cross officials. Forty two bodies
were at the morsues and ten had
been recovered on the st. Charles
mesa. No burials will be held for
several days, it was said today, be-
cause Of the impossible condition
of the roads to the cemeteries.
Topeka, kans., June 1.-THE Ar
Bend, kans., this morning but was
doing was no damage there, accord
ing to reports.
Pueblo, June IA list of identified
dead posted this morning at the in
formation bureau of the Colorado
Rangers, while incomplete, follows:
Edna Gray, eleven; Mary Gray,
three; Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard. ne
E. R. Cary, Pueblo: John Still, Lii.
liam Clark, Dan c. Greedy, Mary
McAlister negress; Miss Sarah M.
Byrd, Denver; Mrs. A. Byrd. Denver;
Martin Galban; S. A. Currie, H. A.
Allan, William Korpel, Mrs. ShattIo;
William Korber; Neal Kendall; Clin-
ton Morris, T. Evans. e. c. Hanes,
thirty; Glenwood Spring; Al Schau-
Sladio, Dorothy Werts, Mrs. wo...
colt identification not certain,) T.
Hall, Negro Pullman porter; d. and
R. G. Doris Deaber, Frank Irwin,
Henry Miller, Minnie D. Shatto.
ficials were conducting a searching
investigation today into the shooting
of E. e. Withers, prominent business
man of Pueblo, who was killed shortly
before midnight last night while rio
ing In an automobile with his son.
The top Of his head was blown on by
gunshot wound, but his seventeen
year old son, who was riding by his
side, could give no explanation OF the
shooting.
Was Returning to His Home
Withers had been to the office OF
the water works to see about getting
the city water supply fixed and was
returning home when he was killed.
Officers of the state rangers and the
state guard were notified and hurried
to the scene of the tragedy.
Mr.. Withers, the dead man, was
president of the Iron City Coal com
pany, which it is said, suffered severe
losses of the food. He was also a
member of the Pueblo Water COM
mission. His father is G. G. Withers,
business manager and part owner of
The Pueblo Chieftain., the morning
paper here.
Relief "OTk began IO0dy
With plans laid for complete CEN
sus of destitute families in the flood
district, for the establishment OF ref
ugee camp and installment of com
plete field hospital, the equipment for
which was expected to arrive at any
hour, systematization and centraliza :
| ton of relief work in this district be-
gan in real earnest today.
The census will be made in the ef-
fort to record every case OF suffering
due directly or indirectly to food con-
known dead stood at 81. 1t was ex-
pected. it would be increased shortly
| in view Of the thorough searches for
dead bodies NOW being made.
platte River Receding.
The flooding Platte river, which
Yesterday overlooked its banks and
entered number of residences in
the Jerome Park and Waiver districts
reached it's highest stage at three
O'Clock this morning and today was
receded slowly. Four bridges over
near here. The damage here was
Recession Of Flood Waters.
Pueblo. Colo, June with reces
| sion of the food waters of the Arkan /.
sas river to a point which made most
! of the downtown streets and railroad
yards accessible, considerable prog
ress was being made today in clearing
up the streets and buildings and
searching for dead bodies.
The list of known dead probably
will take a big jump today, Captain
o. L. Dennis of Denver, commander
of the Colorado Rangers, said.
Aside from the relief work and
cleanup of the city, interest conferred
in the mysterious fatal shooting OF e
e. Withers, prominent business man.
as he was riding home in his automo-
bile last night with his son, Vollie
The top of his head was blown off by
the shot
Wfthers had been commanded tr
halt when the fatal shooting occurred
and was bringing his car to stop
when he was killed, according to his
son. Captain Dennis was inclined to
believe that the shooting was the re-
suit of accidental discharge of weap-
on in whose hands no one could say,
today.
Everybody Is At Work.
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