Cheyenne record., 1921-06-23
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Bunk said to aggregate several tnOus-
and dollars and to have extended over
a period Of years came to light Thurs
day, following the arrest of John Z.
Hanley of 1918 Marion street, veteran
bookkeeper employed by the bank.
Pueblo flood loss is believed to have
resulted in the closing of the Bank of
Pueblo. The affairs of the bank have
been placed in the hands of the state
bank examiner. 1t will probably be
several days before n statement can
be issued on Its condition.
Under the auspices Of the American
the community, MontrOse will this year
put on the biggest July celebration
ever attempted on the western slope.
There will be street parades and street
ports, water fight, auto races, base
1ull and fireworks and-bOXing.
James T. Monroe, slayer of Albert
Shook, has been acquitted of charge
murder by jury In the West Side
,urt In Denver. Shook was shot to
nth by Monroe In Room SOB of the
Iillnrd hotel Inst December as eli
max to his alleged interference in the
family affairs of Monroe and his wife.
Work has started on the Esperanzi
group Of mines near Silver Plume
which will be welcome news to those
Interested In mining In the famous sill.
yer district. Brown mountain, oh
which this property is situated, has
'een the scene of more excitement.
hOth rs to rich strikes and killings
over the same than any other noun
taln In America.
NJ. Bruce Ammons, 81 years old, Of
Denver, who first made front page"
newspaper stories In Denver year
ago, when he shot and killed Joseph
JardinO, his son-in-law, for mistrent-
ment of the aged mnn's daughter, was
killed Instantly by an inbound Atchi-
son. Topeka & Santa Fe train from
Chicago. which knocked AmmOns from
n bicycle, fracturing his skull and
crushing his body.
Badly disfigured, the body of wom-
an about 40 years old was found In II
large packing cnse in an alley in the
downtown section Of Pueblo. Follow
Ing an examination by medical author
tiles, it was stated the woman EVIL
IDENTIFY had been dead eight or nine
months. A group Of children playing
in the alley noticed the large box hid
den beneath pile of debris. They
pulled it out into the alley and told
an officer Of the discovery.
Coming as a complete surprise to the
many friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Rim was the secret" interlocutory d.
vorce decree obtained by Mr.. Rim in
the District Court at Boulder. Mrs.
Rim visited Boulder less than two
weeks ago, was met Mt the train by
Mr.. Rim and spent the night at their
home on Lovers hill. where her sister,
Mrs. Ellen Judy, has been visiting
since the alleged escnpade of May 0
between Mrs. Rim and Blaine b. Glib
son, former instructor in journalism at
the University of Colorado.
I'm bad hOmbre. During the last
year I've handled more than $4,000
taken In through rObberies. was one
Of the men who cracked the Kansas
City bank for $4,000 last year." This
was the statement made in the BrIgh-
ton jail by Glenn Stitt, nlias Ray
Jones, alias Raymond Miller, charged
with the murder and robbery of
Charles L. Liebers on the Brighton
road last September. Police place lit
tie credence on Stitt's story Of the
Kansas City robbery. 1t Is believed he
is something Of n professional con-
'fessor," who wishes to make himself
appear bold bad bandit to the pub
lie.
A bandit gang, mounted on swift
horses and armed with automatic .4Js,
ralded CrestOne, near Saguache, and
shot up the three principal stores. The
speed and Immediately opened fire.
Citizens fled to safety before the raid
ers, though n few of the holder spirits
exchanged shots with the outlaws. No
attempt was made to rob the stores,
and the bandits soon dashed on out Of
the town.
At mass meeting held in Pueblo at
which seven fraternal and relief organ
izatiOns, including tho American Red
Cross, five civic organizations. the COM
mander of the Colorado National
Guard, and city and county commits
sIoners, a telegram was formulated
and signed by the various bodies, four
teen In all, and sent to John w. Weeks,
secretary of war. The message stated
that "your published statement given
to the Associated Press of June II, is
not only based on misinformation, but
is misleading, and has done Pueblo and
the Arkansas valley enormous injury"
The wire further said that more than
1900 persons are drowned or missing;
685 homes have been swept away;
more than $500 persons are homeless"
An offer of the services of the best
engineering. talent in the state Of Colo
rado to assist in the prevention Of a
recurrence of the Pueblo flood disaster
has been made to Governor Shoup by
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