Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-06-08
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

pr at the Royal mine, one hiiie ~
west of Aguilar, and Wilbur n. fer'
cuson, %, of Saco, Maine, Junior 1T
tho Colorado State School of Mines
who was employed temporarily us
wotcbman at the Royal property, we1s
shot to death few days ago d! '"'
semi McGonigal, 35. watchman EN-
ployed at the Jewel mine. Inc shoo'.
ING followed threats McGonigal Is said
to have made against Ferguson anu
occurred in the Royal mine boarding
house, as Ferguson was writing le''
fer 10 his mother in Bangor, Me. MISS
Centers was at work in the room as
McGonigal entered. McGonigal fire"
once, the bullet striking Ferguson IN
the heart and killing him instantly.
As Miss Centers ran screaming from
the house, McGonigal fired again. Ihls
second bullet struck the girl IN the
leg. She sought refuge in an arroyo
" lille McGonigal secured shot-
gun, supposedly in the boarding house'
and started in pursuit. She was run
ming along the dry arroyo toward
bridge where five men were working
and was begging loudly to McGonigal
not to shoot, the wOrkmen said' "hen
the armed man raised the shotgun 10
his shoulder and aimed slowly. Ihe
charge Of buckshot struck her head
and killed her instantly.
Denver.-The second bandit to be
shot and killed in an attempted holdup
In Denver within twenty-four hours,
met death few nights ago when he
entered the White Star garage at Cher
nv street and Leafs Dale drive, on the
SuIlivan-Parker road. and engaged In
gun battlew ith George 7. Carson,
gun battle with George T. Carson,
of the garage. An accOmplice is be-
lieved to have escaped on a motorcycle.
From letters found on the dead ban
dts badly, his name is believed to be
W. l.. Stephenson, and he Is thought
to have relatives in Colorado Springs.
Trinidad.-The Colorado State Fed
Grafton Of Labor declared itself for
showdown between organized labor
and the state rangers, under the con-
stitution of the United States. After
| hearing the report of Mock Fontec'
| chic, organizer Of the United Mine
| Workers Of America, that he was pro-
hibited from holding u meeting of coal
miners at Aguilar by state rnngers
| stationed there, the convention pro-
posed to go to Aguilar in n body and
hold a session Of the convention. A
| committee was named to make ar
rangements for the trip.
Colorado Sprlngs.-John Mcfarland
was reelected president of the Inter
national Typographical Union In the
election held May "a, according to re-
turns from 6GO Of the ISO local unions,
received at the Union Printers home.
Mcfarland defeated Walter W. Bar.
rett, present first vice president, by
3,1OO votes. Charles =. Howard was
elected first vice president, James J.
Hoban second vice president, and John
W. Hays, secretary-treasurer, the lat
ter being reelected by $500 majority.
| Greeley.-One of the worst hail and
rainstOrms which has struck Greeled In
the last twelve years caused damage
unofficially estimated at S2jO,OOO. II
few days ago. Sweeping path more
than two miles wide, II downpour of
hailstones, some rs large as golf balls
shattered hundreds Of windows in res
licences and business houses, damaged
young crops In the outlying districts
and flooded many Easements in the
heart Of the city.
Colorado Springs.-A cloudburst ut
Teinpleton gap, northeast Of Colorado
Springs, sent wall of water ten feet
high through Papeton, II mining camp
four miles northeast of Colorado
Springs, narOoned scores of people,
washed out pcri.Cns of the Denver {;
Rio Grande and Kock Island raiirOad
tracks and did thousands of dollars
worth of damage to residences, gar
dens and civic Improvements.
Tr!nidad.-W. l. Reilly, Il member
of the State Industrial Commission
and delegate from the Typographical
union of Colorado Springs, was re-
fused Il seat in the convention of the
Colorado State Federation of Labor
recently. The vote. which was 100 TO
IS against seating Reilly, was taken
after more than four hours of discus
sion, during which vigorous attacks
were made by delegates on the State
Industrial Commission us a body and
the decisions OF Mr.. Reilly as mem
ber.
Canon City.-Loua Pacheco, convict
No. 1927, who escaped from the pr!s-
on gang working on the Canon CITY
armory, by unhltchlng Il horse from n
wagon near the armory and riding off,
was captured six miles from Beulah
In the foothills Of the Greenborn
mountains by Lieut.. Billy Green and
Jesse I. Salyer.
Whlden.-E. c. Randall Of Boulder
has been In Walden looking over the
situation with a view to starting n
cheese factory. He has n cheesap,tor