A MISSING BILL

Altercation Between a Couple of Ladies Out Shopping

Rocky Mountain News, 8/9/1895

     While a couple of ladies were washing their hands in the toilet room at the Flanders store yesterday afternoon, one of them--a Mrs. Smith of Gaylord Street--picked up a pocketbook and handed it to the other asking if it belonged to her.  The other immediately opened it and accused Mrs. Smith of abstracting a $10 bill.  An altercation of some minutes followed, in which Mrs. Smith asked to be searched, to establish her innocence of the charge, and threatened to have the other arrested for slander.  When the ladies left the store they went together, stating that they were going to the police station to have each other arrested. 

ALPINE Tunnel Train Accident

Most Unlucky Combine

Thirteen Men Face Death on a Friday

Two Tunnel Victims Dead

A Special Train Brings Twelve of the Survivors of the Accident Near Alpine Tunnel to Denver--John Brady Dies Soon After at the Hospital Without Having Regained Consciousness, Making Two Victims--Survivors Tell of the Fearful Ride.

Rocky Mountain News, 5/26/1895 Pg 15

     The special train over the South Park road bearing the men who were injured in the accident near the Alpine tunnel, arrived in the city at 9 o'clock a. m.  The expected arrival was exclusively announced in The News.  The train was met at the West Denver station by ambulances and hacks and twelve men were carried from one of the cars and taken to St. Luke's hospital.  One of the unfortunates, John Brady, was unconscious, having received a fracture at the base of the brain.  He lingered until the middle of the afternoon, when nature could no longer endure the strain and he breathed his last.  At no time after striking against the cruel rocks was Brady restored to consciousness.  He was about 40 years old and had lived in Colorado ten or twelve years.  It is not known whether any relatives of the dead man are living.

     The body of Charles Mickson, who was instantly killed Friday evening upon jumping from the car, was left at Buena Vista.  Attempts were made yesterday to open up communications with a brother of Mickson, who is said to live at Larkspur, Douglas County.

 Hope for All the Others

     It is thought by the physicians that all the remaining victims of the accident will recover, although in a number of instances the escape from death appears almost miraculous.  Drs. Lanterman and Cole of Buena Vista first attended to the injured men.  Dr. C. H. Scott was taken aboard the train at Como and accompanied the men to Denver.  At the hospital Drs. McNaught and Whitney extended every aid possible to relieve the pain of the sufferers.  The railway company was actively represented from the earliest moment possible by Superintendent Rainey of the South Park line.  Mr. Rainey spared no expense or trouble in extending every possible aid in the great emergency.  Mr. Rainey came to Denver in the special train, as also did Roadmaster P. Dobbin.  At the hospital the wounds of the men were redressed.

     The corrected list of dead and injured is as follows:

     Dead--Charles Mickson and John Brady.

     Injured--Pat Grimes, Mike Durkin, Pete Haley, Frank Needham, Pat Delehanty, Fred Bauer, Joe Conway, John Mullen, Pete Haley, Frank Mehan, Charles Swanson and John Dillon.

     There were thirteen in the party and the fearful dash down the mountain side took place on Friday.

A Frightful Ride

     The stories of the survivors agree with the account given in these columns.  The men boarded at Hancock, a small station about three miles below the mouth of Alpine tunnel.  They were accustomed to make the trip to and from the tunnel on a push car.  It appears that the last trip downward, at the close of Friday's work, was attempted without a break. The break is usually a stout piece of wood which is passed through a hole in the platform of the car and comes into contact with one of the wheels.  By pressing the wood against the wheel the speed of the car on down grade is controlled.  This rude brake is by no means considered by railroad men as perfectly reliable.  The person on the car were not railroad men and took frightful chances when they attempted to travel three miles on a down grade without an experienced man at the brake beam.

     Mickson was the first to jump from the car.  His head struck against a wall of rock and he was  instantly killed.  The remaining members of the crew became bewildered and one by one they leaped from the fast flying car. Near Hancock the road is level and if the men had remained on the car it is claimed the injuries would have been much less than those which resulted.  Three wheels of the car were broken before the broken mass came to a stop.  Nearly all the men were injured on the head, showing the force with which they were thrown forward.  Inquiry indicates that the railroad company is not in the least to blame for the accident.

ARATA, Catherine/Cattarina

CATHERINE ARATA'S WILL.

Judge Le Fevre Declines to Admit it

to Probate.

Rocky Mountain News, 1/8/1895

     Judge Le Fevre has decided the long contested case involving the validity of the last will of Cattarina Arata by deciding to admit the will to probate. A large amount of testimony, pro and con, was adduced in the contest, but the court inclined to the belief that at the time of making the will Mrs. Arata was not of sound and disposing mind.  The would be testatrix was the mother of Daniel Arata, who was hung by a mob in the streets of Denver in July, 1893, for the murder of Samuel Lightfoot.

BAKER, Samuel T.

ROMANCE OF A MINE

Hero of the Famous La Plata Contact Wins a Bride as a Sequel to Discovering a Bonanza.

Rocky Mountain News, 1/3/1895

     A marriage license was issued yesterday to Samuel H. Baker and Miss May Roberts.  Mr. Baker is the discoverer of the noted Baker contact in the La Plata mountains, and Miss Roberts has been for three years past a typewriter at the Markham Hotel.  Inquiry at the Markham last night failed to locate the mining man, and friends of both persons felt confidant that the nuptial knot had been tied.  The issuance of the certificate revives a pretty romance that was first heard of several months ago when it was reported in the city that the bonanza man and Miss Roberts had pledged their troth to each other and would be married at an early day.  Mr. Baker is a gentlemen of wide culture and experience and his friends will extend congratulations when he comes back to earth. 

BALLOONS

BIDS FOR BALLOONS

Captain Glassford Will Soon Have Another War Vessel at Disposal of the Government.

Rocky Mountain News, 6/4/1895

     Bids were opened yesterday for the materials for the new balloon to be constructed at Fort Logan by the signal corps.  For 800 yards of Pongee silk proposals were received from Joslin & Co., Denver Dry Goods Co. and E. S. Greeley & Co. of New York.  The latter were somewhat lower than the others and will undoubtedly receive the award.  For oil and benzine,  McPhee & McGinnity and the Continental Oil Company offered bids, and for ropes and cordage F. H. Fisher and the Denver Tent and Awning Company competed.  According to the usual practice the proposals will have to go to Washington by mail and General Greely will then designate the firm to whom the contracts will be given.  In the present instance a new method will be taken owing to the extremely limited time at the disposal of the department.  Captain Glassford will wire the chief signal officer the names of the lowest bidders, who will be notified unofficially that they will be awarded the contract, and they will then supply the material at once, receiving their contracts later.  It is expected that the silk will be at the fort within two weeks and that the balloon will be almost completed by July, so that the appropriation may come under the present fiscal year.  The first ascension will probably take place about July 10.

     The new commanding officer of the department has not as yet made any expression as to his views in regard to the use of balloons in the army, but his record as an advanced soldier leads the friends of the movement to believe that he will be in hearty accord with the experiments to be made in this line under Captain Glassford.  A significant fact in connection with balloons in the army is that there has never been one dollar directly appropriated by Congress for this branch, while in every other civilized country on the globe the armies are all equipped with elaborate balloon corps, upon which great expectations are based.  The United States has just one or two poor balloons at its disposal at the present time, with the prospects for the new one just bid for. 

BARRON, Lulu Grace

PARENTS NOT INDIGENT.

Rocky Mountain News, 7/16/1895, Pg 6

Little Grace Barron's Parents Offended by Coroner's Statements.

     Lulu Grace Barron, the little daughter of Mrs. I. J. Thompson of Elbert, who died on the train coming from Elbert on Sunday, was buried in Fairmount cemetery yesterday.  The afflicted mother was greatly affected by reports of the affair given by the officials.  The family was reported to be in destitute circumstances, which is denied by Mrs. Thompson.  Mrs. Thompson was alone on the train and was bringing her little daughter to Denver, seeking a change of climate, when the sudden attack came which caused the little one's death.  The little girl was a daughter of Mrs. Thompson's first husband and the family is in comfortable circumstances at Elbert.

BARTON, E. R.

RESTRAINED BY TRUSTEE

Rocky Mountain News, 9/13/1895

     J. Bottom has been sued in the district court by Elias R. Barton, trustee, for the recovery of $1,945, alleged to be due Fanny C. Hough under the will of E. R. Barton deceased.  An injunction was granted restraining him from disposing of the money in any way.

BOWERS, A. L., (DOC)

ALL HIS LIFE A MYSTERY

"Doc" Bowers Now Supposed to Be a Wife Deserter.

Rocky Mountain News, 2/10/1895

INQUIRY FROM WILMINGTON, DEL.

Police Are as Much Mystified as They Were the Day They Were Requested to Investigate the Death of the Aged Fakir--Appearance of the Old Man in Denver Corresponds to the Time of the Disappearance of a Similar Character from an Eastern Town.

Rocky Mountain News, 2/10/1895

     The police yesterday received a letter from Mrs. Charles H. Dugan of 627 East Fifth Street, Wilmington, Del., asking information concerning "Doc" A. L. Bowers, who is supposed to have been shot and burned to death at his shop, 1317 Seventeenth Street early last Monday morning.

     The letter may throw some light upon the past of Bowers, who, while in Denver, never spoke of his past.  Mrs. Dugan's father, John Bowers, left Wilmington in 1870, and since leaving his family never sent a line to his sorrowing wife and children telling them where he was.

     "He was heavy set, had a sandy mustache and bald head," says Mrs. Dugan, and his height was 5 feet 8 inches.  He was always fond of keeping a little store."

     John Bowers was a wheelwright by trade and left Wilmington on account of his appetite for drink.  Mrs. Dugan thinks that A. L. Bowers, the fakir was her father, and that he changed the initials of his name to conceal his identity.  "Doc" Bowers was about 5 feet 8 inches tall, and he was heavy set.  His first appearance in Colorado was in the year 1870 and it probable that it was he who deserted his family in Wilmington.  The inquest over the remains found in Bowers' shop was resumed yesterday and will be concluded tomorrow morning.  Little evidence of value was given yesterday. City Detectives G. S. Dufflield and J. J. Leyden testified regarding their investigation and to the discovery of the .38 caliber revolver in the shop three days after the tragedy.  Leyden said that he had seen the vender of leather cement at the corner of Seventeenth and Larimer, but not since the affair of Sunday night.  The strange disappearance of this fakir as told in yesterday's News is one of the most peculiar features of the case.  He was known to keep part of his stock and the gasoline at Bowers' shop.

     George W. Lower, the gunsmith, testified regarding the penetrating power of a .38 caliber bullet.  He said that there would be a larger hole at the point of exit than at the point of entrance.

BOYKIN, ROBERT J.

Rocky Mountain News 7/29/1897 Pg 3

AT LAST HE'S VINDICATED

Robert J. Boykin, Who Killed Desperado M. S. Smith, Released From Prison.

Many Believe He was Railroaded to the Penitentiary, the Victim of a Political Feud-Efforts of a Faithful Friend Are Successful.

     After a weary delay Robert J. boykin, who shot and killed Milton S. Smith, a Negro desperado, while in the discharge of his duties as a policeman, is a free man.  In the criminal court yesterday the indictment charging the ex-policeman with murder was dismissed by Judge Russell of Durango.

     Boykin, according to the opinion of many, was "railroaded" to the penitentiary, the victim of a political feud.  Now that the law cannot lay its hand upon him for the killing of Milton Smith, he has something to say concerning the manner in which the clique vented its spite upon him.

     His attorney, David G. Taylor and M. J. Bartley, moved the court last week to dismiss the indictment on the ground that two terms of court had passed without action being taken in the case, and that, therefore, according to statute, no trial could be held.  Judge Russell yesterday granted the motion.

     When Boykin fired the bullet that ended the career of Milton Smith, on the night of October 5, 1894, it was generally conceded that he was justified in his act.  Smith, who was a desperate drunken brute, had the name of being a bad character, though at the trial several officers who are now on the police force testified that he was a peaceable, law-abiding citizen.  On one occasion he made a vicious attack upon Officer Mike Norkett, and he was frequently involved in brawls in the dives which he frequented.

Story of the Shooting.

On the night of his death he had been drinking and was in a quarrelsome mood.  He beat his mistress, who ran to Policeman Boykin for protection.  At the woman's request, the officer started to arrest the man, and met him in front of 2915 Market Street.  Smith was in an ugly temper.  Smith refused to submit to arrest.  A revolver glittered in his hand and there was a click as he drew back the hammer.  The weapon was raised, but Boykin was too quick for the would-be murderer, and a fraction of a second before Smith could pull his trigger, a bullet entered his head and he fell upon the sidewalk.  When Police Surgeon Wheeler knelt at the side of the body to see whether there was life, he found the Negro's revolver full cock.

     The political fight was on and Boykin's enemies began to plan the prosecution.  At a preliminary hearing in Cater's court, Boykin was exonerated, but the county authorities, who opposed the Populists at the time, kept on the trail of the policeman.  The defendant had to face a prejudiced jury, selected by a prejudiced sheriff.  Efforts were made to have the jury selected by the coroner, but they failed.  After a bitter trial, the prisoner was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to serve ten years in the penitentiary.

Rather Shaky Evidence.

     The evidence submitted by the state in the trial was that of witnesses who were prejudiced against the Populists and much of the testimony would not bear close scrutiny.  A motion for a new trial was denied and the officer, who was penniless, was sent to Canon City, where he served fifteen months.

     There seemed to be no hope for the prisoner.  His wife and babies were left alone to fight their way in the world. On several occasions the wife called upon authorities to deliver the revolver with which Boykin killed the desperado, intending to dispose of it in order that she might secure a little money for her present needs.  She was told that it was lost. In fact it was carried about for a long time by an ex-police officer.  The revolver with which Smith attempted to kill Boykin, however, was promptly turned over to the relatives of the deceased.

     While Boykin was in the penitentiary he had one faithful friend working for him.  This friend was Attorney David G. Taylor, who at his own expense obtained a record of the trial and submitted it to the supreme court, together with a petition for a new hearing.  The new trial was granted on five propositions of law, the principal one being the erroneous instruction of Judge Butler, who tried the case, which was that "an officer had to retreat to the wall when attacked."

Sounded Vindictive.

     Meanwhile, other efforts had been made to secure the release of Boykin.  Application for pardon was made, but was stopped by Judge Butler, who told Governor McIntire that Boykin got what he deserved.  Mrs. Boykin called upon the governor, who told her he would not release her husband "if every man, woman and child in Colorado signed the petition."

     Two weeks after the case was argued and submitted in the supreme court, Deputy District Attorney Booth Maolee filed a brief with that body, a proceeding very unusual, to say the least.  For the past month, Boykin, through his attorneys, has been importuning the court to consider a motion to dismiss the indictment, but for some reason his case was never mentioned in the criminal division.

     At the penitentiary Boykin was one of the best behaved prisoners. He worked in the tailor shop five months and was also employed in the guard's dining room. The confinement, however, with the worry attending it broke down his health.

     He will now make efforts to secure his revolver.  Yesterday Judge Russell gave him a preemptory order for the weapon, which should have remained in the custody of the Clerk of the Court.  Clerk Butler said that he knew nothing about the weapon.  The former clerk, Marshall, has been out of the court for nearly a year.  The gun was handed over to an ex-policeman it is said.  Boykin is going to make strong efforts to get it. (Includes pen and ink drawing of the likeness of Boykin.)

BURLEW, Miles R.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Special to the News

Rocky Mountain News, 11/24/1895

GREELEY, Colo., Nov. 23.--Miles R. Burlew, who resides on Seventh Street, attempted suicide by morphine in the hallway of the Steel Block this evening.  Burlew has been for several days very much down hearted.  A few days ago Burlew threatened to kill himself.  As Salvationist Hegner stepped out of the doorway he noticed Burlew sitting on the stairs closing his knife.  A moment afterwards his attention was attracted by heavy breathing and going to the man he endeavored to arouse him.  Noticing that he had in his hand a package marked "morphine", Hegner became alarmed and ran to Fezzer's Drug Store for assistance.  Dr. Burr was called and used the stomach pump, but the man was so far gone that his death is looked for at an moment.  Burlew has been a resident of this vicinity for a number of years and has been interest in farming.  He has been living in this city since the closing of farming operations this fall. 

BURNETT, Della

TRAGEDY OF JEALOUSY.

Della Burnett Swallows and Ounce of Carbolic Acid

HER LOVER WAS UNKIND TO HER.

Two Admirers Struggle for the Possession of a Knife Which One Was Said to Have Attempted to Plunge Into Her Bosom--She Secures the Weapon, Places It in the Bosom of Her Dress and Swallows the Poison--Death After Two Hours of Acute Anguish--Arrest of One Admirer to Prevent Him from Attempting His Own Life.

Rocky Mountain News, 10/21/1895

     Jealousy, whisky, a knife and carbolic acid were the component features of a suicide and an alleged attempt at murder in a house at 1812 California Street last night.  Della Burnett, a beautiful blonde, swallowed an ounce of carbolic acid to put a period to a life that was distasteful to her on account of the treatment she received at the hands of one of her admirers.  The death was a tragic one.  For fully two hours the woman endured the most acute agony.

     Before she swallowed the fatal dose she had witnessed a struggle between two men both of whom had been paying attentions to her.  They fought for the possession of a knife which the younger of the two finally secured and gave to the woman.  She closed the weapon, which was a pocket knife, and placed it in the bosom of her dress.  She then swallowed the deadly poison and both her admirers forgot their strife and made such efforts as they were able to save her.

     At an early hour this morning Henry Fleiter, who it is alleged, attempted to kill the woman with a knife, was locked up in the city jail. Owing to his actions after the death of Miss Burnett he was arrested as it was feared that he would make an attempt to end his own existence.

     The other man who figures in the case is Edward Walter, who is about 20 years of age.  He is the stepson of Wilhelm von Glasenapp, a saloonkeeper at 518 Eighteenth Street, and is a bartender by occupation.  It was he who caused the arrest of his rival and interesting and sensational testimony will doubtless be presented to the coroner's jury when the inquest is held.  The greatest secrecy was maintained by all the inmates of the house at 1812 California Street.

     Walter lives at the house where last night's play of death was enacted.  He was asleep upon a lounge in a room adjoining the parlor about 10 o'clock when Della and Fleiter entered.

     The couple were quarreling and Walter heard loud voices but could not distinguish the words used.  Fleiter was under the influence of liquor.  The struggle in which the knife was used followed and the woman swallowed the poison.  Surgeon Jarecki made efforts to save her but after struggling nearly two hours she expired.

CARBIS, Ellen, (Mrs.)

NEW WOMAN IN OFFICE

ALL TEACHERS OF EXPERIENCE

Rocky Mountain News, 11/24/1895

     Mrs. Ellen Carbis, county superintendent of schools elect, for San Juan County was born at Red Ruth, Cornwall, England, January 16, 1857.  She came to America in 1866, with her mother, locating at Mineral Point, Wis., at which place she received her education in the high schools and where she resided until 1879.  In August of that year she married and went with her husband to Silverton, where she has resided since.  Mrs. Carbis' father died in the West Indies in 1865.  He was operating for the "London Company."  She is the sister of Doctor J. W. Brown of Denver, well known throughout the San Juan country.    

CATLIN, Alice M. (Miss)

NEW WOMEN IN OFFICE

ALL TEACHERS OF EXPERIENCE

Rocky Mountain News, 11/24/1895

     Miss Alice Catlin, the Populist superintendent of Montrose Country, was born near the town of Sinclairville, Chautanqua County, N. Y., she received her education in the cit of Corry, Pa., graduating from the Corry High School in 1879.  After teaching in country schools and in the graded schools of Corry, she accepted a position as teacher in the city of Bradford, Pa., where she taught until 1891, and went to Montrose, Colo., that year to accept a position in the high school, which position she acceptably filled.  In 1894 Miss Catlin was nominated for the superintendent of public instruction, but was defeated by Mrs. Peavy.  At the convening of the legislature, Miss Catlin was offered and accepted the position of assignable clerk in the state senate, holding the same until the adjournment of that body. 

CHANDLER, C. H.

SMITH, CORA

WEDDED AT GREELEY

Rocky Mountain News, 9/29/1895

Special to the News

Greeley, Colo., Sept. 28.--C. H. Chandler, the senior member of the firm of C. H. Chandler & Co., contractors and builders and Miss Cora, the oldest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Pitt Smith, were married at the home of the bride's parents, on the corner of Twelfth Street and Fourth Avenue, at 3 o'clock this afternoon.  Rev. W. G. Clark, pastor of the Baptist Church, performed the ceremony.  The happy couple left for Denver on this evening's train, and after a few days' visit with friends in that city, will return home and go immediately to housekeeping on the corner of Fifteenth Street and Fourth Avenue, where they will be at home to receive their friends.

CHEELY, GENEVIEVE

A CHILD WONDER

Denver Post, 5/10/1895 Page 2

     The elocutionary entertainment given last night at St. Paul's M. E. church by Little Genevieve Cheely, the 5 year old "child wonder," was enjoyed by a most appreciative audience.  Her repertoire is extensive and varied her delivery is perfect and her conception is intelligent and complete.  Every gesture and mood are spontaneous with the interpretation of her lines.  At the conclusion of the programme the little orator was almost smothered with profuse congratulations and kisses which were showered upon her in appreciation of her wonderful powers.  Sadie Ballinger and Marie Lougeay also ably assisted in the enjoyable programme.

CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY

Rocky Mountain New, 9/28/1895

     Report of Children's Home Society for August: Number of children on hand during month, 18, number of children placed and replaced, 11; number of children on hand at close of month, 7.  Homes are provided for several of these as soon as we can arrange to send them.  We wish to send two children 9 years of age to Delta.  If anyone who is going to Grand Junction via Montrose and Delta would be willing to take them in charge please call or address the superintendent at 516 Seventeenth Avenue.  We want homes now for a girl babe 9 months old and a boy of 6 months and several younger.

CITY BUILDINGS-MISSING

STOLEN COTTAGES

Rocky Mountain News, 1/26/1895

No One Seems to Know Anything About Missing Improvements

     Several of the supervisors turned active sleuths yesterday, and if anybody has bodily carried off three or four buildings in Twenty-fourth Street duly bough and paid for by the city they threaten to find it out. Just at present nobody is certain just how many buildings were bought.  Stranger yet, nobody is certain that the buildings have been carried away.  But once all the machinery is in shape, there is going to be an exposure of one steal, providing there was a steal.

     It was at the meeting of the aldermen on January 14 that Alderman Currigan introduced the resolution intended to swell the coffers of the city.  It duly recited that the city was the owner of certain houses and other improvements on the property lately purchased for the opening of Twenty-fourth Street, the same being of no use to the city, and therefore directing the commissioner of supplies to sell them to the highest bidder, the proceeds to go to the fund for opening Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Streets.  The resolution passed in a jiffy.

     When the supervisors met Thursday night there was rumor that these public buildings had been stolen bodily and a committee, of which Mr. Vaugh is Chairman, is now after the cold hard facts.

CLOUGH, John A.

JOHN A. CLOUGH'S WILL

Widow Enjoined to Devote Her Income to Charity.

Rocky Mountain News, 8/21/1895

     The will of the late John A. Clough was filed yesterday.  It showed the deceased to have died possessed of 1,056 acres of farming land in Maryland, and about $20,000 in money and stock in the Farmers High line Canal & Reservoir Company.  His chief heirs are his widow, Adella E. Clough, and his sons, Joseph Cook Clough of Denver, and John A . Clough of Quinn Anne County, Md.  Mrs. Clough is executrix of all except the Maryland property of which James and Anthony of Queen Anne County are executors.  The latter is left $2,000, half for himself and half in trust for his daughter Estella.  A farm is left in trust to Anthony for each of Mr. Clough's sons, and the remainder of the property is left to Mrs. Clough.  The will states that as Mrs. Clough has plenty of means of her own, it is the wish of the deceased that she devote the income of the estate left her to charity; but this wish is not mandatory.  After her death the estate is to go in equal shares to Colorado Seminary Trinity Methodist Church, the Colorado Conference Preachers' Aid Society and the Denver Church Extension Society.  The will was witnessed by Willis M. Marshall, James R. Hicks and George W. Bailey.

COLEMAN, Annie (Mrs.)

THROUGH A WINDOW

Mrs. Coleman's Plunge to Escape Imaginary Trouble.

SAD CASE OF A DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER.

Her Hallucinations Are of a Religious Nature, but Believed to Have Been Caused by Physical Troubles-Fought with the Strength of Many Men--Member of the Religious Sect Known as Christ Adelphians.

Rocky Mountain News 1/14/1895

     Late Saturday night residents in the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and Gilpin Streets were treated to a genuine sensation, Mrs. Annie Coleman, wife of Thomas Coleman, a painter and decorator, became suddenly insane.  He violent actions created the great excitement and at least a dozen men living in the neighborhood took part in quieting the maniac.  At 11:30 o'clock Mrs. Coleman left her bed and began throwing the furniture about the room.  Her husband awoke and attempted to control her.  Instead of heeding his words the woman became more violent and began screaming at the top of her voice.  The noise aroused Henry P. Spencer, living at 2322 Gilpin Street, and he dressed hastily and ran across the street. When he reached the Coleman house he saw the woman standing at the window yelling as loudly as she could.  She cried that her husband was about to murder her and pleaded that she be allowed to leave the house.  She then threw books and bric-a-brac at her husband, who escaped to the door.

Into the Street

     Suddenly and without warning Mrs. Coleman jumped through the window to the porch .  The window glass cut her face and hands horribly, but she paid no attention to her injuries.  She was barefoot and wore only a single garment.  When she jumped through the window Spencer and Coleman picked her up and carried her into the house again.  She struggled fiercely, yelling all the time.  She had the strength of an Amazon and threw  her captors aside as though they were weak children.  She picked up everything at hand and both Coleman and Spencer were kept busy dodging the missiles cast at them.  The row aroused J. Warner Mills, who lives across the street from the Coleman home.  When he arrived he was immediately pressed into service.  A man who was passing in a buggy stopped at the house and aided the men inside.

     Neighbors began to flock to the house and Mrs. Coleman was finally subdued.  She seemed to have an hallucination that she was dead and she quoted the twenty-third psalm verbatim, telling her hearers to repeat it over her grave. She accurately quoted other portions of Scripture and prayed with great fervor.

     Coleman left the house and telephoned for police aid and the second division patrol wagon was sent to the house.  Mrs. Coleman was placed in the wagon and taken to the county hospital.

     The cause of the woman's sudden misfortune is not clearly shown.  She is French by birth and was educated in the best schools of her native land.  Her mother was maid of honor in the imperial court of Italy.  Mrs. Coleman has five children, who have been reared in the best possible manner.

     Both Coleman and his wife are members of a peculiar sect recently established in this city under the name of Christ Adelphians.  The tenets of this sect are not widely known.  They are similar, it is said, in many respects to those held by the Swedenborgians.  Of late Mrs. Coleman has paid much attention to her religious duties and she attended all the meetings held by the new sect.  Her husband attributes her insanity to physical trouble and not to mental distress resulting from religious study.

COLLINS, Mrs. James

 RUNAWAY ACCIDENT

Mrs. James Collins of Creede Fatally Injured in Death Trap Pass

Special to The News

Rocky Mountain News 8/14/1895

CREEDE, Colo., Aug. 13.--Mrs. James Collins, wife of a Bachelor miner, and Mrs. Cunningham, wife of Thomas Cunningham, a blacksmith of the Amethyst mine, the former accompanied by her 5-year-old son, and the latter by her 12 months baby, were driving a two-horse carriage yesterday afternoon along what is called the Death Trap, a narrow pass between the mountain and the Rio Grande, where the Denver and Rio Grande railroad runs along the county road, when thy met the noon train going to Denver, and their team became frightened and threw the occupants out.  Mrs. Collins falling between the wheels was injured internally and was brought home on a stretcher and is not expected to live.  The children were both thrown before the train, but escaped, the boy getting off the track himself, and the baby was snatched from the jaws of death by its mother.  The boy was badly bruised on the head, but Mrs. Cunningham and the baby escaped with a few scratches and a bad shock.

DARCSOK, JOHN

BOLOVER, Fannie

A SAD ENDING

Mr. Darcsok Arrested on the Eve of His Wedding.

Denver Post 1/5/1895

     The wedding bells were interrupted last evening at the marriage ceremony of John Darcsok, a laborer at the Globe smelter, and Fannie Baleur, in the little hamlet of Globeville.

     All preparations were arranged for the wedding festivities, and the bride and bridegroom and invited guests had assembled in the Catholic church at Thirty-eighth Street, when Deputy Sheriff William Arnett arrived with a warrant for Darcsok's arrest on the charge of perjury.

     Fannie's sister, May, had arrived from Pueblo during the day and learning of her sister's threatened marriage in the evening went to District Attorney Steele's office and asked for Darcsok's arrest, as her sister was only 15 years of age.

     The officer arrived not a moment too soon for the priest was about to say the words that would have made them man and wife when the officer interrupted the ceremony by reading the warrant.

     The bride swooned into the arms of the heartless officer and several minutes elapsed ere she recovered.  Darscok was taken to jail where he remained all night unable to obtain bail.  At the city jail Darscok refused to make any statement when questioned in regard to his bride's age.

     In Justice Caters court this morning the bride and sister were present but neither recognized the other.  Judge Cater continued the case until Monday.

DARCSOK, John

BOLOVER, Fannie

THE GLOBEVILLE DUDE IN COURT.

The Victim of Circumstance and Jealousy Appears for Trial.

Denver Post, 1/5/1895

     John Darcsok, the smelter man at Globeville, who was marrying Fannie Bolover a few nights ago, appeared in Justice Cater's court this morning with his sweetheart.  Darcsok has employed an attorney and Fannie will testify that she is 18 years of age.  Darcsok intends to prove that Fannie's sister May, interrupted the marriage ceremony simply to gratify her jealousy and have him marry her.  Darcsok has a number of witnesses who will corroborate his testimony in this respect.

     On account of the absence of the district attorney Justice Cater continued the case until Thursday morning. 

DORCSOK, John

BOLOVER, Fannie

MARRIED HER IDEAL.

John Dorcsok, the Globeville Beau Brummel, Made Happy

Denver Post, 1/11/1895

     John Dorcsok, the Globeville young man whose marriage to Fannie Bolover was interrupted last Friday evening by his arrest by William Arnett, was married last evening after his discharge by Justice Cater on the charge of perjury.

     The bride's sister May was jealous of Dorcsok and caused his arrest, claiming her sister was only 15 years of age.  The bride testified at her affianced trial yesterday that she was 18 years old. 

DEATHS

DEATHS IN THE CITY

Report of the Health Department for The Past Month.

Rocky Mountain News, 1/6/1895

     The monthly report of deaths in the city for December as compiled by the health department is as follows: total deaths, 162; Communicable diseases, 61; general diseases, 9; digestive system, 15; respiratory system, 34; circulating system, 10; nervous system, 5; genito-urinary system, 5; violence, 5; poison, 4; unclassed, r.  The deaths from consumption were 26; pneumonia, 29; scarlet fever, 15; typhoid fever, 8.

     The deaths for last week were 18 less than for several weeks past.  Six died of consumption, 3 of bronchitis and 1 of scarlet fever.

DIVORCES

DIVORCE WAS SO EASY

Full List of the Decrees Granted at Cheyenne Wells.

People From All Parts of the Country Were Benefited by the Little Private Divorce Mill - Few of Them, However, Lived Anywhere Near the Town - Full List of the Cases Acted Upon by the Combine.

Denver Post, 1/14/1895

     The expose in Saturday's EVENING POST of the divorce mill at Cheyenne Wells was a surprise to the people of Cheyenne County as well as the rest of the state.  That such an infamous state of affairs could exist was hardly believed.

     The facts and figures published in The Evening Post, however, convinced everybody of the truth of the story.  The people of Cheyenne Wells and Cheyenne County are highly indignant over the affair, and steps will be taken to punish the guilty parties.  A full list of the divorces granted by the County Judge of Cheyenne County during the last eighteen months is printed below.

     It will be seen by this that very few of those who were freed from the bonds of matrimony had been married in Colorado and it doubtful if many of them resided here any length of time if at all.  People from all parts of the country obtained divorces in the Cheyenne Wells court and those who have married again may find that they are bigamists.  The divorces granted, with the names of the principles and the places where their marriages occurred follows:

Transcriber Note: Due to the length of this article, the  names of those involved have been incorporated into the surname listing individually. Please check your surname. 

DIVORCES

DESERTION AND CRUELTY

One Wife Freed from an Absent Lord and Three Others Put in Applications

Rocky Mountain News, 9/14/1895

     One decree of divorce was granted yesterday by the county divorce mill and three new suits were filed by women who have found marriage a dismal failure.  Alfonsie Gonette was married to Henry Griffin in Portland, Ore., in December 1891.  After six months of married life, Mr. Griffin, in June of the following year informed his wife, so she alleges, that he was going away and should never return to her.  The court granted her a decree and she was allowed to resume her maiden name.

     Carrie Daily filed papers alleging that she was married to Henry Daily, the proprietor of a moving van, in February last, and that they lived together at 1598 South Logan, until August 31, when she was compelled to leave her husband because of his cruelty, being literally driven from the house.  She asks for a divorce and alimony.

     Gertrude Stapleton wants to be divorced from Frederick Hennesen Stapleton, whom she married in January, 1891, and whom she claims deserted her in February of the same year.

     Hattie Burton, was married to John S. Cron in Pittston, Pa., in December 1879.  In her complaint filed in the county court yesterday she claims that in the last two years she has been cruelly abused by her husband and forced to leave him; that for more that a year he has refused to support her.  She asks a decree of divorce and the custody of her two children, a boy and a girl.

**Doctors Graduate

MORE NEW DOCTORS

Graduating Exercises of the Gross Medical College Held Last Night.

Denver Post, 4/10/1895, page 8.

     A class of twenty-one men and women received their graduating diplomas last night at the Gross Medical College.  This was the largest class that has ever graduated from this institution and the attendance was also very large.  The exercises took place in the First Baptist Church, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion.  Those who had seats on the rostrum besides the graduates were: Dr. A.M. Buckman, Dr. Elsner, Dr. Boice, Dr. T. H. Hawkins, Dr. Levy, Dr. Buchtel, Rev. Kerr B. Tupper, Rev. Allen, Dr. W. H. Davis, Dr. Wright, M. F. Taylor, Dr. R. F. Le Mond, Dr. W. J. Rothwell, Dr. P. D. Rothwell, Dr. H. H. Bucknam, Dr. C. F. Shellenberger, Dr. C. B. Richmond, Dr. M. Kleiner, Dr. H. G. Harvey, Dr. C. E. Jaeger, Dr. Kimball, Dr. C. W. Miller, Dr. C. P. Conroy, Dr. E. P. Hershey, Dr. Neil McPhatter, Dr. T. M. Burns, Dr. E. C. Hill, Dr. M. K. Sears, Dr. Eckerson, Judge Butler, Judge Palmer, Mr. P. D. Cheney, of Illinois, T. D. Anderson, Harry O'Bryan.

     Dr. T. H. Hawkins, president of the the faculty, presided and the invocation was pronounced by Rev. Allen.  Rev. Kerr B. Tupper and M. F. Taylor made addresses.  The prizes were awarded as follows: Oliver Brooks Lewis, obstetric prize, $50; also honorable mention; Samuel Gibson Mugrage, ophthalmology, gold medal; Anna S. Morgunovsky, best examination in dermatology, gold medal; John Eddowes Beebe, honorable mention.  The junior prize for the best surgical examination was awarded to Mr. A. H. Williams.

     After the exercises a reception was held at Martine's dancing academy.  The following is a list of the graduates:  John Beebe, Sarah Calvert, William Couch, Alexander M. Cheney, Joseph D. Coyle, Orielle Curtis, Arthur Davis, Frank A. E. Disney, Ernest Green, William Francis Lay, Oliver Lewis, Samuel Mugrage, John McDaniel, Anna S. Morgunovsky, Daniel Newman, John Richter, Orland Shippey, Saling Simon, Rollin Thorpe, John Williams.

DUBOIS, Louis, Deputy Sheriff

DUGGAN, Jim, Constable

HAINES, Deputy Sheriff

HULL, Harry

HAD A FREE FIGHT

Deputy Sheriffs Drew Their Guns in a Restaurant and Lacerate One Another in Brutal Style.

Rocky Mountain News, 1/3/1895

     Early Monday morning there was a serious row in Wisch's Cafe at Seventeenth and Curtis Streets, and one of the fray now lies at his home with a horribly disfigured face.  Constable Jim Duggan of Howze's court, Deputy Sheriff Haines of Morse's court and Deputy Sheriff Dubois of Highland and a half dozen others were in the saloon when someone started the ball rolling and there was a general fight.  Guns were drawn and chairs were freely used.  Harry Hull, a gambler, was struck in the face with a gun and a long gash was inflicted upon his forehead.  Constable Duggan struck Deputy Sheriff Louis Dubois had a dozen terrific blows in the face with the gun, inflicting a cut over the eye that will disfigure the deputy sheriff for life.  Dubois' check and lips were also cut and lacerated.  The row was stopped without police interference. 

DUNAWAY, Hattie L., (Mrs.)

NEW WOMAN IN OFFICE

ALL TEACHERS OF EXPERIENCE

Rocky Mountain News, 11/24/1895

     Mrs. Hattie L. Dunaway, the successful candidate for superintendent of schools in Lincoln County is the first woman elected to an office in the county.  She is 31 years old, and was born in Farmington, Ill., February 27, 1864.  She attained a common school education and graduated from the High School at Pana, Ill., in the spring of 1887.  March 31, 1888, she became the wife of William M. Dunaway and came to Colorado in January 1890, settling in Kit Carson, where she picked up telegraphy, and for three and one-half years she held that position of operator at that place.  She also filled the position of agent and operator at Aroya, Colo.  At the time of the county convention Mrs. Dunaway was visiting in Illinois, and the unanimous call she received was unexpected and unsolicited.  She only reached home in time to make a four days' canvas for the office to which she was elected by a very handsome majority. 

DUPOE, Maud

KICKED BY A HORSE

Young Girl Thrown Over a Dashboard and Badly Injured.

Rocky Mountain News 9/14/1895     

     Maud Dupoe, a 17-year-od girl residing on Welton Street, was dangerously injured by a fractious horse Thursday afternoon.  The accident occurred at the Broadway loop.  The horse, which was attached to a light cart, shied at a passing car, and in trying to control it, Miss Dupoe was thrown over the dashboard and was kicked several times in the abdomen.  She was taken to her brother's home at 537 West Eleventh Avenue, but the seriousness of her injuries were not realized until yesterday morning.  She was then transferred to her home in the police ambulance.

DUSSELDORF, Joseph

DROPPED ON THE STREET

Hunger and Sickness Overcame a Visitor

Denver Post, 7/5/1895

     Joseph Dusseldorf, 24 years of age, the son of a prominent Eastern family, was found unconscious on the sidewalk near the corner of Sixteenth and Larimer Streets last night.  He was brought to police headquarters in the ambulance.  He told Surgeon Jarecki, after being revived, that he had just arrived from Jerome, Arizona, where he had been unsuccessfully engaged in mining.  He is a sufferer from heart disease, and together with hunger and exhaustion had become prostrated on the street.

     After his recovery at the station he refused shelter and left to renew his wanderings.

EAST DENVER CLASS HONORS

Rocky Mountain News, 4/2/1895

CLASS HONORS

Distribution of Merits at East Side High School.

     The class honors of the graduating class of the East Denver High School were conferred yesterday and are as follows: Valedictorian, Miss Bessie Alley; salutatorian, Lester McLean.  The following participants in the graduating class exercises were selected by the class; Oration William V. Hodges, class president; essay; Miss Mabel Leonard; class historian, Lindsey Barbee; reading, Miss Clara Sears.  Selected by the teachers; Oration, Roy Leach; declamation, John Lewis; essay, Jennie Sloan.  The class ode is still open and will be selected by the first day of the next term, April 8.  The graduating exercises will take place June 20, nest at the high school assembly room, but the ranks of the respective students are already made up and the class has made its selections of honor students. 

ENSMINGER, William E.

ASSISTANT, WILLIAM E. ENSMINGER, MADE CHIEF

Rocky Mountain News, 1/13/1895

State Assistant Boiler Inspector William E. Ensminger occupied the chair in the Inspector's office yesterday and received the congratulations of his friends on his promotion.  Late Boiler Inspector Walter Conway kept away from the city hall altogether and his mail was forwarded to his residence.  Asked as to the various rumors afloat as to the cause of Mr. Conway being replaced, Mayor Van Horn said; "There is appropriation for but one officer and Mr. Ensminger being a practical machinist and familiar with the class of work was retained.  All other reasons given are not so."

FAULKNER, James

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, DEATHS

Rocky Mountain News, 6/30/1895

FAULKNER-DOUGHERTY- At St. Mary's Cathedral, Wednesday evening, Miss Nellie Dougherty and Mr. James Faulkner.  Father Calahan officiating.  The bride, a handsome brunette, wore gray albatross, trimmed in cream chiffon, and carried a bunch of cream roses.  She was attended by Miss Stasta McDonald, Mr. George P. Kelly was best man.  After the ceremony the bridal party repaired to the residence of the bride's sister, Mrs. P. Herne, at 1739 Glenarm Street, where a bountiful repast awaited them, in fact, the table fairly groaned under the weight of its luxuries, as all the delicacies of the season were served, and all appeared to do it ample justice after which the evening was spent in social games till a late hour, when the bride and groom repaired to their new home, 233 Twenty second Street.  They received many useful and ornamental presents.  Only relatives and friends were present.

FEDERAL GRAND JURY

FORTY-ONE INDICTED

Federal Grand Jury on the Warpath.

THE UNITED STATES FINDS PLENTY OF VICTIMS.

Illegal Liquor Selling, Fraudulent Use of Mails, Counterfeiting, robbing Post Offices, violation of Internal Revenue Laws and Misappropriating Funds Entrusted to the Care of Postmasters are the Chief Offences Alleged Against the Defendants in the Bill of Complaints Filed with the District Attorney.

Rocky Mountain News, 1/16/1895

     Dennis Mullins, Chief Armstrong and Police Matron Dwyer were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury yesterday for their connection with the somewhat notorious letter which was mailed to Mrs. Likens by Jesse Parr of Pueblo.  Bail was accepted in the sum of $500 and the date of the trial will be set by Judge Hallett upon his return.  At the same time ex Governor Waite was entirely ignored for the part he took in the affair.

     Forty-one true bills were returned.  The report was made to Judge Riner in the absence of Judge Hallett.  The jury reported not a true bill in the case of James Waldrop, accused of carrying on an unlawful liquor business at Walsenburg.

     Three indictments were found against Rafael Chacon for violation of the pension laws.

     A true bill was also returned against James Cooper for selling liquor to the Ute Indians at Durango.

     F. B. Willis, charged with using the mails for the purpose of blackmail was indicted.  He was arraigned before the court and pleaded not guilty, bond being fixed at $1,000.  The transaction with which he is charged was committed about August 20, 1894, when Mrs. Francke, living at 930 Converse Street, received a letter made of letters cut from newspapers and signed "Mrs. F. B. Willis," stating that the sender was acquainted with certain facts which might ruin the character of Mrs. Francke.  A decoy letter was sent and Willis was arrested on the charge.

     A true bill was found against Elisha B. Cravens, charged with embezzling a $50 money order and passing it at the First National Bank.  The prisoner was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. Bail was fixed in the sum of $1,000.

     "Not a true bill" was indorsed on the papers relating to the case of Mrs. Mary E. Hooks, an African American, accused of sending obscene matter through the mails.

     A true bill was found against Albert Thomas and J. W. Edmunds, the two young men from Kansas, who came to Denver some weeks ago with a quantity of spurious coin and attempted to pass some of it at a house on Market Street.  The young men entered a plea of guilty and bail was fixed in the sum of $1,000 each. 

     A true bill was returned against James Dietiker and F. C. Riebe, charged with irregularities in conducting a retail liquor business. 

The Jail Breakers.

     True bills were returned against Frank Murray and James Bartlett, two of the prisoners--who escaped from the jail on the night of October 10 and robbed the Post Office and several stores at Littleton and were finally captured at Salt Lake. Both prisoners pleaded guilty and were sentenced to two years imprisonment at Joliet and a fine of $5.  The hard labor clause was added.  Judge Riner said he hoped that when the men got out they would lead better lives and that he was disposed to help them along.  Accordingly he gave a short sentence, which will amount to about a year and a half with the good conduct privilege.

     A true bill was found against L. H. Misner, accused of opening a letter addressed to Thomas Dixon and taking therefrom an express order for $12 and negotiating it.  Misner was arrested in California, and yesterday entered a plea of not guilty.  Bail was fixed at $1,500.

     Two true bills were found against H. A. Risman, charged with packing cigars in boxes which had previously been used for like purposes.

    A true bill was found against James W. McKinney, who is at present confined in the jail at Colorado Springs, and who will be brought before Judge Riner this morning to plead.  McKinney is charged with having forged the signature to a money order payable to "James McKinney" in 1890, and who was a fugitive for four years.

    A true bill was returned against Ed M. Eskew, who is charged with using the mails to defraud by sending requests to a number of lodges for money while he was an officer of a lodge of that place and when the money arrived he, it is charged, appropriated it to his own use.

Postmaster's Shortage.

     Edward J. Steens, formerly Postmaster of Durango, and who was accused of misappropriating funds of the money order division and also general revenue funds of his office, was arraigned on an indictment.  He entered a plea of guilty and promised the court that he would lead an upright life in the future if given a short sentence.  The District Attorney explained to the court that this was the first offense of the prisoner's and that he had a good reputation at his home with this one exception.  There were two counts in the indictment and the sentences were given together.  In the first fifteen months at Canon City and a fine equal to the amount embezzled was given, and in the second count the same time was given with a fine of $5.  The sentences will run concurrently so that the actual time will amount to about a year.

     Four indictments were returned against Louis C. Withoup, charged with forging the name of Samuel A. Drake to pension papers and other irregularities in pension business. Withoup is connected, it is said, with the Denver Office of Corporal Tanner, and this is not the first time he has been before this court on a similar charge.  He was sentenced to Canon City for a like offense some time ago and was pardoned through the efforts of influential friends.  Yesterday he entered a plea of not guilty to the charge and bail was fixed at $2,000.  Considerable difficulty was experienced in finding bondsmen who could qualify in the necessary amount.

     A true bill was found against William G. Ritchie of Aspen, who is charged with having opened and published a letter addressed to William Rich, a ranchman living near Aspen.

     A true bill was returned against F. W. Mead, charged with taking $30 from a registered package while acting as Postmaster at Lenado.  He was on trial some time ago in the Federal Court for a like offense and was granted a new trial.  A plea of not guilty was entered yesterday and bail fixed at $1,000.

A Brother of Trailor.

     A true bill was found against Charles R. Taylor, alias Charles R. Marsho, who is charged with sending an obscene letter through the mails to a young girl. The letter was signed "Mrs. Charles R. Mashall."  The case is somewhat peculiar, as it is directly connected with the offense for which "T. H. Trailor" was sent to the penitentiary.  The man before Judge Riner yesterday is a brother of Trailor, or correctly, Taylor.  "Trailor" was sentenced to twelve months at Canon City on August 20 last for sending the letter for which he was arrested.  After he reached there it was discovered that he had served a previous term under his proper name of Taylor.  Then "Charles R. Marsho," his brother, appeared before the District Attorney and claimed that he was the culprit in the matter and had asked his brother to write the letters because "he could write better."  "Marsho" was warned that he was liable to imprisonment if he subscribed to the complaint against himself.  In order to help out his brother, however, he signed the paper and yesterday he was indicted.  When arraigned before Judge Riner he repented and entered a plea of not guilty and bail was fixed at $500.

     Robert Botts, charged with counterfeiting at Pueblo, was discharged, the grand jury bringing a verdict of "not a true bill."

     The petit jurors in the court were excused for the term.  Judge Riner will adjourn court this afternoon and leave for his home on account of the serious illness of his daughter.  Judge Hallett, who is now in New York, will open the next term on February 18.

FRANCIS, Harry

A LOST BOY