The Fort Collins Express and The Fort Collins Review from Fort Collins, Colorado • 6

I ENNY ANTE EARSOH PROVES A FIRST-CLASS LIAR baht it had four shots in it" Burns thrumit all the questioning 1 to which he has teen subjected has maintained that' he did not shoot any- lone He admits his part in the theft I of the horses admits that he had thej "8 revolver taken from Neilson ad- LOYELAKDER IS FREES YOUNG IIAII ARRESTED MAN HELD FOR ROBBING CHINAMAN YOUTH UNDER BONDS CHARGED WITH STATUTORY OFFENSE when it comes to speedng an automobile Henry seeing the fair damsel in the lead forgot about his wagon also the man closing the gate He spoke to his horses and started in pursuit By the time his man had closed the gate (Lewey Klamm an eye witness will swear to this) Henry wag a Know in the weakness of republi- cans tins editor when be ent to the court convention last Monday CTnnIPo i TO INSPIRE BE-took nothing of value with him ex- STORIES FAIL TO lwikl at cept a presentation cigar which was LIEF IN OFFICERS mits everything except that he Arad any of the fatal shots On this subject his only reply is a denial of guilt okee park where they went to assis in celebrating Mrs Wm I IT I hid Jn by a cloud of dust Had the sventyeighih birthday Officials think that attitude A CL Reed who has been spending known is that of a man who has a slightly the winter in Wyoming returned to a onr mi have had a different ending but Livermore last Saturday He is talk- thinking no doubt it was just a coming of leaving soon for Nebraska I Owing to a scarcity fhay a number ehe of the cattlemen will soon turn them ker aVmg a good rtSrt capture next time I cattle on the summer ranges altho i start in pursuit says Henry there is still some danger from poison take the automobile mi believe me higher sense of honor than has Pearson and who is evidently determined not to on his He knows nothing as yet of confessions but it is thot that when he is confronted with them this and the of Lis quarter of a mile down and road and cl nc LIVERMORE Mr and Mis George Campton and Mrs Flowers spent Sunday in Cher- weed Mrs Frank Williams returned Sat- urday from Denver where she bad been visiting her mother Mrs Stewart McNey and Mrs Mason gave a party on the SOth inst 9 a 4 a A A a in honor of the birthday of their little sons Lawreice McNey and Hubert Mason Quite a number enjoyed the hospitality of te rust-esses and report a very pleasant time Mr and Mrs Fred Kluver spent a day very pleasantly last week at the county seat Mrs Alfred Comielson's numerous friends are very pleased to learn that she has sufficienly recovered from her recent dangerous operation to be able to leave the hospital Notwithstanding storm there was quite an attendance at the Woman's Club meeting After the transaction of the business of the day Ccrn Mrs Frank Williams read a short the delight of his many young lady biographical sketch of friends Prose Among those men- Next Monday May 1st is school tioned were Jonathan Edwards Ben- election Polls will be open from 7 jamin Franklin Charles Brown t0 jg Immediately following Washington Irving James Kirke wiII be the school meeting Two Paulding and James Fenimore Cooper members are to be elected on the The club then adjourned and the hos- school board- a secretary and treas-tesses of the day Mrs John McNey urer and Mrs Wm Currie entertained the Kttg an(J family of Mead( club very pleasantly with dainty re-J were jests jn the Pacel Mead home freshments 1 Mr and Mrs Henry Rasmussen at tended a large dinner party in the morning sees duplicity companion he will tell a straightforward account of the affair The funeral of Sheriff Roach is to be held in Cheyenne today the service to be held in the quarters of 4K rt AAitnrir mi! TYasaiia av a the county jail Dozens of reports concerning lynching parties have reached this city and all have proven unfounded- Sheriff Cooke scouts the idea that there is any remote danger of any Wyoming people attempting to lynch Pearson and Burns and is even more emphatic on their chances to carry out their purpose should they make the attempt NOTICE OF THE FIRST FETING OF CREDITORS In the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado In the Matter of George Thomas Price Bankrupt In Bankruptcy To the Creditors of George Thomas Price of Fort Collins in the County of Larimer and district aforesaid a Bankrupt: Notice is hereby given that on the 24th day of April A 1916 the said George Thomas Price was duly adjudicated bankrupt upon a petition filed by him on the 21st day of April 1916 and that the first meeting of his creditors will be held at the office of the undersigned Referee room No 714 Continental building in the City of Denver in said district on the 16th day of May A-D 1916 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon at which time the said creditors may attend prove their claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt consider and determine the time and manner of any proposed sale of said bankrupt property and if -a trustee is appointed determine whether or not he shall object to the discharge of the bankrupt and to transact such Other business as may properly come before said meeting -Dated at Denver Colorado April 23 1916 v' Wm HARRISON Referee in Bankruptcy Weekly May 4 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP Notice is hereby given that on Monday the 5th day of June A 1916 Edgar Ripple administrator of the Estate of George Ripple de ceased Robert A Pierce the admin- if I catch her never stop bat! I reach: Fort Collins ud a RED ROCK Mrs Warner Hall ia visiting her sister and many friends in Longmont for a few days Miss Leola Taylor of Longmont is visiting in the home of Mrs Elizabeth Palmer this week Mrs Paul Mead and little daughters Katherine and Beatrice were Longmont visitors Thursday Geo Reisbeck has purchased a new five passenger Dodge ear of the Berthoud agent McKanna Hon and Mrs Montgomery of Longmont were guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Warner Hall last Friday Harry Reisback has added a new-side ear to his motorcycle jnuch to home of Mr and Mrs Henry Johnson jh Longmont last Sunday A religious meeting will be held in the school house next Sunday evening at 8 Sybrandt and family visited ia Johnstown last Sunday Mrs Elizabeth Palmer enjoyed a reunion of her family Easter Her daughter Naomi Taylor and her son Ralph were at home together for the firt time in two or three years Mr and Mrs Warner Hall were quests in the Mead home last Sunday Miss Leola Taylor of Longmont is visiting in the home of Mrs Eliza- both Palmer WELLINGTON LETTER A large circle of friends and neighbors extend their heartfelt sympathy to the stricken family celebrated with DIST NO WAVIRLY Dave West is arouad announcing the birth new grand sob born is his eon Ralph West and wife some few days ago McQaaine and wife took io the Odd Fellow doings at Fort Colbrs an Wednesday Conrad Klauua has secured ensplny-ment at Dale Creek Wya He wifi he down after his family the first of the week Beet planting somewhat delayed by the dry weather is fairly well in hand The ground is very dry and all crops will be benefited by the overdue wet period School election will be Held next Monday evening It is advertised at the church basement this being centrally located and more convenient for all Last Sunday a number of Fort Collins people came out to the Wavetly (From Daily) If Clyde Pearson arrested Monday together with Pete Burns for the murder of Sheriff Roach of Cheyenne and Mels Neilson foreman of 'he Neilson ranch at Granite Wyo has inspired the officials of Larimer county with a single opinion concerning him it is that he is a first class thoro-going Bar whose word is not to be relied on to' any alarming extent For after showing no little native ability on Monday in fabricating A story about a mythical third party in the affair at the Webster ranch he made a confession on Monday night only to make a second and entirely different confession on Tuesday Whether Pearson intends to make corfessions matter of daily routine Is not known At best the officers are of the opinion that the real facts concerning the shooting will not come to light nn-til Pete Burns who has maintained a stoical silence concerning the details of the affair is moved to speech Tuesday confession it may prove handy to designate them by the names of the days of the week as Jong as these names are not differed from the story told by him to Thomas of Cheyenne on Monday night in one man point He switched victims in the shooting affair claiming that he and not Burns killed Sheriff Roach and that Burns and not he shot Neilron Concerning the details of the chase by the sheriff and Neilson his story is probably a little more accurate But the officials still doubt if they have the truth of the affair in the document signed by Pearson second confession goes much better into the details of the events leading up to the shooting than did his first confession He states that he spent his boyhood and early manhood in Arkansas and Texas running away from home at the age of 13 and later joining the Ranch" Wild West show Pearson Is quite vain over his alleged ability with a gun and of his connection with the show business He states that he left another show with which he had become connected in Laramie on July 4 1913 and has spent most of the time since in Wyoming and Colorado He declares now that he never met Burns his partner in the crime until April 23 the Sunday before the killing and in his confession and in other conversation he intimates that he was inspired to steal horses from the Neilson ranch because of some imagined grievance against Neilson for whom he once worked According to the Tuesday confession Pearson and Burns realizing that the sheriff was on their trail derided to return to the vicinity of Granite canon and turn the horses they had stolen loose They approached the stables to get 3ome feed for their horses before starting out Pearson says that a voice from the stable inquiring what he was looking for halted him and that he replied that he was peeking a place to sleep He recognized the voice as that of Neilson for whom he had once orked and at the Same time lie drew his 44 revolver the only weapon the pair had at the time you go to the bunk house Neilson said Is the bunk house?" Pearson asked" At that moment Neilson stepped out the barn and Pearson covered him He says he made Neilson step around behind the bam where he took his gun a 38-calibre revolver from him giving the weapon to Burns They then ordered Neilson to go before them intending to see that he was taken a reasonable distance from the ranch house before they left him Pearson in his Tuesday confession says that It was at this point thrt Roach appeared on the scene He says that Roach carried a rifle that he got the drop on the sheriff and ordered him to drop the weapon and throw up his hands Roaeh said "Wait a minute till I can lay down this gun and stepped over to a ditch bank against which he reclined the weapon told him again to stick up his runs confession stick up and put his hands in his pocket pulled his hands out of his pockets took a hip shot at me and hit my horse right under the chin Then 'we both commenced firing I fired three shots' I shot Roach and Bums shot Neilson It was so smoky in front of me I see whether Roach fell at first When it cleared away I seen him fall I turned huo fer I told Burns I says go get on the saddle He says I says Ride down the meadow and across west I wa'ked over to the bank and got the rifle a 22 high-power and in the morning when I looked half smoked when the anti-smoke- nuisance edict was announced He hid the stub under a convenient stairway in the midnight darkness of the stage entrance but without avail It was gone before the preliminary roll call had been completed 44 For discerning courte'v one must hand it to the Denver Times Publishing a photograph of Sheriff Rivera of Wyoming and the Union Pacific bandit it adds in kindly explanation outlaw is the man on the After listening to Delph Carpenter Bro Graves Victor Keys Judge Brad-held and other disturbers of the mosphere we suggest only a Suggestion of course) that the next convention to be held by the Grand Old etc party this summer be held in some bunk house A casual reading of Col Roosevelt's testy remarks concerning the administration indicates that his nerves are in such condition that ha should not be allowed a third cup of coffee to which he once referred This editor called on Roy Ray in Windsor one day last week and found him on the point of leaving the office to go down town and see if there was any hell that needed raising Bob Hanna kindly offered to put us on the list of those who have the privilege of calling him up and getting him to lock Roy up when they want to come to town but we refused the offer because we wanted to see what sort of people spoke to him on the street The saddest thing about the republican party is the fact that national elections be held on memorial day As we understand the Mexican situation all more Or less in favor of Carranza but we want him to keep his dirty whiskers out of our eyes Splendid substitute for summer football and Chatauquas: Trying to carry on a war conversation with the jehu of a jitneyford with a flat wheel getween Fort Collins and Greeley with three chuckholes a bridge two culverts and a railroad crossing in every hundred feet of road Easter Sunday intended for Villa but he eame to life authoritatively on that day Police officers through northern Colorado are learning to demand their quart of flesh from south-bound tourists who stick on the road Among the delegates xo vast Monday's convention were a number of old-time republicans who are firmly convinced that Wilson has let the navy go to the dogs by neglecting to have the warships shingled thus permitting then to get wet and be warped all out of shape Herbert Gee ia working for a new depot up at Craig We hope he gets it The last time we were up there they were using a box car for a ticket office and had to hold the train while they sold tickets to 200 passengers who filed through like sheep going into the dipping vat 'H Ha! Dr Watson He Means Her Laigs! Miss Aulora Melntyr was run down by an automobile Tuesday and her lower limbs below the knees were quite badly Montrose Enterprise Brs savs the Spokesman of arid concerning the Grand Old Convention "pointed with onde to the fact that every delegation from the drv belt had come to the convention with full And yet the resolutions gravely apnlanded the fact that Colorado has prohibition that prohibits! We do not subscribe to the doctrine urged by Mr amusing paper the Mews thet the Moffat tunnel is a national military necessity but we are willing to admit that it would come handy for Justice getaway on the night when Bob Speer is elected mayor of Denver by from ten to twenty thousand majority Mrs Mary Lewis and daughter Mrs Alta Bush left this city Tuesday for California They will visit thru the summer with friends and relatives of Ontario Cal and will return to this city in the fall coming back by way of the Pacific Northwest and Montana Sheriff Thomas and Oscar Worcester of Laramie and 0 George of Tie Siding spent Tuesday morning in this city They responded to the first news of the murder of Sheriff Roach and Mels Neilson and did not learn of the capture of the murderers until they reached this county George of Boulder was a business visitor in Fort Collins on Tuesday Attimey Donnell has Tented his house famished and will divide his time for the next three months between Greeley Fort Collins and attending to special busi-J Greeley Spokesman 4 Thursday was a day of rorfhan usual activity in criminal lines he court of Justice Ira Payne land and the affairs which came up in the justice court caused the sheriff and the deputy district attorney to spend the bulk of tbe day in that city A few nights ago Quong Sing Chinese laundryman who has been located in Loveland for over tw'enty-five years was the -victim of a hold-up The highwayman who entered the place of business at midnight under pretext of wanting his laundry succeeded in getting only $3 of Quong Sing's money but inflicted a painful scalp wound on the head and otherwise abused and mistreated the Oriental Marshal Sisk of Loveland later arrested cna Harding and Harding was given a preliminary hearing on Thursday Harding established an alabi he proving by his wife and his landlady that he was sound asleep at the time the hold-up- took place The Chinaman also refused to identify Harding as the man who assaulted him so the authorities are still on the search for the hold-up Thursday also George Botts a young man of Loveland was arrested by Sheriff Cooke on a charge preferred against him by a girl of less than 18 years old who charges him with a statutory offense He was taken before Justice Payne and was placed under a $1000 bond to appear for a preliminary hearing on May 10 NEW $18000 TUNGSTEN MILL BUILDING ABOVE BOULDER BOULDER Colo April The Vasco Mining company will have all ready for operation a new twenty-ton tungsten mill at the Vasco No 5 on the upper Rogers tract within the next five weeks The contract for its erection has been let to a Denver firm according to Manager John McKenna and will be running by June 1 Machinery for the new plant is already being transported to the site The mill will cost $18000 and will be patterned after the nearby mill owned by Clark Ores from the Vasco tract will be concentrated at the new plant The Boyd mill now in use for this purpose will be devoted to the concentration of ores purchased by the Vasco company in open market WORD FROM BULGER CITY (From the Wellington Sun) William Bittner came home from Louisville Saturday and remained Wednesday Mrs Hackney is in Denver having some dental wo- done The East school District ol gave wienie roast to the pairons Friday anff planted a number cf trees and a garden The teacher had tl work on exhibition We nre ir'md of our touche- The country is very dry around Bulger and farmers are wishing for a rain Tli ere will be a dance at the Bulger station house Saturday night A good time is expected and everyone invited Mrs Barrett and Mrs William Barrett ji were shopping in Yi King-ton Wednesday i ofe Jotnoon is going to farm this year on account of 11 health Wii Barrett will farm hi? lace Mr and Mrs Wm Barrett were -in Cheyenne Sunday in their Maxwell Johnson has rented out his farm for this year BARSILVER REACHES THE HIGHEST PRICE IN DECADE NEW YORK April 29 Bar silver was quoted at seventy one and three eights cents an ounce on Friday the highest price in almost a decade A month ago the quotation was sixty and three fourths earlier in the year fifty VA I'lnSf wu jww vuvj nuJt fifty two and a half wa3 a fair quotation ithdrawal of gold as a medium of circulation from practically all of the markets of the world except this country accounts almost fully for the startling advance in silver Incidentally the Mexican disturbances have served materially to curtail the supply In recent months there has been heavy shipments of silver from this country to England France and Russia while the demand from China and East India have been almost unprecedented The United States government also is on the maiket for large quantities of the metal The funeral of Mrs A Gray was held "nt the grave in the Highland cemeterv Monday morning with the service in charge of Rev Barr churiffi and Assisted with the Eastern Mrs Gray died at 10:30 Subprogram Splendid talks were made day after an illness of several months by the different members of the Fort Collins party Thanks to the visitors this Easter program will be long re- i V1 membered and talked over Wise brothers expect to ship Die will appear before the Judge of the balance of their sheep the latter part County Court at the Court House in of this week This will leave Waverlv Colorado Southern has an Fort Collins in the County of Larimer fairly well cleaned up Many are al-! ext section gang here this werit Colorado at 10 o'clock in the forenoon ready planning for the coming season 1 putting a new side track and ex-of said day and present their accounts land reports say more sheep than evor already built It is for final settlement and pray the ap- U'ill be fed in the Waverly neigh- jexpected that work on i the new depot proval of the same and askto be dis- borhood ncedinthe near future charged at which time and place any Harney Cavalry is out and at work Glenn Hawkins had the misfortune person in interest may appear and ditcb for the great North Pou- have his right arm broken while present objections if any there be dre company It seems natural to see cranking an automobile Sunday even-Notice is also hereby given that ap- i Harvey riding about and looking after in- plication for the determination of company business With the coming Frans Morton wbo was heirship of said George Ripple vacation James Brunton is expect- thought to be well on the road to re- Hiram Tierce and Maggie Pierce de- and (hen Waverly with the return- Recovery from her recent operation at ceased has been made and that the ed prodigals gathered beneath her Boulder sanitarium suffered a re-Court will on said date hereinbefore maternal wings can rest peace un-apse tbe first of the week and mus mentioned or at any time to which 1 tn autumn scatters her brood and 40 the hospital as soon as her the hearing may be continued proceed her to face again a winter fj-d Leap year has not benefitted the in the home of Mrs Osborn on Waveily bachelors as much as they Thursday afternoon ceased and as such entitled to mhent bad expected and planned on Sev-i Mrs FWThurman is visiting her any lands tenements hereditaments eral who have heretofore pinned their Barents at Louisville this eek haver ether property real or personal faith to the catalogued price of wed-1 gone there Saturday to spend i constituting all or a part of the Es- flin aid engagement rings have dis- Faster Sunday at home jtate of the' said George Ripple carded the mail order catalogue and Barrett made a business trip Maggie Pierce and Hiram Pierce de- consulted Hoffman brothers finding to Fort Collins Tuesday I ceased and enter a Decree accord- they can d9 as well in fact better and school was held the Welling- ingiy at which hearing all nersons I in case of hurry get prompt delivery ton schools Mondaj out of respect to deceased may-appear and pre-cut shy and LeaP year beinff almost a bose mother was buried that daj their proof third to the bad many of our young! The new Marsh residence just west WITNESS Cushing Clerk of men have decided that the best thing i town is rnmdly nearing complete County Court within and for the they can do is to take the matter into tion and will be ready for occupant County of Larimer in the State cf heir 0WR bands and wait no longer sn near uJre 1 for the maids to do the Harry Geith was off-duty 1 An amusing and one showing drug store a couple of days a the haste one at least of our young severe attack of tonsilitis men is in has just been brot to pur Annua! school election fm- 1-is dis- attention Henry Ripple and his hired trict occurs next Monv a'lernoon man started for a load of hay Henry 1 tbe south school house candi- 1 was driving a large team and the dates are as yet for the 1 same was hitched to a heavy hay rack honor for the term Two Mrs A Seckner and daughter 1 while going thru a gate leading into directors are to bo secretary Irene went to Jessum this morning to the county road some half mile north to succeed Puleston and treas-visit friends They will leave on Mon- 0f the school house Henry sighted rer to succeed Goodding who day for Seattle Washington where ne of the fair daughter was appointed last year to fill a va- ihey expect to spend the summer moving at a model ate pace toward cancy Longmont Call Mrs Seckner Is a her home some mile and a half nearer Mrs A Piatt was visiting friends former resident of Fort Collins and the city of Fort Collins Now Hem at tbe county seat Saturday attended college here alorg in the 33 usual thing travels by automo- Dr McCarroll of Fort Col-eighties Her maiden name was Gr-' bile and travel Sayl Clark Moore Uns was a Wellington visitor Tues-truda Coffin has nothing on the Ripple brothers day Easter Sunday was special services at both of our.