Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Chaffee County Colorado
November 9, 1885
The Marion Daily Star, Marion Ohio
Dr. J.A. Nonamaker and wife were found dead in bed at Salida, Colo. The former is supposed to have killed his wife and then himself. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
February 23, 1891
The Trenton Times, Trenton New Jersey
Shot and Lynched
Salida, Colo., Feb. 23-Patrick Sullivan was shot by Oliver Riley last evening
dying shortly afterward. When the news of his death was noised about a mob was
organized and a rush made on the jail. The second attempt was successful. Riley
was filled with bullets by the crowd and then strung up at a railroad crossing.
Sullivan was taking coal from the railroad company's chute, which was against
orders. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
December 5, 1895
Newark Daily Advocate, Newark Ohio
Gold From the Grass Roots Down
Salida, Colo., Dec. 5- The strike of gold here has become a
certainty. It is estimated that at least 300 people are in the hills and all
available land in the vicinity of the strike has been staked off. Assays run
from $5 to $25 at the grass roots. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
June 18, 1906
Decatur Herald, Decatur Illinois
Mrs. Harold Hutchinson Shoots and Kills Mrs. Carl Bode
Salida, Colo., June 18-Mrs. Carl Bode, wife of a railroad
engineer, was shot and killed today by Mrs. Harold Hutchingson, wife of a
switchman, Jealousy was the cause. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
December 5, 1910
The Evening News, Ada Oklahoma
Aviator Meets Death
Denver, Dec. 4-Walter Archer, a 17 year old aviator, fell 700
feet in aeroplane of this own invention yesterday at Salida, Colo., and was
instantly killed, according to a report received here today. Nearly every bone
in his body was broken.
Archer's machine was driven by electricity, secured from the
Salida Power company's plant. A coil of wire 100 feet long connected the power
plant with the aeroplane, and Archer, when he made his ascension, intended to
maneuver within the radius of the wires. He venture a trifle too high and the
wires snapped, leaving him without power to operate his propellers. With little
experience as an aviator, he lost control of the machine, which turned over,
dashing him to death on a pile of rocks below.
Archer had constructed his machine on original lines and
built it of odds and ends of material secured from the mines in which his father
worked as a miner. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
October 2, 1923
Evening Tribute-Times, Hornell New York
First Football Fatality
Salida, Colo., Oct. 2-Buell Crawford, a member of the Western State College
football squad, died in a hospital here yesterday of blood poisoning which set
in after he had broken a leg in practice. Surgeons amputated the leg last Friday
in an attempt to save his life. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]