Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Huerfano County
Girl Gives life To Save Man She Had Just Jilted
Walsenburg, Colo., Oct. 10-To prevent William Kinsey of
Walsenburg, to whom she had been engaged, but whom she jilted, from blowing out
his brains, Miss Mildred Dowell, a former Denver girl gave her life.
She was shot through the breast last evening while struggling
with Kinsey for a revolver she had snatched from his hand just as he placed the
muzzle of the weapon against his right temple and was about to pull the trigger.
In her dying statement taken this afternoon during her conscious moments, Miss
Dowell completely exonerated Kinsey from all blame for her fatal wound. Miss
Dowell was the daughter of Mrs. H.B. Talvin, 4188 Winona county, Denver.
The tragedy occurred in Miss Dowell's room a few minutes
after the young woman had told Kinsey that she no longer cared for him well
enough to become his wife. The couple had been engaged for months and the
wedding date had been set for next December.
What caused Miss Dowell to change her mind regarding her
affection for Kinsey is not known, but yesterday she sent him a note asking him
to call during the evening, as she had something of importance to tell him.
[Submitted to Genealogy Trails by Leslie Riney]
March 15, 1895
The Arizona Republican, Phoenix Arizona
NOT A HEAVENLY TOWN
Something About Walsenburg, Colo.
All Mouths Are Sealed on the Subject of the Late Wholesale Murder of Italians.
Pueblo, Colo., March 14.-The bodies of the two Italians
killed by a mob at Walsenburg on Tuesday night have not yet been found.
There is no doubt that a considerable number of people know
thoroughly well who did the killing but it is believed no one dares say so or
acknowledge any ---------- of the participants for fear of being himself used as
a target.
The notorious Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, ran a
dance hall in the town of Walsenburg for several years and several of his pals
are in the penitentiary but others are still on hand. Walsenburg is a hamlet of
a thousand people with coal mines and miners on every side, and a turbulent
element is therefore at large.
January 8, 1912
The Alaska Citizen, Fairbanks Alaska
A 10 YR. OLD HERO SAVES GIRL
Rather Than Run Her Down, Boy Steers Coaster Sled Into Jagged Rocks.
Walsenburg, Colo., Dec. 12-Forced to instant choice between a
headlong smash with his coasting sled into the rocks surrounding an iron fence,
or running down a little girl, Richard Caddell, the 10-year-old son of W.J.
Caddell, of this city, chose the former, and tonight lies torn and bleeding at
his home. The little girl, 8, daughter of Walter Hammond, a furniture dealer,
talks incessantly of the boy "who did not run into her."
The slide on which the accident took place is one of the
steepest and swiftest in the country.
Eyewitnesses say young Caddell's speed as he struck the
crossing of a side street, where he met the girl, was terrific. Without a
moment's hesitation he turned his sled into the rocks.
Several of his horrified companions rushed to pick him up. He
staggered to his feet and in a dazed manner asked about the girl; then fell
fainting into the arms of one of his schoolmates.
April 30, 1914
Correctionville News, Correctionville Iowa
Walseburg, Colo.-A battle began when strikers attacked the
McNally mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, three quarters of a mile of
Walseburg. Two are reported dead and two are known to have been wounded.
The dead, unknown, are lying on the field. The wounded
are:
Miss Margaret Gregory, shot through the arm
------ Peet, strieker, shot through the leg.
The McNally mine is still burning. Fighting continues.
Within ten minutes after the first shots were fired every
place in the city from which the battle could be seen was crowded with people
with field glasses, the marching and counter marching of the strikers and guards
looked like moving pictures.
Within a few minutes after the opening of the shooting men
could be seen coming down the hogbacks of the McNally mine and entering the camp
houses. The men had hardly reached the main part of the camp when two
automobiles bearing the superintendent and his family dashed from the mine
grounds with bullets kicking dust around their wheels.
Ten minutes after the shooting of the man at the ditch six
strikers broke from the mine in the direction of the hogbacks. A few seconds
later smoke began issuing from the larger buildings of the camp. The boarding
house was the first to go. A few minutes later the bunk house was on fire and by
dark the whole camp seemed to be in flames.
The center of the heaviest fire shifted to the south and west
near the Walsen and Robinson mines. An attack is expected momentarily at the
Walsen mine. It is the second heaviest guarded mine in the Huerfano district.
October 18, 1927
The Chronicle Telegram, Elyria Ohio
FEAR VIOLENCE IN COLORADO MINE ZONE
Walsenburg, Colo., Oct. 18-A threat of violence hung over the
section of Colorado today as 3,000 coal miners prepared to strike.
Only about half the miners working in the area will walk out,
it was indicated. The most of them are said to be members of the I.W.W.
I.W.W. meetings were held in several towns last night, and it
was decided to carry out the strike on schedule. The meetings were guarded by
peace officers as a result of threats against the miners, made by other
citizens.
Several I.W.W. members were forced to leave Walsenburg
Sunday. The headquarters of the organization here was raided and papers were
seized and burned.
It was hinted that national guardsmen would be brought in to
prevent rioting if the strike occurred as scheduled.
October 28, 1927
The Chronicle Telegram, Elyria Ohio
GIRL LEADER OF STRIKERS IN COLO. HURT.
Walsenburg, Colo., Oct. 28-Mitka Bablich, 19 year old I.W.W.
strike leader, was injured today when she was dragged half a block by a mounted
mine guard after an unsuccessful attempt to close the Ideal Mine.
Further violence was feared as a result of her injury. When
word that she had been hurt was spread at a mass meeting in Walsenburg, one
speaker was reported to have shouted.
"Bring your six shooters, men! You see what they did to Mitka.
If they want revolution lets give it to them."
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