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THE GILPIN OBSERVER. VOLUME XXVII. MINING ITEMS OF INTEREST The War Danoe mine is having a new electric hoist installed. The Reidl brothers, lessees on. the Specie Payment shipped a carload of smelting ore worth SSO per ton. The Columbia tunnel is shipping a lot of high grade smelting ore this week. The East Notaway, Arthur Liss & Co., shipped a thrity-ton lot of smelt ing ore to the Chamberlain sampler Monday. George Schafer and company, on the Sunshine mine, shipped a large lot of smelting ore to the Chamber lain at Idaho Springs this week. Schaeffer and company, on the Old Town mine in Russell Gulch, ship ped a car of smelting ore to Idaho Springs worth SSO per ton. The East Boston mine, Ryan and company, shipped a load of smelting ore to Chamberlain’s sampler this week. The Gilpin Orion mine on Bobtail hill shipped three ton of smelting ore to the Chamberlain sampler worth 470 per ton. Dan Lener and company, lessees on the Maine-Hamlet mine was ship ping ore this week but have not as yet got returns. ■ ? ■—■ Cassagranda and company, lessees on the Maine-Hamlet, shipped ten tons of concentrates to the Chamber lain sampler this week. 0 ___________________ The Forks mine, at Neva dev Me, is shipping ore this week. We are glad to hear that this old producer is again coming into its own. The Lillian mine in Russell gulch. Will Hughes and company, lessees, shipped a ten-ton lot of high grade , smelting ore to the Chamberlain * sampler this w’eek. MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS At a public mass meeting of the citizens of Gilpin county held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms at Cen tral City, for the purpose of protest ing against Secretary Lane's bill.now’ before congress, regarding the with drawal of radium lands from the pub lic domain, the following resolutions ■were passed and a copy ordered for warded to each of our United States senators and four congressmen at Washington, D. C.: WHEREAS a bill, which purposes the withdrawal from the public do main, lands containing radium-bear ing mineral ores. The said express reservation is now before congress lor act!op. Therefore, be It RESOtLVEiD, that we. the mining men of Gilpin county, in Mass Meet ing assembled, do hereby protest against tlie passage of said bill and urge upon our senators and repre sentatives ln‘ congress to use all •possible means within their power, to have same defeated. The principles expressed In said bill are un-American, vicous and ill advised, with' the result, that should the JJlll become a law’, it would seri ously cripple, not only Gilpin coun ty, but the whole state of Colorado, in so far as prospecting for new lodes, would have to be abandoned. And be It further liEBOLVED, that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the Hon CLOSING OUT Our Entire Stock to be Sold at COST and BELOW, Be ginning January 2nd COME EARLY AND OET YOUR PICK OF— I Groceries, Shelf Hardware and Dishes AT COST The Philipps Mercantile Co. CARD OF THANKS Through ths columns of your pa per, I wish to return thanks to my many friends at Rollinsville, who so kindly assisted in the sickness, death and burial of my wife, Annie May Koons. J. W. KOONS. Many years ago, in a remote town in Pennsylvania, there played in childhood’s happy hours, a curly-head ed boy and a flaxen-haired girl, who were sweethearts. Years rolled by and their spirits blended, until Dan Cupid’s artful dart pierced their hearts, and they were married on Aug. 12th, 1865, at Williamsport, Pa. In 1877, Mrs..Koons started for Colo rado, with a sick husband, whom she nursed when hope of life had nearly fled, and came to Rollinsville in this county, and located in a beautiful val ley at the base of lofty snow-capped peaks with invigorating air. Here under God’s beautiful Colorado sun shine and careful nursing, the life blood In that emaciated form was ani mated, and the bloom of health once more was upon his brow. For near ly fifty years they had been as “Two souls.wlth but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one,” and they had prepared themselves for a pleasant Journey adown the shady side Of life, when the grim reaper appeared and severed the brit tle thread of life of that faithful and loving partner. , Her death occurred Dec. 29th, at Rollinsville, of pneu monia, and her remains were taken to Nederland, Boulder County, Colo rado, for burial. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Sunday, January 25th. 10 a. m., class meeting. Let old and young come to this meeting. It will be a bright fountain in your memory, pouring its refreshment down through all the week. 11 a. m., sermon on "Tlie Greatest Btairway. Ever Climb ed.” 2:45 p. m., Sunday school. Par ents come and bring your children to this “Happy Hour”. Let us keep the average above 100. 6 p. m., Ep wortli League. Subject: ‘'Peter — From Wavering to Steadfastness.” Get to knew these meetings, and de light will bring you there. 7 p. m. sermon on “Take off the Bandages.” or “The Only Door to Your Palace.” “How did you enjoy the music last Sunday night?” “It was fine!” A few people stayed and heard the or gan recital “The Hallelujah Chorus.” after the service. We want to thank all our members and friends for coming to our church as they do, in spite of such hin drances as slippery streets. Come and bring some one with you. A most cordial welcome to all. orable Edward Keating, representa tive of this congressional district, and to our U. 6. senators , C. S. Thomas and John F. Sliafroth, and to congressmen Kindel. Taylor and Sel domridge. Dated at Central City, this 17th day of January, 1914. JOHN C. FLESH HUTZ, Chairman, Pro Tem. A committee consisting of five delegates and five alternates was ap pointed to meet like delegations from all the mining counties in the state, and assemble in Denver, or some otk* er agreed place for the purpose of organizing a state mining organiza tion at the call of Commissioner of Mines, T. R. Henahen. Tlie follow ing delegates were selected: Wm. H. Parenteau, J. C. Flesbhutz, Charles Gage. Max Gabardl. and H. C. Bol* singer. The alternates are: Harry Armfield, Wm. Kirk, 8. T. Harris. J. C. Jensen and C. L. Smith. , A res olution wtis ordered sent to Denver, tio the Chamber of Commerce, join ing with them in having Denver the location for one of the regular U. 8. regional bank. CENTRAL CITY, GILPIN COUNTY, COLO&ADO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22nd, 1914. MYSTERY OF MURDERED INFANTS IS EXPOSED BY GRAND JURY GIRL NAMES FATHER A8 STRANGLER AND PARENT OF THREE BABES FOUND IN GARRET The District Court convened at 10 ( : o’clock Monday morning. Every avail able seat in the court room was fill- j i ed with citizens who were anxious to learn the result of the Grand Jury j i investigation of the finding of three : dead infants in the Williams house in Black Hawk, last fall. It was a tense moment when the i Grand Jury filed in and took their; < seats. The vast audience to a man j • concentrated their gaze on the Jury, | i seeking to read on their countenan ces any sign as to what their find- i ings might be. Foreman Klais hand- ; ed Judge Class the report of their i deliberations. The court stated that; i there were three indictments and or- ] dered the clerk to issue capiases for ] same. District Attorney Johnson then ] addressed the court and grand Jury j and said in part, that without the i aid of this grand Jury, the suspect ed parties could never have been j < brought to trial, and the state was i under great obligations to this body \ of men for diligently and intelligent- < ly pursuing their investigations to ■ the end that the guilty would be j i brought to the bar of Justice to stand < trial for the most horrible crime ever committed in the annals of the his- ] tory of Gilpin county. He stated 1 that the crimes had covered a period J of fifteen years and the District At- I torney’s office had failed to obtain j the evidence that would bring the 1 guilty ones into court. He himself, j since the coroner’s inquest, had work ed unceasingly to find a clew orj some citizen in the county who would . file an information. No one could j be found who would take the respon- * sibility and the only possible way was to have a grand Jury investigate ' all the circumstances surrounding the , crime and abide by their and that the thanks of the communi ty was due the Jury for their work. At the afternoon session, Dan Willi ams. the prisoner, was brought be fore the court, and on his stating that he had no friends and no money to engage a lawyer. Judge Class nam ed over the names of the members of the bar in the county and stated that he would be furnished an attor ney at the people’s expense and re quested him to select one of the lawyers named to defend him. Af ter some hesitancy, Williams, who wore a most bagged expression of; countenance in strong contrast to his air of bravado, prior to his ar rest on Sunday night, on the charge of making threats, selected the sen ior member of the "bar, Chase With row, as his attorney. Williams was brought before the court on Tuesday afternoon, to plead and his trial was set for the June term of court. The Denver Post of Monday had the following: “Daniel Williams, 52, a miner, is under arrest at Central City, charg ed with the murder of three infants whose mummified bodies were found on September 25th, last, in the gar ret of a cottage at Black Hawk.which he and his daughter, Rosella. aged 30, had occupied for many years. He was arrested upon three indictments returned to Judge Class in the Gilpin j county district court at 10 o’clock this morning. “Half an hour before the grand Jury made its report, S. W. Johnson, district attorney for the first Judicial district, say* that Rosella Williams confessed that her father was the father of the murdered infants; that she was their mother, and that she had witnessed her father strangle the little ones to death immediately af ter they had been born. Mr. John son says that Miss Williams broke down and confessed after she had steadfastly denied, ever since the discovery of the bodies, that she knew anything of the murder. “Mr. Johnson says that the story told by Miss Williams was one of the most grewsome ever heard of in the annals of Colorado crime. It was told at the Gilpin county court house at Central City in the presence of Mr. Johnson, Sheriff Gundy and a number of other witnesses. Once she had been induced to tell her story, Miss Williams did not stop in her narrative until she had told every detail. She spared neither herself nor her father. “Qut for the fact that during the past twelve years she has lived In ► daily fear that her father would car- ( ry out a threat made almost daily that he would kill her if she ever j revealed the secret of the murders, Miss Williams said she would have , told of her mistreatment and the kill ing of her children long before to day. Ever since the discovery of the bodies four months ago, she had long ed to clear herself of the suspicion jof having caused the children’s | deaths, but fear of her life kept her lips Mtled. j “Only on Thursday last, after he and she had been summoned to ap pear before the grand jury, she said | her faiher threatened to kill her if ; she told the truth. District Attor ney Johnson says that she claimed he keg)t a loaded shotgun in the house Tfor years for no other pur pose than to kill her if she broke the silence of years. “An aunt, sister of her dead moth j «r, who had recently come to Cen tral City, and District Attorney John • son talked to the girl yesterday and convinced her that she was doing . wrong in withholding the truth, if i she really knew who had killed the children. “That Miss Williams would con fess became known late yesterday af ternoon. Mr. Johnson had talked to her for several hours, when she broke down and told him that this morning she would be ready to tell the whole story. Accordingly, a meeting between her and Johnson was arranged for 10 o’clock, j “The girl's father was not aware l of this agreement, but for fear that he might learn of it and harm his daughter, he was placed under arrest, as a suspicious person, last night. The murder charge was not entered against him after the grand - its report to Judge Class this morning. “ The story told by Miss Williams is the most remarkable and, at the same time, the most grewsome I i have ever heard during the years that I have practiced law,’ said Mr. • Johnson over the long distance tele phone at noon today. ‘One is inclin ed to doubt its truth, but I know Miss Willianfs and I know’ that she Is not lying. To say that all of us who heard her were shocked is put ting it mildly. ' “ ‘Miss Williams told me that the '{murders were committed on Nov. 17. • 1901; Aug. 10. 1903, and July 14. 1908 She said that there was no one in 1 the house but herself and her fath er when she was about to become a mother. She had no attention from anyone except her father. She lay ! helpless and was compelled to watch I her father as he choked out the lives > of the little ones. ! “ Two of the children, she said, he strangled with rags, while the i third one* he choked to death with ■ his bare hands, wrapping the bod i ies in pieces of quilt and putting I them aw*ay In the garret while they • were still warm. Not once did she II have the attention of a physician or I a woman friend. “ ’All the evidence collected by us pointed to Williams as the murderer of the babies. The evidence was strong enough to warrant the grand Jury to return the indictments with out having heard the girl’s confes sion. The indictments had been de cided upon before Miss Williams had broken her silence of years. I am convinced that we had enough evi dence to secure Williams’ convic tion. but I am glad that Miss Willi ams has confessed. “ "Hie confession proves what ev erybody in Central City and Black Hawik has suspected ever since the bodies were found. “‘Miss Williams has the sympathy of every man, woman and child in the city. She is an ignorant girl, who, in my opinion, even today docs not realize what she has done. Just to show how closely her father watched her at all times and tried to keep Aier in ignorance. 1 want to call attention to the fact that, al though she is now 30 years of age, she had never been permitted to leave Black Hawk or Central City. Until I had her come to my office in Denver, about three months ago, she had never been In Denver. One can not help but feel sorry for her ” “Williams took his arrest quietly. He did not offer any resistance w’hen , the sheriff went to his home and In- EDWARD CODY DIES Edward Cody, a pioneer resident of this city and county died of blood poison In Denver Monday. Mr. Cody was the eldest of a fam ily of five boys, and was born in Canada 64 years ago. He came to Central City in 1370, when but twen ty years of age and engaged in the teaming business as an ore hauler, and had saved a snug competence to tide him over the shady side of life. In 1892, the failing health of his wife caused their removal to Boul der, where she shortly died. In 1894 he came back to Central City and again engaged in business and made this his home until 1906, when he removed to Denver. , He was a mem ber of the board of aldermen of tills city from 1904 to 1906 and was noted for his broad views and executive ability In city affairs. He was a brother of Thomas Cody, our present mayor. He leaves behind to mourn his loss, four brothers, Thomas and James, of the firm of Cody brothers, coal dealers, John Cody, a mining man and Frank Cody, of Lakeside, Nebraska. This is the first death in the Cody family of five boys, and the youngest has already passed the half century mark. His funeral took place In Denver Wednesday, and his remains buried in Alt Olivet ceme tery, Denver. Thus one by one the pioneers are passing to the Great Be yond, and but a few years more and we too, will be welmed ’neath death’s awful wave. SECRETARY LANE’S POSITION In a reply to a protest against the proposed legislation allowing with drawal of public lands known or be lieved to contain radium ores, Sec retary Lane states the issue as one •which is believed to be that of life and death to hundreds of thousands of Americans. The pitchblende of Gilpin county is already entirely owned by individuals j and corporations, and. a single Ameri can company now controls more than ; 100 carnotite claims, the radium pro-: duct from which will be sold to the highest bidder, in any country. The joint resolution submitted by the Secretary for the consideraiton ,of congress contains authority not ' only for the President to withdraw radium lands from further private ap propriation but also for the Secretary of the Interior to lease these lands or otherwise provide for the mining of the ores so as to secure the need ed supply of radium for the Govern ment and hospitals of the United States. The object of the proposed legis lation is not reservation from use, but rather development under condi tions not only favoring, but forcing the best use of this valuable re source. which has no value except as it is mined and used. It is for control to this end that the legislation Is proposed, and such | control is to be secured through ttye immediate opening of the mines and the prompt extraction of the radium from the ores mined. formed him that he was under ar rest. He showed no signs of emotion I last night, but this morning, when he was informed that he had been j indicted for murder, he broke down and wept. Between spells of weep- ( ing he protested his innocence. He j has not been told of his daughter's . confession. “Kosella Williams Is at the home of a Central City dentist by whom she has been employed for some time. While she was present at the murders, she will not be prose outed, because she was helpless and could not possibly have prevented them.” If this be true, what a graphic pic- 1 ture is here presented, a helpless mother lying upon that bed of pain, with her first born in the hands of a demon father, his fingers tightly clasped about its neck, and its spirit shortly to be conveyed to the realms j above, where the archangels from on high are silently guarding its inno cent soul and patiently waiting, wait ing for J-ÜBtice. And to that demon father we would say. "That although your thoughts, words and actions may have been hidden from the eyes of man for 10, these many, many years, yet that all seeing eye pene trates the inmost recesses of the soul, and deals out justice to the guilty, you have now been arraigned before the bar of an earthly tribunal, j and be prepared to lift your hands, red with the blood of those whose lives you have deprived, at the tree mendouß bar of God.” t NUMBER 49. EXPLANATION OF CURRENCY LAW For the benefit of our many read ers who are not familiar with the new currency law, we will give an explanation in an abbreviated form, as to its workings, as construed by some of our best posted lawyers of Denver. First, we will consider that there is a regional bank in Denver. This bank is controlled by a federal re serve bank, composed of three mem bers, who have control of all banks in its region. It can compel one bank to loan to another in time of need, and can remove directors of smaller banks for cause. Each member bank can appoint a board of six directors, but they can only act in an advisory way. For instance, a member bank of a regional reserve bank has loan ed Its capital to the limit of 42 per cent of its deposits, but has SIOO,OOO of gilt edged first class paper, such as notes of farmers, stockmen etc., In its vaults. The regional board* can send these securities to the re gional reserve bank, and obtain $75,- 000 of new* money, new circulating medium, good for all debts, public and private, and do it with as much certainty as that bank could turn in $75,000 ingold bullion into the U. S. mint and receive $75,000 worth of new coin or gold certificates, with out consulting with the directors. The salaries of the members of the regional board are paid out of the earnings of the banks belonging to that region. Money loaned on notes and drafts must be discounted and have a time limit of ninety days, ex cept, those Issued or drawn on agrl | cultural purposes or live stock, which have a maturity not exceeding six months. | The law permits the regional mem ber banks to loan money on farm ! mortgages up to 25 per cent of their I capital and surplus, also to loan on | cattle, crops or any commodity of | value, and Uncle Sam will convert , its security Into cash. The regional i bank board will act as appraisers and see that the loan is not inflated, and all loans will be discounted and guarded against fluctuating prices. Thus the farming sections of the west can move their grain crop and farm produce, the cotton growers of , the south his crop of cotton and the • manufacturer of the east, his wares, I without having to rely on Wall street • for money. The elastic currency to Ibe used in time of need will be treasury notes. These notes will be i printed by the government, with a j distinctive style for each regional reserve bank. One of the three dir ectors named for the regional re serve bank will be known as tlie fed eral reserve agent for that bank and a supply of government notes will be placed in his custody. For each of these notes put into circulation,the regional bank must set aside 40 per cent In gold cf the value of the note, as a guaranty for its redemp tion. This gold, with the commercial paper held by the federal reserve agent, is the protection behind tlie I new money, and these notes will al ' so be guaranteed by the government, and may be redeemed in gold at the IU. S. treasury. This is the purport of the law’ and is couched in such I plain terms that all may understand and under its workings panics can, and will be averted. Arthur Hedburg. aged 31 and John Trevillion, aged 25, fell from the 650 foot station In the upraise of the Capital mine at Georgetown last Thursday night and were instanlty crushed to death. Mr. Hedburg was well known to many of our citizens who mourn his untimely death. . He leaves a beareaved wife whom he married but a year ago. The deep shows have driven tie | Wolves and coyotes and other wild animals from their mountain lairs to j the borders of civilization for food. Alt Nevadaville, a band of coyotes come into the town lim'ts and par ents are afraid to send their children to school alone. Another band was driven in from the Pine Creek dis trict and roam near the old Mack brewery at the edge of Central City, and on Monday a band of sixteen of a species as yet unknown, appeared in Central City, from the Holllns ville district. Our county commis sioners have appropriated a fund and sent for the zoo commissioner at the City Park, Denver, to come up and classify this unknown species.