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Show DENVER &. R'O GRANDE ADMITS ITS NEGLIGENCE Colorado Springs, Colo. D?c 21 For what Is believed to b? the first time on record, a railroad took upon Itself In court the responsibility for a wreck In which thoro was loss of life, when attorneys for tho Denver & Rio Grande railroad yesterday asked ask-ed permission to amend its reply in a domnse suit by tho admission that "said collision was tho result of negligence neg-ligence on the part of the railroad company. Its agents, employes and servants, as charged In the complaint. com-plaint. The case is one in which Mr and Mrs. George Fredericks of St. Louis seek to recover for tho death of their son. Frank G Fredericks, whn was killed In a collision near Dusted, Colo, In August of 100") The railroad Is fighting Ihr- case on the contention that the company Is absolved from liability because voting Fredericks was riding on a pass. |