Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-02-14 | Page 10 | Huxtun Citizen Fears Trouble

CITIZEN FEARS FERS TROUBLE Agitation in Colorado Causes Cause Appeal for Protection I I Denver Cob Colo Feb 13 ProtectIon Protection for private ate citizens and business Interests Interests Inter Inter- ests eats ot of Haxtun Colo Cob was asked of ot the state constabulary toca today b by a n citIZen citizen citi citI- zen ot of fr that town whoso whose name was withheld at the tho state capitol b because cause the man mali feared for lor his life if jf his name became known The Haxtun man told Governor Shoups Shoup's secretary that a. a 3 meeting scheduled d for Cor February 2 26 6 at meetinG Haxtun might result In violence andI and I gave ga e the se secretary the name of ot a lawyer lawyer law law- yer yen whom he salt said had boasted bonsted of ot his I Bolshevist leanings s. s I The Tho trouble at Haxtun dates back ack several sC months to an attempt to or- or r- r a local of oC the Nonpartisan league amon among the farmers of ot Phillips county In which Haxtun is situated The he request est of C the h l Haxtun n man n t today is not in tue lne or OL us its J anne ima ln from Phillips county count Col Col Harry F. F Al AlIen Allen Allen Al- Al len Ien head of or the state slate constabulary said today day Numerous other complaints against Nonpartisan league agitators have been received by mall mail mal and In person person per per- son Kon he said He lie promised to Investigate investigate Invest Invest- gate and furnish protection Other reports of ot probable lawless ss outbursts havo have been received at the state house from Telluride Trinidad and other mining districts distrIct Colonel Clonel Allen Allen Allon Al Al- len lon let It be known toda today that investigations have hae been under un er way n each of ot th these se places j I I Organizers of ot the Nonpartisan le league ue I denied that lawlessness was arnon aron among the I plans plane of oC that organization