| Show Desperate Affair Denver Col 17The excitement at Durango over the killing of Bruce Hunt son of exGoveinor Hunt by the negro Big Ike while burglarizing the bank of Durango Du-rango last night is unabated The corrected account of the killing is as follows Suspecting an attempt to rob the bank a party composed of two bank officials Hunt and the town marshal had for three nights kept watch from a law office convenient con-venient At midnight the watchers saw a man approach the side door pick the lock and enter After waiting some time for accomplices to appear and the burglar to get well to work the party approached the front pushed it open and ordered or-dered the robber to throw up his hands who instead fired twice in rapid succession and jumped I through a side door one ball took effect in Bunts breast who fell instantly in-stantly and expired As the burglar burg-lar lett the building he was recognized recog-nized as the negro U Big Ike the most desperate character of that region Though hotly pursued he made his escape and is not yet taKen although a large number of citizens are scouring the country in every direction Hunt was one of the most exemplary young men in Southern Colorado |
