Show MDWSPAPJCIl SWINDLER I I DENVER Jan 15C C Davis proprietor pro-prietor of the Leadville HeraldDemocrat I believes himself the victim of a swindler I who he thinks ha been victimizing news peper men in all parts of the United States The man gave his name as R Sttes Van Bergen claiming to reside in Japan I Mr Davis agreed to act a his agent in I this I placing newspaper correspondence in country Van Bergen showing contracts he had already made with eastern and western papers lie then borrowed a small sum from Mr Davis and left Van Bergen is known to have been in Tacoma and ing here other Pacific coast cites before com SENTENCED TO HLVNG DENVER Jan 15The supreme court today affirmed the judgment of the district dis-trict court of Chaffee county in the case of Benjamin Ratcllff sentenced to b hanged for the murder of three members of the school board of Park county and fixed the week of February 2 a the time for the execution of the sentence |