Show I 1FZlLit1BLE1F TRUE Andrew J Spate of Denver Charged witlt 3Iur leriEJT Hix Family Denver Colo Nov IB Andrew J Saute a well known grocer of this ctr with his family ccccJstins of his wife and five small children went boating c = Smiths lake Sunday October CO The I boat was capsized and Mrs Spuie and I the children were drowned Spute cJldrn wee drwne apparently ap-parently without effort managed to clll to the boat until rescued AltfccusM it was known at the time of the drowning that r Sputes life as well as the lives of the children w reinsured re-insured for a sum aggregating 512000 Sputes explanation of the cause of the insurance seemed entirely satisfactory Spute claimed himself and family had intended to g to the mountains for an outing and that the insurance ply for three months only l was taken ou on this account I Detectives have been quietly at worlr on the case since the hlfght of the drown injj and i is alleged Have secured evidence evi-dence that will convict Spute of the murder of his family for the purpose of securing the insurance on their lives Spue was arrested at an early hour this morning and shortly after Nellie Davis Da-vis an inmat of a well known Market I street resort was lodged in jail Spute it is alleged has for aVong time led a dual life and has lavished much mercy on the Davis woman whom he informed of the large lnsurance bn hs wifes life and to whop he Droznised costly presents on her fijrthday the ISth of December The womanJs held as a witness by he police and it I js belIeved plans that she was acquainted with Sputeg As Spute has always borne a good rep uation the facts developed in uaton connection connec-tion with the drowning and which were made public late today have created a sensation among his friends and acquaintances I ac-quaintances |