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Show TERlllllLE MURDER IS COL. Oil ADO. A short time sinco two Canadian Frenchmen, who had been engaged in the mines at Cimarron, Nlw Mexico, came up from the southern country and stopped a day or two at Georgetown. George-town. They were bound for Montezuma, Monte-zuma, nnd left Georgetown on Friday morning, taking the Snake river trail. On Friday night, two Mexiean, who had apparently followed the Frenchmen French-men from the valley, left Georgetown for over the range. On Saturday, at i o'clock p.m., Geotge O'Conner, in charge of the Boston Silver Mining company's park traiu, with a companion, compan-ion, left Georgetown for Momezutua, and when about two and one half miles from Peru, at the bead of Snake river, they fouod the two Frenchmen who had started out ahead of them. The first intimation in-timation they had of their whereabouts was by groans from a clump of bushes. , Searching the bushes they found one of , the men in a dying condition. About a mile beyood was Ibund the other, dead. The wounded man lived until 2 o'clock Suodav morning, and be bad just enough strength to tell his tale as follows: fol-lows: When ho and his companion had reached a point about three miles below Peru they were waylaid by three Mexicans in ambush, the first shot killing his friend. He himself was mortally wounded, but he managed by almost superhuman exertions to run nearly a mile in the direction of Monte zuma, when he at last fell into the bushes where be had been discovered. He describes the party who fired up on them as being Mexicans the Fame onet with whom he had had trouble in New Mexico, I hey had once before attacked him, and he had succeeded in legating their plan; but this time they had succeeded. At 2 o'clock on Sun-Jay Sun-Jay morning the wounded man died. They weie taken to Mjntezu'ua by (he miners and buried. A large pari uils gone- out from Georgetown t. -earch the mountains, and the sherifi I Clear Creek county oilers a reward of $500 for the apprehension aud capture cap-ture of the Mexicans. Dtnver Aacs. |