Show Rl RD WILES MitES 5 RIVAL Story Stori Stor of Murder M af of Roberts p by Crunk Cru k kI I 4 JEALOUSY PROMPTED PROM CRIME 1 F 4 I BOTH MEN ENAT AT T ONETIME LOVED THE TE SAME WOMAN j There is a L sufficient t quantity of ot jealousy jealous a tinge of romance and sev soy several eral ral enactments e of ot wild Jand nd woolly west vest back of the thc murder harge C L haS been preferred elix to make a e his case ease oP ce than ban usual Interest And those th se essential for or a book which appeals to the heart eart is 5 the possibility of legal action to ascertain who is Justly en entitled entitled entitled titled to the reward for the cap capture capture capture ture of Crunk who is 15 now in the coun county county ty jail jall The interesting features In the case did not come to light until Sheriff Edwin Eldwin Amick of Rio Blanco county Colorado arrived in the city yesterday to take his prisoner back to Meeker the scene of the killing A Woman Caused the Crime When Crunk is incarcerated in the Rio Blanco county Jail he will wm find his cousin Luther Cannon annon aged 22 walt wait waiting log ing trial as an accessory to the crime It was a crime according to the story of Sheriff Sh lt Amick that startled that Jl of western Colorado which has long since become b come accustomed ed to deeds of violence and the taking of human life liCe in revolting r manner and under peculiar pecullar conditions and there thereby thereby Crunk is lea a married man by b hangs the tale The woman in the th case it Is said was responsible for forthe forthe fortha the tha taking of life Ufe in a most way It was accompanied ae by a dash of or true western estern life followed by an exhibition of brutality seldom wit witnessed witnessed Roberts the tI man who was killed and Crunk both Doth laid siege sl si geto to the heart of the present Mrs Crunk the sheriff says For a time it was not known which of the suitors would be looked upon as the knight in the eyes of the young Colorado woman In the due course of time Crunk began re receiving the most favors and later the young oung woman gave him her heart and hand They The left the place where they were married only to be followed by Rob Bob Roberts Roberts erts orts who it seems still loved the woman who preferred the other man Crunk learned of the action of Rob Bob Roberts Roberts erts and amI they had a quarrel over the matter Hot words ensued and threats were made Found Enemy in a Saloon The day the tragedy occurred Rob Bob Roberts orts arts was in Meeker and Crunk a dozen or r away awa The persistency of oC Roberts In following him and his wife so enraged Crunk Crank It is said that he decided to kill his rival He enlist enlisted 1 ed the assistance of his cousin Can Cannon Cannon Cannon non who it is claimed while he did not actually participate in taking the the life of Roberts could have pre prevented prevented prevented vented the commission of the crime by oy giving a timely warning Accompanied by his cousin Crunk started on his long overland oV rland journey to Meeker En route he passed an In Indian Indian Indian dian to whom he imparted the In Information Information information formation that he was on a mission which would probably terminate in a murder When Meeker was reached it did not take Crink long t locate Roberts in ina ina a it saloon To It the two men went without any hesitation As they en entered ent thred t red the saloon they drew their re revolvers revolvers revolvers and aud demanded Killed in Cold Blood Hands up In an instant every occupant of ot the saloon caloon a dozen men including Roberts complied with the order at atthe atthe atthe the same time looking down into the barrel b of several revolvers of or a large l rge caliber call er Without any further words Crunk walked over to where Roberts was standing and placing his revolver be behind behind behind hind Roberts ear blew off the back part of his head With a groan roan which could be heard all allover over the room and which sent a shudder through the heart of ot man who witnessed the deed Roberts sank to the floor and partially rolled under a table near which he was w was s standing at the time he was shot Before the muscles of the dead d ad man had a chance i to relax Crunk leaned leanel S over the Inanimate form and with a deliberateness born of ot insane inan in n jealousy prompted further by a spirit of or revenge three or four additional bullets InTo ii o the head h ad and body of his victim Throughput the enactment of the ter terrible ruble rime deed Cannon it is said stood near the door through which he and his relative entered erect as an Indian never once taking his revolvers from Cram the range of the men who stood facing racing them Detected by b a Conductor When Crunk had satisfied himself that hat Roberts was dead he walked to the tha saloon door followed by his cousin Together gether T they went out into the street roll ran to a clump of bushes where they had ha h secre sec Jec ed their he r horses hors m u their f e r steeds and disappeared ea at j regard rev re ard ot if was v offered forthe for the T l larrest arrest of Crunk O and ana so 50 10 for the det n ton tion of Cannon mi n l s the two men were vere ere sent all aU over Oer this j 1 section of ot the west westOne westOne westOne One of them feU fell into the hands of a aRio aRio aRio Rio Grande Western Vestern passenger con eon conductor conductor ductor Soon after aft r that a man man manIng answer answering ing the description of ot Crunk boarded his train frt in the of fh he Lucin L in cutoff and rode with him to 10 Salt Lake reaching here Friday night The more mOTe the conductor studied the description of Crunk the more thor thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly convinced he became that his I passenger was the man wanted by the I Rio Blanco authorities When Salt SaltI Lake was reached the conductor saw sav Crunk Crank leave the train The r I followed him to the platform and nd looked around for an officer to confide his sus suspicions suspicions suspicions to him The only one near him was Wilkin of the Rio Grande Western Vestern Hurriedly the con conductor conductor conj ductor told him of his suspicions and pointed Crunk out to him Without any further delay Wilkin walked up to Crunk Crank and placed him under arr arrest st Division of the Beward Sheriff Sherin Amick was notified pf the ar arrest arrest arrest rest and came to Salt Lake yesterday He immediately Identified iden Crunk and said saW he would return to Colorado with him this morning In the meantime Cannon had bad been traced and captured and lodged in the Rio Blanco Bianco county jail to await trial The he legal phase of the matter matt elim eliminating mating the trial of the two mea m n Is i who is entitled to the reward for f r the arrest of Crunk The Rio ern era passenger conductor thinks he should have at least half of it for point pointing ing out Crunk Crank to Wilkin w while the watchman thinks that 50 is all the conductor is entitled to It Is a question which the courts may maybe m maybe y be called upon to decide before the re reward reward reward ward money is paid |