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Show C. O. D. ROBBERIES. A Rio Grande Man in Jail at Denvef Charged With a Crime. J. N. Davenport is in charge of the officers at Denver. Davenport, alias DeWitt, was up to the 23d inst., station agent for the Rio Grande railroad at Advance, near Telluride, and also agent for the Pacific express and other companies. On the night of the 23d he suddenly left Advance. The company immediately di vined his object and Marshal Shores waa started on his trail. He found him at Den ver and placed him under arrest. It was found that Davenport had beea swindling merchant at Denver by getting them to send goods to false addresses C.O.D. As he was express agent cash was not forthcoming. This game was worked upoa Lewis, Son fc Barrow for $23 worth of goods, John Jay Joslin for $5j, and the Roth Importing Im-porting company for a gold watch worth. $-60. The day after Davenport left a shipment ship-ment of $680 worth of diamonds from Roth's arrived for him. Davenport had three trunks when arrested, and some of the stolea property was recovered. The same plan of false pretences was worked with success oa merchants in Rico and Durango. |