Show I SIi i PLOT TO WRECK SHAFT i Abundant Proof of Diabolical I Diaboli-cal Crime r WAS DELIBERATELY PLANNED i j Large Roward Offered by tho 1 t Cripplo Creek Operators Pivo Thousand Dollars Will Bo Paid S for Cnpture of Murderers of S Hinc Officinls S Cripple Ctcclr Colo Nov 2Sh2rlft I Henry Robertson atler 1 Inve Jlentlrg S conditions In the sixth level of the Vindicator S Vin-dicator mine where Superintendent Charlea McCormack and Shift Boss 5 MelvIn t Heck were killed yesterday han S h-an explosion coincided with the statement state-ment of the ofllclals of the Vindicator cotnjany that a deliberate attempt had 5 been made to wreck the shaft with dynamite The executive committee of the Miners and Operators association has offered a reward of JSOOO for evidence evi-dence leading to the arrest and conviction S con-viction o the perpetrators of the crime S Tn t published statement the commit tee says DIABOLICAL CRIME The killing of Superintendent Mc S Cornnick und Mclvln Beck of the Vindicator Vin-dicator mine was one of the moat dinS din-S bolical crimes that ever darkened the annuls of Colorido and la i another step In the trail 0 blood which lag been made by the Western Federation of Miners In this State The time hus passed for selecting S fine terms in which to speak of these matters and we do not hesitate to cay that this crime was devised and executed ex-ecuted by the Inner circle of this or ganlratlon CUNNING SCHEME This statement Is made only after a careful Investigation of the facts which bhtnv conclusively that these men met tluIr death through 1 scheme PO cunningly cun-ningly devised and carefully executed S as to tax the ingenuity of the most experienced ex-perienced criminal Of late the districtS district-S has been filling up with this I class of men who openly boast of what they propose to do Not a single circumstance 5 circum-stance Hurroundini this crime is compatible com-patible with the theory of accident nnd 5 1 with any other theory than that of premeditated pre-meditated murder S MADE OPEN BOASTS The district executive commit lee of tilL I Western Federation of Miners fharactorlres the t explosion as a lamentable la-mentable uccidcn t I regretted hy all and adds S But prejudiced Individuals ivho rarely know anything of what they S talk about have already passed liulg mcnt nnd denounce It as a coldblooded murder Experience teaches however hat these people are not above makingS making-S capital I out of any public misfortune I COLDBLOODED MURDEU S In consequence of this outrage Coy Teaboily has reinstated AdjlGen Shointun M 1 Bell Is command ot tim militia force in this ramJ succeeding < 01 Edward Vcrdeckahurf who hUH been in Command since Bells retireS nrMit at the cloo of the I courtmartial S trial of Gen John Chaw |