| Show COLLINS STILL ALIVE Train Bearing His Wife Arrived Ar-rived in Time TERRORISM AT TELLURIDE Hinders Mysterious Disappearances and Outrages Have Become Very Common of late Two NonUnion Men Have Disappeared Completely An Empty Cartridge Shell la the Only Clew to the Assassin of Collins Col-lins Slino Will Bo Permanently Closed ITRIDIJNB SPECIAL Tcllurldc Cob Nov 20 Arthur T > Collins time mine manager who was shot down by an unknown assasaln lust night Is still alive but the physicians physi-cians hold out no hope of recovery Ho may live throughout the night they say but can hardly survive the next twentyfour hours The operation performed per-formed by Drs Ochsnor nnd Sheldon Honn after the tragedy was successful time doctors say that Is the buckshot were removed He recovered consciousness con-sciousness alter the operation and talked about the shooting and his condition con-dition I JIo J made no accusations aa to lie identity of the assassin or what may have been at the bottom of It 7ONGED FOR HIS W1FB Ills one great desire was that his wife who was speeding In his side in a specIal train from Denver would arrive ar-rive before death camu This wish was granted him for Mrs rvilllns reached Tollnrlde at I 2JO oclock and she and three Denver doctors were driven with all hasle I to the I miners hospital I at Tel lurlfle heie Mr tolllns hud beon brought this morning to have the I operation oper-ation I performed The meeting between husband and wife was a most sorrowful sorrow-ful one although both tried to be brave Mortally wounded though ho knew himself to be he spoke cheerful words to his wife and said he hoped for speedy recovery Tho throe Denver surgeons conceded to be among the best in the Stile are Drs Powers Freeman and Jayne it mid they will remain re-main with the patient until the end eomes DU OCHSNBRS STATEMENT Dr D J Oehsner who performed lie I operation made the following statement state-ment today When I reached the SmugglerUnion I oilIer at Pandora I found Mr Collins suffering greatly and bleeding nrofuMy 1 found that sevon shots hnd entered his body Four hnd plorred the lungs one the upper part of the right arm and two the abdominal abdo-minal cavity The last two named shots arc the fatal ones One of these entered the left kidney lacerating it badly and causing a considerable lois of blood The other shot passed through the stomach and lodged In the liver There Is only the slightest hope of his recovery as the liver ig so badly torn that bleeding cannot be permanently perma-nently staunched Had u not been for his excellent physical condition Mr Collins could not have survived the shock of the wounds and the surgical operation NO CLUB TO ASSASSIN There Is no clue as to the Identity cC the assassin Every road and trail leading out of the district Is guarded and unless the assassin Is given assistance as-sistance he cannot get away But a general opinion Is that the muidcrer will not be caught soon If at all for the reason that other assassins two within the last year and other criminals crimi-nals have not been apprehended because be-cause of protection given them by accessories ac-cessories to those crimes Deep snows cover the mountains and it would be Impossible for an unaided man to live outdoors MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES Residents of Tcllurldc are appalled at the tragedy They are at a loss to know what to do Among the mysterious myste-rious disappearances of Tellurlde people peo-ple during the last year or two arc those of AV J Barney and Wesley J Smith Barney was a deputy sheriff at the SmugglerUnion He dropped from sight as completely as If the earth had swallowed him and a reward re-ward of 1000 li i oulnlandlng for the finding of his body and the conviction of the supposed murderers Wesley J Smith was a nonunion miner from tIme Coeur dAlene Last winter after the bnowsllde catastrophe he disappeared His rulatlvos and employers em-ployers prosecuted the search for weeks without success Rewards aggregating t i 1500 are outstanding for the discovery of the means that are supposed to have caused his death It Is the commonly accepted theory that he met with foul play I These men were undoubtedly murdered mur-dered and their bodies thrown down abandoned shafts or otherwise concealed con-cealed and the perpetrators of the crimes shielded by persons who were equally guilty Knowing these facts officers of the law and citizens are free In asserting belief that the assassin of Manager Collins will never be called to Justice In addition to murders numerous other highhanded outrages have been committed in Tellurldo and no one has been punished I Men have been run out of the en map and otheis hae left after receiving threatening t letter In order to save their lives Manager Collins Col-lins I I has repeatedly t I boon warned that he would bo mssissInn Led but t ho was an unusually brave man and scouted the Idea that any enemies uould kill him COLLINS WAS OARELKSS Still such a fate was never entirely out nf hip mind anti only last night when he ard his friends sat u down at the card table In time library of the mine ofllce someone spoke of the danger of the window On other like occasions the bllndo wore always drawn Last night Mr Collins remarked re-marked that the curtain was up but he made no effort to draw Jt himself when he sat down with his back to tin window Mrs Blakely however partially par-tially drew down the curtain SLIGHT CLLM3 FOLND Lute tilit4 evening the ofllcers olulmcil to IKLVU a slight cluo to work upon A shell was found about lOt foot from where the assunsln stood when he fired the shot This shell fits a No 12 gauge Winchester Tin oflliors also say that they have discovered that an amount of similar ammunition WIM jihlppLd fmm Trllurldo in Hiiii liar nardo u nearby station November IStli They will make every effort to asorrtaln who shipped this ammunition ammuni-tion and perhaps this chit may lend to something When the day shift came from the Smuggler Union mine tonight It was announced that the t mine would be closed for good This move was unexpected unex-pected About 100 men wore employed at this mine The property IF largely owned In Boston They have olhei mining interests In Colorado and say they will hereafter conecntiale their energy upon those The three County Commissioners are out of town County Attorney howe has telegraphed to them for permission to offer a reward re-ward of 2oOO for the apprehension of Colllnss nssnseln One fomnilslsonor tonight replied nlnrmiulvely and It is expected that the others will also agree BIG REWARDS OFFERED It Is also reported tonight that J3 B Lawrence president of the Smuggler Union will offer a oOOQ reward It Is expected that he State MineOwners association of which Mr Collins Is president will add large rewards through the other olllnrs of the association asso-ciation Mr Collins Is only 33 years of age He has mined In Norway Asia and Australia and before coming to Tellu tide vas a mine manager nt Central City Cob He has been with the Smuggler Union three years Ho Is G feet 2 Inches tall and a giant physically physi-cally He was spoken of as the handsomest hand-somest member of the Denverclub THREATIONING LETTivRS FOR W KICKS It develops tonight that he haa received re-ceived threatening Jotters within the last six weeks He was warned that he would be shot If I he continued I in ic niam In Id tickle H I i > laughed at these warnings and continued Im t i ride to and from the mine In an open phaeton the one horse being driven by a negro servant ser-vant The road is I narrow dark and winding and clumps of trres afforded places for sheltering an asFacslmm |
