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Show DENVER DETECTIVES ON GREGORY CASE DENVER. Colo., May 23. That A. J. Gregory of Salt Lake QUy, tlje Rio Grande railroad employee, who was beaten several weeks ago, was mistaken mistak-en for Detective Lyto Gregory, who was later murdered, is a theory on which the police are working. A. J. Gregory was waylaid by three men, who beat him savagely over tho head and left him unconscious. The detectives detec-tives have descriptions of this trio and hope to run them down. Big Train of Wool. Rolling out of Fort Steele. Wyo., yesterday yes-terday was one of tho largest trains of wool shinned In muny years. It was the clip of the Cosgrlff Sheep company of that place, bought by J. Koshland & Co. of Boston, and the shipment was captured by General Agent R. F. Neslen Nes-len of tho Burlington of this city. It was routed Union Pacific, Burlington, Nickel Plate and Boston & Albany, and consisted In all of twenty-two cars, which will run through to the Atlantic on special time. In weight the wool was close to 600,000 pounds. Burt Had a Tough Time. OMAHA, May 23. Horace G. Burt, former president of the Union Pacific railroad, who has been traveling In the Orient, has written a friend in this city that he wus followed by Japaneso detectives de-tectives until lt became so Irksome that he was forced to appeal to a United States Consul for relief. Shortly after his arrival In Japan tho newspapers all over the Empire published an article to tho effect that Mr. Burt was about to be placed In control of the Uans-Sl- berlan railway. He was at once placed under espionage, and detectives followed fol-lowed him from place to place until he was forced to appeal to an American Consul. The Consul secured a retraction retrac-tion by the press of the story that had caused the trouble. |