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Show To Release Arrested Democrats. DENVER, Nov. 2D. Representing the Democratic State Central committee, Attorney E. F. Richardson has left this city for St Louis, where he will apply to Judge Thuyer, of the United States District Court of Appeals, for writs of habeas corpus for Thomas Shepardson, Peter Miller and Michael Dowd, prisoners pris-oners In the Denver county Jail, under sentence for contempt of the Supreme court of this State In disregarding Its orders at the late election. '"We wish to test the jurisdiction of the Colorado Supreme court In this matter," said Milton Smith, chairman of the Democratic State committee. Attorney John M. Waldron has also departed for St. Louis to contest the motion that Is to be made by Mr. Richardson. |