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Show Sheriff Bell's Statement. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Sept. L In a letter to Gov. Peabody Sheriff Edward Ed-ward Bell has formally declined the services) of the State mllltla to preserve order In this district, and expressed the belief that "the best Interests of this county and State . will be subserved through the determination of Sheriff's ofllce and the will of the best people peo-ple of this district." "I believe." writes" the Sheriff, "that most of the disturbances occurring recently in this district have been occasioned by the united effort of the Western Federation Federa-tion to create an Impression of alarm regarding life and property in this locality lo-cality and bring disrepute and odium upon the administration of the Sheriff's office." |