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Show -liMraBsjs Files : Notice With Lcgls- lattirc, Cbarginsr Fraud bj Wholesale. " ' DENVER,' Jan. lz. Notice of former Gov; James H. i PeabodyV contest against Gov. Alva Adams for the office of Governor, was filed with the Legislature Legis-lature today. ' . The complaint sets forth the allegation allega-tion that the majority of 9774 for Adams on the face of the returns as finally canvassed can-vassed was obtained by means of a conspiracy, In Denver and several other counties. A , The Legislature'ls 'peUtloned to open the ballot boxes from a number of precincts pre-cincts in Denver, Adams, Las Animas, Boulder and Conejos counties.'. It is alleged al-leged the frauds In these precincts were so extensive and varied that it would be Impossible to segregate - the true from the false ballots and the Legislature Legisla-ture is asked to discard the precincts altogether. . - ,. . . ; . It is charged that a padded list to 10 -000 names was used In Denver on election elec-tion day and that the registration books contained at least 15,000 false, fraudulent fraudu-lent and mythical names. , |