Show f t l t lt l t tt BATTLE PI nr COLORADO RIVAL POLITICAL FACTIONS EN ENGAGE ENGAGE ENGAGE EN- EN GAGE IN A FIERCE FIGHT and Several Others Serl- Serl Ono Man Ilan Killed filled of or an on Attempt Result Wounded Which tho to Cap Capture taro the tho mil hall In Convention Was to be Held Colorado Springs Colo Olo Sept 8 A A pitched battle in this city yesterday e between the two warring factions of the silver Republican party of this state in which one man was killed and three wounded The dead deadman deadman deadman man is Charles S. S Harris an employ at Denver of the Gulf railroad The Tho wounded were spirited away by their has not friends and their theil been definitely established It is said that a man name named l Palmer was shot inthe in int inthe t the e cheek but not seriously injured Another man had his hand shot nearly off and another got a flesh wound in inthe inthe inthe the arm The fight was waged for possession of the opera house in which the silver Republican state convention was to meet today An armed guard the Teller Blood faction was in possession State Ex-State Chairman Broad who had been deposed by National Chairman Towne owne sent an armed force to drive the guard out of the theatre After a hot scrimmage in which many shots were fired the fled l in dismay Harris and the men who were wounded are arc supposed to have been members of the attacking force Chairman Blood A. A M. M I Stevenson and other leading silver Republicans openly charge Sheriff Boynton of this thia county and Internal Revenue Collector Frank Hobert of Denver with leading the attack Sheriff Boynton states that he Mr Howbert and Chief of Police Police Police Po Po- Po- Po lice Gathright did not go to the opera house bouse until the battle began and then only to take possession of the place Five men roen were arrested in the opera house bouse and one it is claimed by the police had a smoking Winchester in his hands The prisoners are Walter Russell J J. W. W Lupton J. J J. J Long A. A C. C Smith A. A F F. Monge all of Cripple Creek They are charged with the murder of 01 Harris and were filed in inthe inthe inthe the district court against them A guard of twenty men under Boynton Boynton Boyn Boyn- ton and Gathright hold the opera house and the Teller people are refused refused re re- re fused admission Jn In a published statement Chairman Blood intimated that I. I N. N Stevens vice chairman of the National Silver party during the last presidential campaign campaign campaign cam cam- and others arranged with a gang of thugs to come como from Denver and assist in capturing ing the the theatre tre Mr Stevens brands this statement as absolutely absolutely absolutely ab false faise and says he knows nothing whatever about the tho opera house hoube affair |