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Show JUDGE PULLED FEOjM ENGINE. Colorado Mob Aroused Because of Alleged Intolerable Orders. Denver, Colo., Oct. 2. The spectacle of a member of the judiciary being dragged about by a mob and forced to rescind an official order ended a day of turmoil at Brighton, Colo., the county seat of Adams county, adjoining the city limits of Denver. A. H. Guthiel, county judge, hauled the mayor and marshal and members of the town council before him and lectured them for their alleged neglect of enforcement of gambling ordinances and Sunday liquor-selling ordinances. In addition to this he ordered the sheriff sher-iff and . marshal to gather the slot machines ma-chines in the town of Brighton, and when they reported later that they could find only one, Judge Guthiel deputized dep-utized two men to arrest them for contempt.' con-tempt.' - In the meantime both the sheriff and the marshal disappeared. The report of the judge's action concerning the two peace officers spread through the town and caused much excitement. Citizens began to gaither on the streets, and, fearing for his personal safety, Judge Guthiel boarded a Union Pacific freight engine as it was pulling a train slowly through the town. - ' H(x ordered the engineer to uncouple the engine from the train, it is saiand run to this city with him, threatening Jeo-al action unless the (engineer complied com-plied 'ith ythe orderftThe la.tter re-tused re-tused to obey the 6j frd ancl while they were j,-3Aa-i' yair a mob gathered ayotrtl, J s;ine artd Judge Guthiel wa draped lim the cab. He was.fold that hf3lust ressmd his order of, arrest against the sheri.T and marshal, and upon being assured that he had already done so, the judge wis released by, the mob and allowed , f proceed to this city on a passenger1 train later. Judge Guthiel has been at war almost constantly with the other county officers offi-cers since his administration began about a year ago, and has had the officials offi-cials and members of the bar. before him time and time again on the charge of contempt. ' |