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Show RESULT OF RANGE WAR. Colorado Cattlemen on Trial for Assassination As-sassination of Business Rival. A murder trlnl growing out of a range wnr between cattlemen, which has much of tho aspect of tho famous Dow oy case, was begun at Akron, I Colo., Tuesday, when D. W. Irwin, Frank Irwin, George I. Tuttlo, Perry Tuttlo, Clinton Dandsdlll and Klmcr Shank woro placed on trlnl, charged with responsibility for tbo assasstna Hon of Joseph I. Mcennn, who wns found dead near his homo In April, ,190.1, About a year previous Mcennn had klllod John Irwin In n pistol duol, but wns acquitted by the coroncr'a Jury. From this a feud began. A number of small ranchers took sides with Mcennn ngnlnst tho Irwlns and Tuttlos, who nro wealthy cattlemen. , Tho wholo troublo originated In n quarrel over rango rights. |