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Mining Man Shot From Ambuih.Waisenburg, Colo., Feb. 1G.—William Dick, 45, director of the First National Dank of Waisenburg, one of the owners of the Oakvicw coal mine and a partner in the ownership of the Huerfano and Plnon Trading Companies, which supply a chain of stores throughout southern Colorado, was shot from ambush and Instantly killed, four miles from Waisenburg, Saturday afternoon, while driving to the OaK-vlew mine with $G,500 in cash to be used in paying the men.Dick was at the wheel of a big ma chine when the shots were fired from behind a bridge, about fifty feet away. He was struck by the first bullet and released his bold upon the wheel. The car, which was traveling rapidly, ca reened, crashed through' an Irrigating ditch and turned upon its side. The assassins, who until that time had been concealed behind me bridge, then ran to his side and searched his pockets. The turning; over of the car undoubtedly saved the cash, as the money was pinned beneath the rcat seat, where it had been concealed.Gabriel L. Murphy, a Waisenburg liv eryman, was the only witness to the crime. He was driving toward the mine, about half a mile behind Dick, when he heard the shots. Looking up, he saw the car dash from the road and turn over. Two men, he says, sprang from the bridge and ran to the wrecked machine. Murphy then turned his horse about and drove at breakneck speed to Waisenburg, where he notified Sheriff'Jeff Farr, and posses were organized, which scoured the hills, and are believed to be closing in on the assassins from three sides from what is believed to be their hiding place in the hills. The spot where the killing took place is in an exceedingly lonesome country, on the road to the•• wine, and the slayers had plenty or time for concealment in the neighboring hills.
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Ordway New Era
Ordway, Colorado, US
Fri, Feb 19, 1915
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