Jim Clark, The Rio Grande railroad detective, was shot and killed in the street at Telluride, Col., last week. He was formerly a desperate outlaw and is believed to have killed at leas twenty men. During the war he was a member of Quantrell’s band of guerrillas, and known as Jim Cummings. After the war he was government scout and Indian fighter. He was with the Jesse James gang and after it was broken up he committed numerous stage robberies. Eight years ago he settled at Telluride and was made town marshal, in which position he strictly enforced the law.

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