Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Lewis G. Wright, Stratton
He might be in Ray County, Missouri in 1870,
Cornelias P. Wright is 36,
Martha A. Wright
27,
Isabella Wright
8,
Quintilla Wright
6,
Lewis R. Wright
2, and
Benjamin Wright
.
In 1880 Ray County,
Cornelius Wright is 47,
Martha Wright
36 Wife,
Jennie Wright
16 Daughter,
Louis G. Wright
12 Son,
Minnie Wright
8 Daughter, and
Elisabeth Wright
5 Daughter.
Lewis "J." Wright, 25, and Gertie S. Schoolcraft married 31 Jan 1893 in Boulder, Colorado.
Gertie was in Longmont, Colorado in 1880,
H. A. Schoolcraft
30,
Mary Schoolcraft
29 Wife, and
Gertie Schoolcraft 3 Daughter.
January 1893 Boulder, Colorado "George Parks and Lou Wright were arrested by
Sheriff Jester Sunday on the very serious charge of counterfeiting United States coin.
Parks is a barber, and has had a chair in Miller's 10 cent shop on lower Pearl street.
In the possession of the men a battery, a large block of tin and plaster of Paris moulds were found and are now in the possession of the sheriff.
These are very clever devices and the moulds were found filled with the quarter dollars, which they were making a specialty. A few days ago a secret service officer of the U. S.
government was apprised of the transactions of the men, having previously suspected them by their operatiohs with the queer at Evans.
A
t the latter place, they had circulated nickles and other coin of their own manufacture, which came under the observation of Phii \ _Hitkey,
while on one of his collecting toWs for the Boulder brewery. He exposed the fraud at that time and the officers were put on the scent. The arrival of
some Bar tin was by the same train as that of the secret service officia1, who followed it to the house of Miller, the barber, in the east part of town.
He was accompanied by _Sheriff Jester and Under Sheriff Coates, and putting on his felt slippers was enabled to peep through the window in Miller's _house
last Friday night and observe Parks and Wright in the act of making their spurious coin. Both men were arrested Sunday and were yesterday brought before Deputy U. S.
Commissioner North and arraigned. They pleaded not guilty and their examination was set for Saturday. The quarters coined were some of them good counterfeits,
but they all lacked the necessary ring and finish. They should have used some glass in the composition. Parks and Wright claimed that the lead battery was for stereotyping
purposes to be used in the publication of an opposition to the Herald to be called the Boulder Gazette. They have since dropped this claim, however, and are now waiting in jail
for someone to go their bonds. Miller was put in the sweat box and admitted that he knew of the business going on but protested against it.
Just why he did not advise the officers could state. Wright is a brother-in-law of Miller and worked on the Boulder and Longmont papers a few shifts.
The money was circulated quite extensively in Longmont and Denver. Guy Johnson of the former place receiving a considerable arnount of it.
A very poor counterfeit quarter of Parks, Wright & Co. was taken in by the First National Bank of Boulder.
Wright engaged Judge Henderson to defend him. District Attorney Flemming will come up from Denver Saturday to prosecute the case."
Boulder, Colorado, February 1893 "Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Wright took the train for Longmont last
night and the accused was as chipper as any gallant bride groom could be."
September 1893 "The Ward Miner is now in the hands of L. G. Wright, Mr. Schooicraft retiring in the former's favor."
November 1893 "Lewis Wright, the Ward [Colo.] editor, is in town and spent last evening on an oration to the Ward Phillistines of the two old parties, which he proposes to deliver some time in the near future. Wright is making a great success of his Ward Miner."
February 1894 "George Parks, the barber, and Bunk Huffman left for the country at noon on information that Lewis Wright had been found in a dying condition on the track
12 miles from town. If on the Marshall track, this would find him near Marshall Junction. The men left in one of Little's rigs, but left no information behind.
Wright was former editor of the Ward Miner [Ward, Colo.] and was a disolute [sic] printer. This may have been simply another drunk.
The man once took poison for purposes of suicide. His debut was made in Boulder as a counterfeiter, though he always claimed, as did the others interested with him,
of being innocent of any guilty intent."
In 1900 Boulder,
Bert Schoolcraft is
52 Head,
Albert Schoolcraft
6 Son,
Gertie Young 23 Daughter,
William Young
31 Son in Law,
Maud Young
4 Granddaughter, and
Henry Young
9/12 Grand Son.
January 1910 Burlington, Colorado "Lou G. Wright, who has been connected with the Record for the past six months,
has accepted the foremanship of the Burlington Republican. Lou is a typographical artist,
having learned his trade on the St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette, and can "make good" in any department
of the printing business."
Lewis is single in 1910 Flagler, a newspaper printer, living alone, 41, born in Missouri.
June 1910 Burlington "Lewis Wright of the Stratton Press was in town Sunday."
1923 Eagle, Colorado 
Eagle, Colorado, February 1928 "The C. S. A. Bulletin states that Elmer Wheatley of the
Grand Valley News would like to locate Lou Wright, an old-time printer. Wright was in our shop last
fall and spent a day with us. He stated that he waa headed for southeastern Colorado,
we forget the town, where he was sure of a winter's job so he said. And by the way,
Wright worked in the writer's shop in Oklahoma more than twenty years ago,
and is a good printer of the old school."
The editor was Adrian Reynolds, Jr.
In 1910 Grant County, Oklahoma,
Adrian Reynolds Jr. 35 is a printer,
Rhoda M. Reynolds
33 Wife,
Adrian W. Reynolds
9 Son, and
Winona V. Reynolds
5 Daughter.
IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON LOU WRIGHT AFTER 1910, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
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