John W. Springer
John W. Springer (July 16, 1859 – January 10, 1945) was an attorney and banker in the states of Illinois, Texas, and Colorado.
His second wife, Isabel Patterson Springer, was the center of a scandal that resulted in the murder of two men at the famous Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.
His father although a Democrat who supported Republican Party and Unionist supporter of local lawyer and future 16th President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865, served 1861-1865), especially during his candidacy for the presidency in the pivotal / crucial 1860 United States presidential election.
[2] John's mother Sarah Henderson Springer was from one of the distinguished families further south in Kentucky.
His uncle William McKendree Springer (1836-1903), was also from Jacksonville, attended and graduated from Illinois College and served as an Illinois General Assembly state legislator and subsequent federal judge in the national federal capital city of Washington, D.C., serving on the United States Court of Appeals.
[1] Due to the silver issue and its progressive Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), of Omaha, Nebraska.
Springer then left the Democratic Party and was active there in the opposing Republican Party and future 25th President William McKinley (1843-1901, served 1897-1901), of Canton, Ohio and his presidential candidate "front porch" subdued campaign style in the 1896 presidential and congressional elections,[2] which involved travel throughout the state.
[8] He ran for the office of Mayor of Denver against Robert W. Speer (1855-1918), three-termed incumbent in 1904, but was defeated in a nationally known controversial election marked by accusations of fraud.
[9] It was claimed that there was fraud and malpractice in the counting of the ballots[2] and is considered one of the most corrupt municipal elections in Denver's history.
[10] He was later endorsed that same year as a vice-presidential candidate at the Colorado state Republican Party convention in 1904.
[4] He was the member of a number of civic, political, and professional organizations in the city of Denver and was known for his skills as a public speaker.
He bought the property through a series of purchases while he was married to his first wife, Eliza Hughes Springer.
[12] The ranch grew to 12,000 acres and Springer pursued his interest in show horses, raising rare German Oldenburg coach stallions.
[11] He lobbied for various legislation of interest pertaining to agriculture and ranching to the agencies and personnel of the federal government through the National Livestock Association in Washington, D.C.[14] On June 17, 1891, he married Eliza Clifton Hughes, whose father was Colonel William E. Hughes of Dallas, Texas.
[9] She returned to her home in St. Louis to obtain a divorce[16] from a traveling salesman, John E. Folck.
Springer and Isabel were married in St. Louis, Missouri in April 1907, three days after she received her divorce.
[16] When Isabel missed the nightlife, Springer rented a suite at the Brown Palace Hotel so that she could stay there after evenings out with her friends.
[16] Having heard rumors about Isabel's promiscuity, Colonel Hughes was able to gain custody of his granddaughter Annie from Springer.
[24] In 1926, Janette bought a house at 2900 South University Boulevard called Wellshire Park Cottage for cost of the construction loan.
[7] They lived together at several multiple residences over the course of their marriage, including a cottage at 888 York Street and in Littleton, Colorado.
