30 years ago – November 23, 1990
Richard Glenn Tolbert pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last Friday in connection with the killings of Luther “Luke” Clyburn and John McDaniel, whose bodies were recovered from a mineshaft near Central City this summer, nine years after their deaths. Two weeks ago Charles Arthur “Chuck” Morgan entered a plea of guilty to a charge of manslaughter in the same case. The men were originally charged with first-degree murder and violent crime. Those charges, however, were reduced in exchange for testimony about their and others’ involvement in the August 1981 killing of Clyburn and McDaniel. Sentences are to be handed down to both men in District Court in Central City on December 14. They are being held at the Jefferson County jail pending final sentencing.
Died: Marlin M. Belcher, of Golden, died at 3 a.m. November 15th, 1990, at Castle Gardens Nursing Home in Northglenn. He was 79. Born June 4, 1911, in Black Hawk, he was the son of Thomas and Hilda (Skankee) Belcher. After graduating in 1930 from Gilpin County High School in Central City, he worked at various jobs in the county. During WWII, Mr. Belcher was employed at Beech Aircraft Co. in Wichita, Kansas. After the war, he returned to Black Hawk, where he married Dollie Nelson on October 1, 1946. He went to work at Coors Porcelain Plant as a machinist in 1949, retiring in June, 1976. Mr. Belcher is survived by his wife, Dollie, of Northglenn; sons George, of Federal Heights, and Wallace, of Black Hawk; sisters LaVerna Mitchell and Gwen Thomas, both of Gilpin County; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and niece, Donna Johnson. Funeral services were held at Woods Mortuary Chapel in Golden on November 17th, with graveside services at Dory Hill Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Heart Association.
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