A jilted Arvada bartender gunned down Clarence "C.B." Fugate, popular undersheriff of Jefferson County, on Oct. 12, 1940.
Fugate, 53, was attempting to arrest Jack Carleton, 48, the "250-pound proprietor" of the Columbine Cafe after Carleton shot a former employee during a domestic dispute, according to the Rocky Mountain News.
Fugate - the favored candidate for county sheriff in that's year's election - was struck in the heart when Carleton pulled a .38-caliber revolver from his hip pocket. Fugate had been hunting for the gun in the cafe kitchen where Carleton said it had been stashed. Other lawmen returned fire, wounding Carleton in the chest, right arm and abdomen. He survived.
William Benson, 60, night marshal of Arvada, was shot in the hand during the exchange.
The former employee wounded in the initial shooting, Arthur "Red" Marcum, 32, was hit in the left shoulder, neck and left hand.
A deputy quoted Careton as saying: "Red had been getting too friendly with my wife lately, and he started making advances. He told me he was going to take her away, and I told him that I wouldn’t stand for it.”
Carleton, whose business was located on Grandview Avenue near Wadsworth Avenue, was sentenced to life in prison after attempting to make an insanity plea. [Photo: Jefferson County Sheriff]
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