Time Machine: 60 years ago, murder at Fulford mines

Time Machine: 60 years ago, murder at Fulford mines

30 years ago July 14, 1995 William Simonton, a Vail homeowner from Wilmington, Delaware, died of heart failure after being thrown from a commercial raft on the Upper Eagle River’s Dowd Chute rapids, the Vail Trail reported. “Initial medical reports indicate that Simonton, 73, fell victim to arrhythmia, or an irregular heart beat, likely caused by the trauma of the accident in cold, fast water,” the Trail reported. Marguerite “Daisy” Simonton, Wi…