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Show tlou of these men will likely break the Rani; thai haw l.o--n a iiiena-o to faam.Tj and tattle men of thi, county for a lon t:m.. Cattl- men of tho tieUhborliiK state, '-a... .il-o suffered heavy Ios.m h frmn this particular ijan.; bo It Is n il 1 CATTLE RUSTLER CONVICTED; ! ANOTHER 18 ON TRIAL lirlgham City. Nn-. n. ln th district dis-trict court ye tord ay, l.e-fore Judge W. W. Mftughan, Cleveland Bates wa-found wa-found guilty of prand larceny Ifefore a Jury' of eight. Bales was arrested In August by Sheriff Josephson, In com pany with ono C. R. WcwkI. for cat-j tie ruetllne In the woietern part of the county. Th men had been operatic-; i In that locality for e-.ral months on I a wholesale plan, and weie caught by the oftlcers In the act of killing stob u cattle. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation for mercy. Tho prisoner will be sentcne-t ed in a few days. The case of Wood wa opened Immediately Im-mediately after the close of the Bat' s trial, and the drawing c-f a Jury l now under way. Tho arrest aud couvlc- |