Show Ti j t I t I I I M I I M I I IH H I M I M I I M I M I I M I I 4 4 M t M M t I M I It M M H t M tit M t M t t M t f r. r M H t M f MEN FOR PER HEAD i 1 L' L y y y y T T T T TV T J T love made a a. desperado J Horn Honl and by gra gradual ual stages he Into the abyss of ot crimp crime now he is what might be called a aI I murderer For Fot the paltry J s' s sI I of ot he will agree to take the 1 oT any My man even though he may i no personal grievance to redress motive other than gain to serve f H rn n la 19 now In Jail jall at Cheyenne Wro with having wantonly ta taken n nf f I fr it lire life pf qC a So la lad of ot 14 named Willie and there Is a good prospect I t he will pay for tor his many crimes tb WIlf 1 W He is believed to have i r least t six six men although he has hasT J h T destroying all evidence of ot that would be sufficient to toi i In a court of law man man man-a a fine r. r hardy frontiersman Some Someo I 0 o G was chief of ot scouts for a a. traveling in north north- Co In Ina a small tow town n in this re- re met met the woman who turned the bourse of ot his life and made of fit only t to adorn a scat scat- fu n in the case was the beau beau- I of a w wealthy althY Spaniard ded Jed In the town It was a case tt first Sight The senorita fy Yo threw over a young youn Second nt fp in the Mexican an army to Ho was engaged The Lieutenant Ib h 1 met et in the public square of one on afternoon ab the slapped Horns Horn's face The Shipped out his shooter six as asa a wink and shot the officer e fled to the mountains where whereby by friendly Indians he made his out across the border to Eagle Ts where ho he was joined a r by Ills his senorita The couple Io to have been married but upon feet et for tOI the nuptials the girl rew re- re w rd that her mother was dead hurried away ay to her home to I fae er promising to return Hoin Hom inside of a month J kout waited one month two nd a j ear sped by but his ver returned and gradually t to the plains of Wyoming day tf jC day when he realized that l Mexican would never re- re r tin the scout has probably purely pur pur- j i ely villainous a career I ti criminal that ever lived Jived e of ot Horns Horn's exploits there has J aJit eign of terror among the ranch ranch- 11 for more than twelve years F ni as this period many murders have t on the plains of ot Wyo- Wyo f. f g V northern Colorado western Nei Neska Ne- Ne i f 0 and southern Montana The have in each case been small ranchmen ranch ranch- i. i r men suspected of ot rustling It De or branding stray mavericks ie murderer performed each bloody Q In exactly the same manner and ich time the officers of ot the law were r as he left no trail fo them to follow tollow t The alleged ed rustlers were shot f from am ambush ush the Ol assassin using a rifle of small bore and the first bullet fired I g Irs ifs d deadly work showed that the the gun was a crack shot crack shot hla aim certain ut not July last when lit ht- u 1 NI kell an innocent lad who I ever harmed a living soul was r I did the people of ot Wyo- Wyo g really wake ur up and demand that be run down and punished h previous killings had not aroused I m. m cl te feeling for the reason that the Ims were poor maverick punters r I o. o th cattle barons said it was 01 only way of ot putting a a stop to 51 i The story of the long list of murders on n. n the Wyoming plains which ted a Inthe killing kUling of ot little Willie Nicki Nick Nick- ti i ls ns Is-ns as follows 1 paring the early SOs a large number I rustlers were arrested and but very few were convicted I erous murders were committed on ons t s durin during the late SOs and i-h i but the rustling continued h such e t vigor that the cattle barons 1 called a meeting faceting and decided to take more re drastic measures against the marauders Early in the summer of ot 1892 s seventy seventy- five of the the- leading and v wealthIest cat cat- In Wyoming formed a party and aller a by about fifty picked s' s from Texas chartered a 3 special cial and left leU Cheyenne for tor the t 11 h. h C 1 The small arm army marched ninety miles i due north into the Powder river country in Johnson county The announcement I had aad been made that every ranchman who ho did not belong to the association would be driven n out of or the country or filled for tor in this way the cattle barons C to mike e a clean clenn sweep The cattlemen were betrayed however how how- ever and with their T Texas hirelings were re placed Under tinder arrest by the United St States tes authorities When had q u down it is SHIPS Q that the cattle association bt In stock detectives to hunt h g During the sum sum- Gf at 1895 William Powell and Wili Wil- Wil i Lewis lettL ranch ranchmen men living in the lion Iron country were murdered It I les-ed les ed that Horn Hoin committed the He Ue was brought before the I but not ted J. e startling incidents of ot the et occurred the day that into the courtroom t tI time to e testify In his own W. W 8 Powell widow of one of Jered ered men with her hei little 9 f H. H boy was seated In the room chile child caught sight of ot Horn fb IUs mother crying Mamma Iamma Take me quick That is thi tho mag to Horn that shot m my r fa i last Horn left leU the Coble ch at t Bosler and rode to the ranch lanch Miller who IK d three miles I east of the ranch of P P. ell father tather of the murdered bo I 1 n remained art t the Millet until e evening of ot July lith when he dU- dU I I ared At T 30 on the mornin of th the I W lIe Nickell as v Horn owed up at the Coble ranch again I United States Marshal Joe a. a celebrated stern V c and terror to outlaws S md and tun trai-t t was engaged on the casi La t d'Horn Horn he Knew of a u. out out- in nl that anted a killer but bute tie e man selected would woul ha hi e e H n L La i Fors E belleve he was vias his hia e 1 to tb discuss matters with La Land nd d the two met In th outer re ol-re S Spates ates on Janu Janu- The county officers haJ pre pre- placed laced Deputy Sheriff L L. L E E. o JL Sp W- W 4 St St. Stenographer Charles J. J Ohn- Ohn naus haus tn fA an nn adjoining room and close e to to hear all that was said sald Is my specialty says Horn Hoin I t I at It as a business proposition law think I have a corner on the mar ket t t i A b bargain was struck after much Oi- Oi between the two men Horn 1 ag agreeing agreeing- to accomplish the disagreeable le I deed eel for the sum of After Atter this af af- fair was settled the deputy sheriff threw the door of the adjoining room open up to Horn and clapped a on his wrist before he hegr gr resistance Aud thus was together ether with incriminating e the c capture ture of Tom Horn J |