Show ate maxwell and HUNG BY INJURED CATTLEMEN kate disposes of her property while dying wyo july 22 the strong limb of a big cottonwood tree in the shadow of independence row bore strange fruit this morning A prairie breeze which wafred wafted a sweet odor of modest fragrance across the green plains was swinging to and fro the bodies of a man and woman who had been lynched by stockmen stoc kmen the previous night the discolored faces of the pair who had so long defied the officers of the law and plundered their neighbors their tongues lolling from between their swollen lips and their twisted limbs contorted by agony completed a ghastly picture the man and woman to whom justice had been so arpy meted out were george averill postmaster at sweetwater carbon county and the notorious cattle queen kate maxwell whose recovery of the winnings of skin gamblers from her men several months ago created such a sensation their offense was stealing and branding range cattle and is called hero mave and rustling the postmaster and his remarkable partner have a large bunch of cattle recruited from the herds of the stock men of that section they have operated bodily having little to fear as on account of the feeling against the cattle kings who control large tracts of land it has been impossible to secure a jury that would convict the rustlers the maxwell woman was tho equal of any man on the range of masculine physique abo was a daredevil dare devil in the saddle quick on the shoot an adept with the lariat and branding iron aftel her gambling hell escapade she became dissolute her relations deserted her and she formed a partnership with averill who became postmaster simply because his ranch was in a convenient i location the discovery of about seventy five bead of freshly branded stolen calves in the maxwell averill corral was made saturday afternoon by a detective employed by the powerful stock association to protect the industry from anis officer was driven from the place by the woman who sent a couple of rifle balls after him as ho galloped away this incident incensed the stockmen stoc kmen and they determined to resort to desperate measures to remove the menace of their business averill and kate had been served with notice but declared they would not leave the country and said that an unmarked range animal was common property and subject to appropriation pria tion by the finder the regulators gathered at a designated meeting point only a i ew miles from the ranch of their intended victims all fully armed and equipped with a long rope the horses were tethered a house and the approach wag made stealthily inside the rudely furnished home were kate avenal and a boy who says that his mother and the cowboy queen were sisters the descent was made with a rush hands up sounded above the noise of the entrance as half a dozen men crowded through the door while rifle barrels were forced through the windows on either side of the little dwelling the boy was knocked down senseless while striking with a knife at a man who was struggling with kate she and averill was overpowered after a brief struggle the man weakened at once and began blubbering and whining kate was made of sterner stuff and her blasphemy could not be approached pro ached in or variety she dared her maker to visit punishment upon her and cheat the lyn chers averill and kate were given a horse to ride to the scaffold the woman jumped from the ground on to the horse straddle fashion humming the wedding march the two ends of a long ropp were fastened about the necks of the thieves and the center made fast to a limb the horses were then led from beneath kate and averill anair hanas were tied but they kicked frightfully A few shots were taken at averilla dody before dying mrs maxwell said she wished the new of her demise kep from her mother and would like the proceeds of the sale of her property to so to some charitable institution an inquest will bo neldover hel dover the remains but the lyn chers will not be punished nd scarcely pursued wyo july 23 cattle queen kate maxwell the woman lynched with postmaster averill sun day beena chicago variety actress aud was brought from that place by Maxwell She revolutionized ranch life Pond of horses she imported a number of racers with the attendants came bulldogs which were pitted against coyotes end prairie wolves A couple of her jockeys were fleet of foot and they were matched against indian sprinters defeating the red men with ease sharp nose a rapacious arapahoe chief his brains to devise ways r winning the white squads squaws money but was unsuccessful her thorough bleds ran away from his best ponies the wily chief and his warriors were fleeced of everything except their mounts and guns they showed fight but were driven from the place with a loss of several braves about this time maxwelll maxwells Max wells place was taken by his foreman it was said that kate poisoned her husband the ranch now became a thieves retreat and all the neighbors suffered A big spree followed the recovery of the money from the skin gamblers at bessemer things went from bad to worse the foreman came to his senses and leffa the retainers deserted dealing horses the cattle scattered a colored boy made away with kates diamonds she shot him and recovered the jewels but they soon followed the other property when the queen and averill joined issues kate was a poor tramp |