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In InRawlance I IRawlance Rawlance w was breaking rr a horeei horeeiBnd horse horseand horseand Bnd and while whUe In hi the act of lUting ilfthng lUtingI lUtingthe ilfthngthe liftingthe the saddle saddlo thf tho th ) < stranger atranger Jerked bLs hb hbpistol hispistol I . pistol from his scabbt scabbaM scabba 'd d ' l and andwltbout andwithout andWithout wltbout without speaking llpeatlng fired at Raw Raw- Rawlance Rawlance . - l lance nce several tbn times tones , , hitting b1tt1t1g bbn him himIn himIn . In the back and side The 111e . btber Other btbert.o Othertwo Othertwo t.o to two . men ran out aIi and Joined In Inthe Inthe mthe the shooting Rawlanre Raw1aJire Rawlanee ran I'an Ian ' 80me some 80meditance somedlitance somedistance ditance dlitance $ before falling faUInfr He lie was wasshot wasshot wasshot shot three times In the body and andonce andonce andonce- andonce andonceIn once ' - In the leg ' The 'Ibe Ibe murdere murderer murdererthen murderersthen then carried their victim Into tho the thohonae thehouse thehouse honae house to die and made hint him u as ucomfortable ascomfortable ascomfortable comfortable fl3 as us they could COultS The Theshooting Theshooting Theshooting shooting occurred about Qbout 4 . 4pm p m and and9t andet andat 9t et about D 9 o 0 ClO clock k the three assas 8.SSaS- 8.SSaS assas- . 8.SSaSsn.s assassins assassins - sins sn.s sns ! . tocft too1t took their overcoats and left leftth leftthe leftfh th the . house caught their horses borses and andleft andleft andleft andleftThey left leftThey They did not seem to have havemtl havemuch havemuch mtl much , . h fear of the tbe consequences of ofthe ofthe ofthe the awful crime they had commit commit- committed committed committed - ted as they gave their names nameswhether , whether real or assumed o.sswned osswned . of course coursethere coursethere coursethere there was no means of knowing knowingas , . as Hamilton Hatnnton the leader , who fired firedthe firedthe firedthe the first shot Smith Smltb and Reid ReidWhen ReidWhen Reidi When asked why they did the kUl- kUl kill- kill kUlIng killIng kOl-Ing kOl Ing - Ing Smith replied ' "This This 'n1Js n1Js ' " man manRawlance manRawlance manRawlance Rawlance killed IdUed Hamilton's Hamiltons HamUton's HamUtons ' broth broth- brother brother brother - er in Wyoming last Fourth Fourtb of July Julyand Julyand Julyand and this tb1s man Hamilton HamUton swore awore he hewould hewould hewould would kill ld1l him If it H he ever e\'e1 e 'e1 e1 \ ' " found foundhim foundhim , b him n We heard of him here , here e . knew knewbe knewtie knewbe be tie was the man by the description descriptiongiven descriptiongiven descriptiongiven given withjhim and came and settled ssttled .s s . tled with withhim withIn him " ? In his dying stateritent statement statement Raw Raw- Rawlance Rawlance Rawlance - lance said "Yes Yes 'Yes " ' . I killed IdJlec1 a man In InWyoming inWyoming InWyoming Wyoming ' I think his name was waa Hamilton IIamUton Hannon , We were ! In n camp CIU11p , . on n 8 a 8stream astream astream stream htawife when ) he te fie came In with ydth hta his hiswife hiswife wife and baby The wife wUe was wu .c c . , cry- cry . cry : - crying crytag ing tag and frightened ttlgbtencd , the hUgaua husband $ drunk threatening words warda p passed SSed between us He re reached che . for bfa his bfagun hisgun hsgun ( gun shothim but I got mine first and shot ot othim him I left that country countty and andcame andcame andcame came here These three m men n are arestrangers arestrangers arestrangers strangers whom I never . saw aa.w aaw be before . 24hours 24houra fore ' . ' * Rawlance died within yrtthln 24 houra hours and was burled by the tB1d side sideof aideof of Mexican Mextcan : Joe's Joes ' nepUew nepblew nephew . . Wa Wagrave Hlqgrave erave grave was waa No 3 9 In the park . . No Noeffort Noeffort Noeffort effort was wa.s . ever made to brtb bring , th the theassassins theassassins assaastns assassins to trial and no one eYer ever eYerknew everknew everknew knew f from from whence they camewhere came ot otwhere orwhere where they tbey went It was waa the way wayof wayof wayof of the world and their act was teas waa the thelaw thelaw thelaw petulantdays petulantday.san petulantdaysan law of the land In those petulant day.s-an day.san day.s days an days-an . - - an eye for fOf an eye and a atooth atooth atooth tooth ftor tbr for a tooth , according acconUna accardtn tothe tothe to tothe the Mosaic Mosa.lc Mosalc . teaCb1ng-5teamboat teaCb1ng 5teamboat teaching-Steam teaching Steam teaching . - . . - SteamboatPilot t tPilot Pilot ot _ |