Salt Lake Herald | 1899-12-31 | Page 1 | Killing of Bob Devine

I j I KILLING OF BOB DEVINE I j Terror of Cattle Thieves Mcets His Death In Xansas i I Special tO The Herald Cheyenne Wyo Dec 30Word was i received here today of the killing of R M Bob Device at his home in Howard How-ard county Kansas De1ne was a celebrated Wyoming character and a terror to outlaws and cattle thieves who infested the HeelntheWalbre glon in centrpl Wyoming I While in tile employ of the blg cat tic outfits of Carey Bros Range Foreman t Fore-man Device was frequently attacked br outlaws who were making way with 4 i his employers cattle In all of these affairs DevIne worked havoc among the rustlers and always escaped injury himself His last battle with the rustlers was fll July 1197 when he and a party of 1 cowboys surrounded seven outlaws killln one wounding two anj l captureC one The rustlers threatened to kill De vine on sight and followed him for many months for that purpose I While the report of the killing of De Yine gave no particulars It is presumed Umed that a member of the Holcin II J theWall gang followed hIm to Kansas and put him out of the way a at L