Show oi i STAGE iN INt t BAD MAN DAYS John M Monroe One of the theOld theOld Old Guard Dies t KNEW EVERY WESTERN TRAIL 4 i BUILT B FIRST HOUSE IN CHEY E W UTAH CAREER t WIth the fhe passing l at Chen Ch venue enne last Tuesday of John M 11 Monroe the west west los lases s one of t fw few remaining old tIme stage drivers rs Moore Monree wh who recently resided in D nver flied as the result of an overdose of morphine The drug had been prescrIbed by his physician to give him retie from an attack of Illness afflIcted him About two weeks aso Monroe was 60 years ars of ageA age ageA A mere lad Jad of 16 when he came to Colorado in the earl early sixties Monroe covered durin during his active career of twenty as a stage driver every trail leading from the Centennial state to California D ring that time he not infrequently was employed ill in Utah enterprises Of exciting aden tures on the plains with man and ant ani animal mal Monroe had a wealth H He was last brought Into prominence when as one of the twelve most expert horse horsemen horsemen men in the west he was taken to the Columbian eX exposition by John M 1 Kuy kendall Monroe was born in Savannah Mo leaving there while a youth for Colo Colorado Colorado rado In 1866 he entered the emp employ oy of Jude Jud e WL who has s the contract with the Union Pacific In that year ear Monroe built buill the first hous house a rough cabin which still stands In Cheyenne Wyo Wo Before he was of age Monroe that as a 8 horseman few of the expert rough rId rIders riders ers of the west were his equal ThIs reputation he maintain d all through his life mounting and sticking on the most fra fractious pony despite his ad advanced aye e of 60 ears Drove Famous Outlaw St Stage ge b Monroe was the driver It in 1876 of the stage from which outlaws Mansfield and McLaughlin were were taken and hanged The two desperadoes des desperadoes were in charge of Sheriff James May Ia Their capture followed a reign ot of terror of several months While near Fort Laramie Monroe heard the command to stop Members of a vigilance committee which had been formed to take summary action forced Sheriff May to 10 hand over his men They were hanged within sight of the stage Drove Horses From Utah Monroe once held reins on the Yet Yel Yellowstone park stage A number of years ago he drove several herds ot of horses ho o Utah utah to After he e took look up ran hing In InV V Wye and aad a before his is end wealth th Monroe lonroe mar married m r ried a MiSs Mies Metcalf hUe employed e as asa asa a stage driver She passed t ay sev several v f eral eels a ago O two Nm whom dum is employed as an engi engineer neer on the Union Pacific L A Mills known as asPon Pony Pon and J F are the only I sur surviving hing co companion m panion stage drivers of In the west |