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Show i r - ' .' - : ' Tbrcats of Unknown Pcr-. Pcr-. . sons to Kill Bob M'Coj : Carried Out. . . - ' S" CHEYENNE, 'Wyo., July 10. According Ac-cording to Information received from Thermopolls, Bob McCoy, a well-known ranchman residing .' en -the Big Horn river above Thermopolls,-was murdered several days ago by assassins who had decoyed him to a deserted , cabin and shot him In the back as he was about to entr. His body was then weighted with rocks and sunk 1n the river. " Several times during the past few months McCoy has received anopy-mous anopy-mous letters warning kirn to leave the country and threatening his life. In each - of these, messages the statement was made that If it became necessary to kill him, one of his ears would be cut off In order that others who had been warned to leave mlgrit know how be came to his death. One of the ears of the corps is missing. Indignation in the Thsrmopolls country is high and every effort is being made to apprehend appre-hend the murderers. |