Show H. H OLD KANSAS HANSAS SHERIFF MISSED A BAD MAN GREAT GREA T nJ BEND D. D Kan G. O N N. Moses MosE or of orI orthis this I place lace tells e an Interesting e n story of r one e Ir 1 h of his adventures v In 1872 when he was sheriff of ot Barton county In the summer of ot 1872 according accordIng- to the former sheriff the region between tho the Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Ar Ar- kansas and Smoky rivers was a vast grazing ground for tor Texas cattle Among Among- the men mep handling one herd that went who through gu had t that the g reputation territory was of being a el bad a a man man killer killer kill I WI WIer er and an all around bad character He lie committed an assault upon a defenseless woman when she was all alone In a t sod od house and a warrant was waa given to Sheriff Sheriff Sher Sher- iff Moses to bring In the criminal The sheriff got a man named Gainsford to Lo help him In the chase The husband of ot the unfortunate woman was also In tho the party and the three set out A stranger who said sald that above everything everything everything every every- thing he wanted to be protected from giving ing t the information tC pO told ld the e party arty Wh where found the bad a man n could u be found and Moses and the husband set out after him The Informant Impressed upon the party y that they should be sure lIure fh fhy and kill their man The posse rode until they came to a bluff blutt and there discovered the camp of ot the man they wanted v The husband was unused to firearms and he was persuaded to hold the horses and Moses and Gainsford Gainsford Gains Gains- ford tord detoured to get to the camp The Theman Theman Theman man they wanted was wall sitting on a log his hla 1 Winchester V 1 leaning against a wagon They e began ec tet by y shooting at each h other and then the bad man tried to make malto his escape Moses tells the rest of the I story In this manner There was vas a deep ravine that came in to close close to to to the creek there and he undertook undertook under under- took to run up over a point to get Into this deep cut I saw that If he made It t ot f fy the Pp point h he would surely r get away y A short distance of his climb wits was quite steep and a part of It brought him in full view He fie had ad nearly made It over was Just Justat at catching t the top the when bridle I dropped rein P In off my my arm rno horse and and 1 using my rifle now for the first time my other shooting having been done with my holster pistols I caught as good an aimas aimas aim aimas as I could considering the horse pulling on my arm touched the trigger and as the smoke cleared saw the man grabbing at the brush and rolling roiling down the bank Into the brush and out of ot sight I did not know how badly he was hurt and did not want to take any unnecessary chances so I yelled to Gainsford to cross crossover crossover crossover over and come down on the other side where he could get a view of ot him and see what condition he was In We searched for tor some time but our man was gone After ACter giving up the search we started home very much c crestfallen a for I had been marshal halma and s sheriff both In Missouri s I and Kansas for tor a long tune time and this was the first time I had eve eve- failed tailed getting a man I had been beep sent after aCter We Vo re returned returned returned re- re turned home early In the morning of the next day very verr much fatigued mad mud and hungry and 10 to this frame of ot mind I went ent to the office of the justice of tho the peace whose name name in was Martin ar and n I mate made e tin the re return turn nl in to question u o which c read eit as s se follows fol- fol lows Iowa 1 1572 Received Served t the this Ss same writ t by shooting day of at the h son of a gun run but didn't get him G G N. N MOSES Sheriff Barton county Kan Afterward the owner of the herd ri told ld Gainsford that our man had crawled into camp and got a herd of or horses horse and that they followed him as all far as Cow creek where they found him dead and they burled buried him |