Show hance WH UT IN COLO 4 cowboys overpower Sheep sheppherd sheepherders herd ers tie them to trees and kill three thousand sheep frenzied cattlemen spent almost n r entire day in slaughter of sheep after which they cut telephone wires and escaped grand Jime tion colo calo As a result of a battle between between shee pinon and alia cowboys on oil a contested range near clice chee colo nearby 3 head of sheep were killed and two 6 sheep men were injured but not seriously the sheep which belonged to taylor tailor brothers of montrose Mont iose were grazing on od it a range langa near the hamlet of Carbin cro according to the reports received elved here heie the cowboys lashed dashed tit in upon the laders 1 and tied them to hiees tre es and then went among the sheep and killed them the ahe slaughter tei of tho the sheep re ic almost an all entire entile lay day in order to prevent the news leaking leahing out the the cowboys co bob cut the telephone wires and ninde made theli their escape escine in the hills several it hours later the sheep lier ders were discovered and liberated the authority au thorit tes of garneld garfield county hane hae been notified noti fled but owing to the t fact fac t that the district in which the he cheop slaughter tei took place Is in a desolate portion of western colorado it is not regarded probable that the cowboys will be captured the range in which the dime crime was committed has in long been it a contested range lange and several murders have re ie suited from quarrels over it wan warrants ants hive have been issued b by tile the authorities of both mesa and garfield gai field abr the arrest anest of for alteen i raiders alders several of whom are aie said to be known to tile the sheep men |