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I Tom Ham Horn , , , " written by Rtchard Richard RtchardR RichardR RichaR * R Mulllns Mu1ltna Mullins . of C88 Casper er , , which provJ provJed prov- prov proved proed - ' ed Interesting 'lntereat1ng lntereat1ng 'Interesting ' ' reading J'eadtnl Jeadtnl ' to many fnany toaoythe ofthe of " I Ithe the old ola eld timers timera of Routt Roptt , and Moffatcounties Moffat Moffatcounties MOffcounties " counties They y were we-e we e wey0 . - anxIo snxtou4 anxioussee MoffatI 4 to toBee tosee " I Bee see It If the We narrative contained contaJned ny- ny Any- Any nything Anything an : ' - - . thing ' : oT of th the Horn activities actlv1u.e actlv1ue actlvitlee . l1n do l1nNorthweaten doNorthweSten i ; " NorthweSten Northweaten Colorado . , , "but but " Uttle little UttleI Uttlewas littlewas Uttwas I was said saJd .ti ti . about ut It the story stog ' being beingmalnly beingmainly bellmainly " malnly mainly concerned with Hc.9n Hc9n Hc H & . > hl9 rts IJ act- act actIvities actIvitiee acIvltles - - Ivities Ivitiee as a government scout scout-the scout the . - In Inthe inthe Arizofhis the Apache country of Arbo Ariza Arizahis ? hlB his drifting to Wyoming andployment and fillployment m- m : - mploymen ploymen ployment as . a cattle detective detectivebeginning detectivebeginning detecttvbeginning ' beginning with the J ohnstan Johnston Johnstoncounty Johnsttcounty ohnstancounty , county raid by cattlemen catUemen . And .and his hislatter hislatter hlatter " latter employment empioyment as a lone ione "oU oU "oUto " Wolto oU oUto to clean the country of aUeged alleged aUegedrustlers allegedrustlers allegerustlers allegerustlersIn a rustlers f . rustlersIn 1 11 11In In Horn Horns s case we are tpl4 ttltt tpl4old " l lold y old 4RltCctive timers the term catUe cattJd catUA "d d " 4RltCc dfiteltlve " rr ' Uve tive was a polite euphonlSi euphonlSirustler euphonlsni euphon1 $ 5 't t ' . irustier S rustler vSSe&tthat vSSetthat IsvSSe&tthat exterminator It 19 ls Is/ Is / , al1 allege Se41 Se41that allegethat & that in his quest for enen1r enen1r1 enemfes enemfe enemfesthe \1 1 \ "AS AS "ASthe " the cattlemen he constltued con.stltued constltuedJWn- constltuedJWn constltuedJWnsell . } ' . 'tHqiself tHqiself ' = i- i - sell self detective , judge juryI4 jury ' a-nd-f a nd f aq4J - I4 - jecutloner 4 * + ecutioner Apparently the8la the 8la ill3pt ill3ptthe iui0 iui0the ' : 4 f fthe the gang he Intended to break uphad vhad up uphad had no terrors for him Tenacious Tenaciousdetermined Tenaciousdetermined Tenacloudetermined 3 determined going without oQc1 fopd.lqr fopdlqr fopd.lqrdays ( ( oodftdays . . 191 ' days If 11 ii necessary he never gateup irate gate irateup ga gaup up He never allowed a rustler rustlerto rustllto to get a away way from hlm-so hlm so him--so him him - - - so he wrote wroteJ08eph wroteJoaeph wroiJoseph < J08eph Joaeph Lafors-unless Lafors unless Lafors - - unless the foresald foresaid foresaidrustler foresaldrustler foresalrustler rustler fled from the countryBrought country countryBrooffht Brooffht Broucht Brought . TerrorFor TerrorFor Terror Terror.For .For For . the express purpose of In- In Intlmtdating ) Intunblating n-I n I - tlmtdating tinttdatng nItinttdatng ) stock thelves theives , . , No | E ails ailsfriends ilfriends ls lsfriends friends tell us Horn cultivated a.s- a.s as- as assiduously atfilduously a.sslduoUBly . - slduoUBly siduously the reputation of a k11l kill- kill killer kUer - . er Riding Into a country sup- sup supposed supposed supposed - - posed to be Infested with Cattletheives cattle cattlethelves cattthelves thelves theives he speedily let his pre- pre presen presenc presence - sence sen be known He , told bloody bloodyand bloodyand bloodand and gruesome tales of the ( he dayswhen days dayswhen daywhen when he was WM an Indian scout scoutPinkerton scoutPinkerton scouPinkerton ' Pinkerton detective and deputy deputysheriff deputysheriff deputsheriff sheriff Possessed of a keen mem memory memcry memory ory cry and Imaginative mind his tales talesS.u.ffe.red talesuffered talessuffered suffered none ) in n the tellingThe telling tellingThe The effect produced on his Us lls I tenors teners was Increased by his mere merephysical me Iplaystcal mereIplaystcal physical presence Remember he hewas hewas 1 : was 6 8 ( feet eet 2 Inches of hard flesh flesh"net tic ! "net net " nd " (1 1 ( muscle A dead shot and an anexpert anexpert t expert horseman he possessed the thecunning thecunning tl cunning of an Apache and the reasoning rea- rea reaI reasontng rei - soning sontng power of a white man H1'J H1J His H1'JtlQullht H . ' I ' tl-Qullht tl Qullht - - ouarht ouriht processes were usually usuallyI usuallytwo usuallytwo I two jumps ahead of the other felhr4 fel fe felo 10 hr4 lo ' " " email &nall nall Small & . Wonder .onder onder ponder the rustling rustlingdecreased rustlingdecreased decreased for a time at least leastafter leastafter leasafter after he had visited v1s1ted the communty comrnui commun communty ty tyHI tyHis HI Hs His ) ! reputation spread He be become become b < come known all over the state of ofWyoming ( > i f fI fWyoming Wyoming as a cold blooded kU klll kill klller killer I er And as s he carefully fostered fosteredI fosteredhis foster * I his reputation for purposes 01 al alxeedy 01I 01tCllldy a I tCllldy xeedy related he could go nowhere nowheref.JthOUt nowhereout f.JthOUt fJthOUt . ! without out arousing the suspicion 'of of 'ofI " ' "i i " bf bfa I U a ; certain ertaln class clMs of men His HIB pr pre pretense Bence t nce tense In the vicinity might mea mean meantleath . death ttath tleath ! for someoneVben someoneWhen someone tVhen \Vben Vben When \ Horn 110m Came Camero to , " ro 0 Routt itoutt County R ! + . Some of these days the Pilot isgoing is isgoing going to get Charlie Charlte Netman Neiman to tell tellIts tellis Us Its ( is readers of Horns activities In InRoutt InRoutt Routt county for he knows betterthan better betterI betterthan bett < than anyone else Netman Neiman had hadbeen hadbeen I been sheriff sherl1t but had given away to tohis tohis his under sheriff Ethan Alien Allen AllenFarnham AlienI AlienFarnham Parnham Farnham when Horn HOrt ) made h his hisraid hisraid ! I raid in Browns Brown s a Park When Mal Matt MattRash MattRash Rash was found dead in his cabin : shot as he sat lIat at at the table at atI atwhich iwhich it I which he had extended hospitality hospitalityto hospltallto to a guest who was probably themurderer the themurderer tlmurderer > e murderer Charie Charle Nelman Neiman was ap appointed aipointed > I Ipointed pointed administrator ot of the estate estateand estateand esta ' and with a crew was rounding up upthe upthe i the Rash herds In Brown Browns sPark sParkwhen a Park Parkwhen Pai ' when a few miles away an assassin assassinahot assassinshot assassi ahot shot hot down Isam lBarn Dart colored as ashe ashe < La he started from his cabin to the thecorral corral A few days later several severalshots severalshots shots were tired fired at ' ' 'Longhorr Longhorr Longhorn ' LonghornThompson LonghornThompson ' Thompson but he mantoged managed mankged to toescape toescape escape All were reputed to be becattle becattle I Icattle cattle rustlers and Rash at least leasthad leasthad had accumulated large herds of ofcattle ofcattle ( cattle cattleIf If the jPUot IPUot ilot Is not mistaken this thiswas thiswas th'was thwas ' was the fall of 1902 Tom Horn Hornrode Horn'I HornI Horn'Irode HOTrode ' rode down from Wyoming stopped stopt stopp stopted ed at Hahns Peak where he was wasContinued WE ( Continued on Page eight ) ) I I | Tom Horn , Stock Detectlvf Detective DetectiveWas DetectivWas ' Was Killer by Profession PrOfe5S\On PrOfe5S On \ ( " ' ' " ' ' " - ' . " Avertecongized "VPT VPT 'Vf'T VfT Aver " ' ' 'ontim ontim 'ollllnl ollllnl 'otstint otstint 1 ' ed 1 < f ' orn I'm Im em P p"ueAver p-'re p 're re p"ue pue 'f f ( ! ' ' leconRlzed Il'conlizf"d Ilconlizfd tecongized ' { " went on on to the Two Bar liar Barlanch liarranch Ba ; lancli lanch ranch of the Haley Hnll'Y HnllY ' Livestock Uvelock . , company cornparry corn com pany parry near the junction juncUon of Snak 8nake Snake 8nakeRiver SnakeRiver < River and Yampa Yatnpa River and there theremade theremade made his headquarters aa as he look looked lookad ed ad over the field In a few days daysthe daysthe day ; the mysterloua mysterious dea deaths thB began to tooccur tooccur t < occur and there was a . reign of ofterror ofterror o oterror terror In Brown a s Park for It was wasgenerally nenerally generally believed that a numbci number numberof numbciof of people peoplf ' there found It easy to toIntn toinertase t < Intn Intnase inertase 0.8 08 . ( ' their Ihf"ir Ihfir " herds with the thebranding thebranding th < branding IronIare Iron Iare I arbe are { ( , ( rattle cattle atlll ' companies were werevt'ry werevery very vt'ry vtry ' powerful both In 1n WyomingInd Wyoming Wyomln ind In northwestern Coloradt Coloradl al at althat atthat that time and no arrests arrellts were madl made madefor mad ' < for the Brown Drown s Park murders murdersbut murdersbut murdersbut but It was common knowledge knowledgf ' al although although though without positive proof-of proof of proofofwho proofofwho proof - - who had done the klllngs killngs kllings TomHorn TomHorn Tom Horn hired assassin was cleaningup cleaning up on the alleged rustlers rustlershorn Ilium Horn MurderedI MurderedWillie Murdered I Willlc Willie NlekellTom NIokell Nickell Nlekell NIokellTorn I Torn Tom Horn returned returnl'd returnld ' to Wyornln Wyoming WyomingOne WyomlnpOIIP 01\ 01 01mornnlt One \ ! ' inornlna morn\nlt morn nlt morning \ In to July 1901 WilliI Wlllle WlllleNickell ' Nickell Nlckt'1I Nlckt1I ' a boy of 14 set out horseback horseback horse back for his fathers ranch nearIron nearIron near Iron Mountain Laramie county countyIn In . , southern outhern Wyoming Wlllie Willie was wasbeing wasbeing wasbeing being ' sent 'lent lent on an errand by hi his hisfather hl-ifather hl ifather " - father Kelfl KelR Kela P Nickell Nlckf'1J Nlckf1J ' who0 who \\0 0 was wasa \ wa-ia wa ia . ' > - a sheepman sheepmlln In a country larbdy larely larbdyel larelyc larfetlycontrolled , el c ( ntrolJf'd ntrolJfd ntrolled ' by cattlLmllllnd cattlt.m.n cattltm.n cattltmn cattlLmlll cattlemen . ( . / and /lnd lnd wa was wasi " I ) t on vlfry very very frifcndly frllndly friendly terms tl"rms tlrms " with withflUme withsome withHome flUme some of hi his , > nt tit ntghbol n < uhboi \ghbol ghbol itgirbt \ ) ( ( ) s ' > Wtlllekell Will Wtll . * Ickpll lckf'1I lckf1I lekell ' w\ w wI wis w'ts wts ' \ ' ' > I i ' ei 1'1 11 ct uIt s tll1 < ( ii live af at a . . . I 1 Ialive 1alive 1alive alive by his hLs parents parent ' ! The nl nm n ( xt xtmorning xtmorning xtmorning morning his hLs body wa was ' ! found lylnR lying lyingnear lylnpnear ' near the ranch gate about a mil tulle tullefrom milefrom ! ' from the house Two bullets bullet hadentered hadentered had entered the body from the left side sidepassing ide idepassing passing tltttlrely entirely tlrf"ly tlrfly " through itThe It l I IThf The Thf " pee pe PC ( < pie of Wyoming was naturally nat mist naturally urally horrified when they Ihey learne learnf " I Iof Iof of tl II t e . t . brutal brutul munl murder ! > r ( f It II tl P a ! > VOlinboy vounboy voun VOlin boy and they thf"Y thfY " denial demal denier ded elt'd eltd cfed ' tliat that thl the thl111 then th ( n i d rI irr Ier be bl ' fe f < ( und unt uncl ! 11.111 11111 . mi an 1 pllIl"hed pllIlhed pllIl"hedH pllIl"hedI'VI pill put ( . shed shedH " \111 111 \ H Hwcv ( \\I'VI I'VI IVI wev \ ' ( r a demand dl'mand dlmand dentand ' ( ft f tills Ihl'l Ihll this ' natureIA natureI natureis nature I is . > t < ( lilt intllnis ruttltur I1ml ( S ' > Impo linpo-sslbh linpo sslbh hnpasslbl - , , > , > lblt ( f fllfH fllfHI fllfHII fi ft Ifil lfil | II 11 t ) III n1 mndti Hdt it dtt ! f r Wlllle WIJllp Nickdl Nltklll Nlcktii orrred oc 01 or ' I | rred rrl'd rrld ' n J Iv 18 1901 I'WI IWI ' It II ass assJim unsJii a . , J JI Jim \I I \ I lary nary ry 1902 1002 be bef bPf ( re rt cc ' II t I i itl s \ , \tl tl till I t li h L . 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