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Show RANGE WAR BREAKS OUT INJWDO Cowboys Overpower Sheepherders, Tie Them to Trees, and Kill Three Thousand Sheep. Frenzied Cattlemen Spent Almost an Entire Day In Slaughter of Sheep After Which They Cut-Telephone Wires and Escaped. Grand Junction, Colo. As a result of a battlo between sheepmen nnd cowboys, on a contested range, near Choo, Colo., ncnrly 3,000 head of shcop were killed nnd two sheepmen woro Injured, hut not Borloualy. Tho sheep, which belonged to Taylor Brothers of Montrose, were grazing on a rango nenr tho Hamlot of Carblnero. According to tho reports received here, the cowboys dashed In upon tho herders and tied them to trees and then went nmong tho sheep nnd killed them. Tho slaughter of tho shcop required re-quired almost an entire day. In order to prevent the nows leaking out, tho cowboys cut tho telephono wires and made their escape In tho nllls. Several Sever-al hours later tho sheep herders wero discovered and liberated. The authorities of Garfield county, havo been notified, but owing to the fact that tho district in which the sheep slaughter took place Is In a desolato portion of western Colorado, It is not regarded probable that tho cowboys will be captured. The rango In which tho crime was committed has long been a contested rango nnd sevoral murders havo resulted re-sulted from quarrels over It. Wnrrants havo been Issued by the authorities of both Mesa and Garfield dountlcs for tho arrest lof sixteen raiders, several of whom are said to bo known to tho sheepmen. |