| Show WA got IN coly cowboy boys overpower sheepherders tie them to trees and kill three thousand sheep frenzied cattlemen spent almost an on entire day in slaughter of sheep after which they cut telephone wire wires and escaped grand junction colo colaas As a result of a battle between sheep men and cowboys on a contested range near abee colo nearly 3 00 hea head d 0 of sheep mere ft ere killed and two sheep men were injured but not seriously the all sheep beep which belonged to taylor brothers ot of montrose Mont roae were mere prizing on a range near the hamlet ot of Carbin carbinere ero according to the reports received here the cowboys dashed in upon the herders and tied them to trees and then went among the sheep and killed them the slaughter 0 of the sheep required almost an entire day in order to present the news leaking leahing ou out t the con boys cut the telephone wires mires and made their escape in the bills hills sever al a hours later the sheep herders were discovered and liberated the authorities of garfield county haie been notified but owing to the fact that the district in which the sheep slaughter aughter el took place Is in a desolate portion of western colorado it is not regarded probable that the cowboys will III be captured the range in which aich the crime was committed comm ittai has long been a contested range and several murders hae haie resulted bulted from quarrels oer it warrants bae hane been issued by the authorities of both mesa and garfield for the arrest tot lof sixteen raiders several of whom are said to be known to the sheep men |
