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Show TRiO ESCAPES I LYNJP BEE1 Big Piney Given Old Western Touch When Cowboys Start After Utahns KK.MMKKKK. Wyo July 3 Hlgl Plney nag given a touch of the old! western days yesterday, when SOU cow- i punchers, heavily armed, were thwart-Jed thwart-Jed In their earnest attempt to revive a lynching scene, unprogrammcd on; the big annual rodeo card, when tWOl I thoroughly frightened tenderfoot bid! In the tall grass back of the town un-Itli un-Itli their automobile vvas brought and they escaped to Kemineror. The reports tnat have filtered In j from the little frontier town. 7i miles : from the rallroud. state thut a dele-' gallon of the buckaroos are still angered. an-gered. They are ambitious to stage tho thwarted lynching bee on Kem-merer's Kem-merer's placid triangle. Kred Rothman 01 Salt Lake. em- ployed by the Wyoming Hide und Pur company and his brother. Max, a re-Ured re-Ured e-bantam weight champion, who li.i-s iii Kemmerer were objects of the, cowboy's wrath. .Max and .lack Cherr of Juneau, Alaska, a professional wrestler, curl" d the lighting activity of the cow -punchers somewhat by backing' against a wall und offering to take on uil comers. Thus they were enabled to take refuge In their hotel, but only for a fetv moments. The two Kothmans wont to the, rodeo for the double purpose of bemn entertained and to entertain. Cherry,) their protege, beat Bucknroo La Rue In a wrestling match. Tlie clrcuni-( Stances of ths match displeased the; punchers. An argument ensued between Fred Rothman. and a six-fool plainsman, i The Salt Laker knocked down the puncher The latter urose, retaliating I with a blow that broke Rothman's nose. The next move was when Roth-1 man felt the touch of cold steel against I his bolt-line. Cooler heads Intervened and forced the cowboy to put up hls cun. Max Kothman then appeared on the scene and Interceded in his brother's behalf during trio fight that was resumed. re-sumed. Held back, he kicked at bis brother's opponent. This oftended the cowboys anci the cry went uj. "Lynch 'cm." Mob Gathers. Cherry induced the crowd to stand aside and he walled to the hotel with the Roinmans. A mob of sou punchers iiilckl sat .cred. Led bv a i.ian on iotso. w..h mi unstrung lailat hanging hang-ing by Ins .sal. the gang, with a medley med-ley of cries, Happing chaps und clinking clink-ing su;r-. headed for the hotel In Hue DlOVle fashion. The Kutnmans and Cherry fled out a back door as the leaders took command com-mand of the no6telry for a thoroug) Searching They searched every room In the place. Three doors were brok-"ii brok-"ii down before the cowboys gave up In the outskirts tho hunted trio re-malndd re-malndd In hiding in the tall grass until un-til u friend drove up In a machine ai.d whisked them awav from Hie town. Other cars took up tho pursuit and headlights were pointed in all directions di-rections In the mad. but unsuccessful sea i h There Is no reason to doubt the plainsmen were sincere in their desire to "string up" the Kothmans, but au-i tborltlea here doubt ihe Ihreatened cow -punchers' delegation will Invade 1 Kemmerer to put on the lynching bee I |