| Show by vw A western ainar N Y ddn that john would die with his boots on was confidently predicted by everybody who knew alio great colorado cattle king but old cattle buyers in the city who knew him in his early days could hardly credit iho despatch that cam on monday announcing the heroic frontiersman had actually come to hia end ly being thrown from that luxurious vehicle of civilization a carriage there brero bigger stock growers on the plains than col Itic bard king on his ranch on Gert river texas kept bittle miflin kennedy built a board fence thirty one miles across the neck of a peninsula projecting into the gulf of mexico and had bead of cattle and thou andi of horses and adeep in the acre enclosure bitton in his pal days never had over head of cattle but he wag better known to all cattle men than any of abo rest john million was born in the woods of tennessee fifty years ago and hia early years were spent in falling timber pulling slumps and breaking around for crops of corn and before lie was aa he began to grow discontented with his outlook cut look and he sought for bamo bomo escape from u long life of struggle against poverty the mexican war had opened up texas and the adjacent country or settlement and hillon hill on mide up hi mind to go thither to aeck tr belter lie pod his tenne bee farm bought tilty texas cows and nine broad mires fand out into the racks beyond the brazos river JI employed men as fearless as himself to help him and his ranch n a country filled with hostile indians an predatory bin in of mexican outlaws for the next years ln a life vrna a continual wr far and hii re puia tion lor bold and daring known far and wide ho wa a man of commanding presence n splendid horseman hor and a dead shot no comanche Co minche who pot within range of the long muzzle loading afla that took with him from ten ever resumed to his camp ore when opened fire on them from a breechloader one of the first repealing antles ever seen on the frontier an gave them a dozen shots a minute his were more than ever convinced that they dealing with a superhuman be ing lie carved out a grazing place in this hostile country and main bained it against grat ids is res pealed attack As apa preached he moved further on to ahn frontier and grazed hi cattle up the valley into mew mexico uis fortunes in this time had many changes the bands of cattle thieves and indians would sometimes nome times attack and kill his cow bova and drive away the herds but rally a mounted force run down and shoot or hang the thieves and up hia cattle again at other times indians would drive away his cattle and again severe winters or bid markets would nearly ruin him but att hend of eighteen yeara HOOT the time he luried out forty thousand head ie fi cy thousand acres of land and alchi bank account for t e pat doen years he experience more bad than good fortune foi tune ten years ago decoi country in new mexico and bought acres of land fifty miles east of denver col ais lay along the only streams in thai section of country and alio acres of adjoining land belonging to the government was valueless except asa grazing ground for lIitt Bons ranch with o head of caillo aad employed about men all allm properly ins houe and all ilal ing in to or more vested in h afe the of the property wa midd necessary by alio series of cosily litigations in which he had become involved over cattle that he ha boucht mr iritts yaa in the prime of manhood at the time of his death ho was six feet one inch lithe and iia was a blond in complexion and wore his liast colored hair ion L he had a fi io ly cut face the feature of winch was the arni square set jw which stamped chiai a lulion 11 is eye were A clear steely blue ordinarily in capres cp res bion but flailing fire when hi was iTou ed hr antton Int ton n aa usually a genial companionable min ut when excited by liquor a he not in frequently was in his mer years he was a dangerous man to cross lid always cabied a pair of heavy pistols and were aed in a twinkling when hs was up ilia cowboys liked him but feared aitu and hia long battles with the nna on the taa frontier biado iho race give him a wide tw th had mide hito a bort of law unto himself and courts and juries were to hied fediow eneau of justice he tn doling with the spot without any A a liou on aig aig bauc attson itt son ws ft royal entertainer and no arne atio has been hu guest will ever fr get hi generou almost lavish bios pital tty particulars of lis death than thai he waft thrown from a carriage by runway borso on certna Chrt na dy have nl boan re by hia ill hi ally |
