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Show been made by one of tho raiders Implicating Im-plicating five prominent stockmen of Big Horn county find two cowboys. Seven men arc now under arrest, charged with the triple murder and the prosecution will be pushed not only by the state and county officials but by the national, state and county wool growers associations. Five of tho suspected men are confined con-fined in the jail at Basin and two have been transferred to the jail at Sheridan. A heavy guard is being maintained constantly to prevent any attempt to release the prisoners. GOVERNMENTS TO INVESTIGATE AlURDER TWO .SHEEPMEN KILLED BY MASKED RIDERS. Five Suspected Men Confined In Jail at Ban Under Heavy Guard. Cheyenne. May 19. The murder of J Joe Eruge and Joe Allemand, sheep-i sheep-i men and Julo3 Lagler, a sheep herder, herd-er, in Big Horn county, April 2 by a baud of masked riders will be Investigated In-vestigated by both tho French and United States governments, according accord-ing to a special despatch from Basin, Wyo.. tonight. , . The French government has demanded de-manded an investigation of the death: of Lagier, a French citizen, who had been in America but ten months, aa will also conduct a separate inquiry through tho French consul at Chic-! Chic-! ago. It Ss stated that a confession has' |