Show DIED WITH HER BOOTS ON A hon horse thief that to be a handsome young girl helena journal To in the first days of leadville wagons wagons formed the only means of transportation for the immense quantity of merchandise needed there and for the ship shipment pent of the large output 0 of ore and bullion As a consequence horses and mules were used in large numbers trai trains us of freight wagons lined the roads leadin leading to the great carbonate camp and slid it frequently became necess necessary sary to turn the stock out after a hard days journey to graze on the adjoining hill hillsides sides leadville offered a good market for work stock of all kinis its ant animals mals brought from the E tat frequent t ly succumbed to the climatic effect of a high altitude and heavy work I 1 many a freighter reached the top of a hard pull only to see hie his best w work ork mule lie down end grid die lie in the harness such inducements and easy sale brought professional alual horse thieves in abundance the immunity from punishment that they seemed to enjoy and anti bi high gh prices paid pal id for their plunder stimulated them to constant activity and made them bold in their profession saguache county col was a favorite section for the operations of this fraternity these gentlemen making their trips with almost the regularity of stage coaches after an unusually bold raid a party was organized sed to follow the trail and overtake the thieve 3 and if the de predators were caught to save all county ex P e nals inthe in the way of sheriff fees and trials the party started early in the morning and as the trail wa large and hot they were able to follow jt it almost at a gallop fol lowing along the west side of the san luis valley and then through a defile of the sangre de christo mountains the course of the pursuers and pursued emerged into the arkansas valley close to where the south arkansas flows into the main stream here it was evident that the two parties could only be a short distance apart the robbers had taken more mora stock than they could easily handle and did not eten seem to be aware that they were being followed two of the stock men from the ranches on the route j p ined the vigilantes and furnished f fresh esh horses about noon on the following day the thieves thieve 3 wi with th the tolen lolen stock were ere discovered camp ed at the north of cottonwood creek there were but two one appeared to be a young boy not over 16 th the other ether wa was a fine looking young man of perhaps 20 or 22 years of age on bein being 9 called on to surrender the boy pulled a six shooter and fired on the vigilantes antes at thee the same aroe time he be and his corn com jumped down behind the bank of the river from which place it was found impossible to dislodge Ni them without the loss of at least two or th three ree or four men afier a hurried bur ried council of war it was decided for fur two men nien to go down llie lie river cross over and come up i the tile other side to a point where the fugitives could be easily covered cov ered and the balance to prevent their escape from the pos 7 III 0 I 1 in in T this his was done and antley 7 eft thieves were again bua when ali IIII 1111 surrender they simply summoned turned to comm commenced encee firing at their anil on the opposite I 1 0 pur river the fire was return eide side 6 of t 40 re resulted bulted in the b boy 0 y croppi ed I 1 w with i atif a broken ne c k and h 9 d panion falling with is coa a bullet th th the lunge when the fart 0 aus went to where they I 1 la a Y the u vigil t tt was still alive and the t boy bo id e t of course dead and wl i L 1 a lovely young gir girl I 1 proved prove wih with Q del 7 to N dt and refined features sn the leat c could 0 uld still talk refused one 8 ali to tell I 1 they hey were or from chene the who only that their people were they L calle able and that he desired them f 0 remove his boots as he did fa tl to die with his boots on not ile wah evidently a it man of good edil edill but positively refused to cation information gry 0 an A in a bew few hour hours by also was dead and the two u 4 buried beneath the ae r near the river bank their cotton iderle ty waa was never dincov discovered red w 1 I 1 |