The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-11-10
. BANDITS FATAL SHOT.

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kobnston Halter, the Courier OF the
4 James Boys, Leaves the Gang on
Marrying a Rich Beauty, and Kills
Her by "a Bullet Intended for Her
ParamOur
A Denver dispatch of October Is says:
i The killing of his wife, Alice Haller,
kn the night of the 23d, by Johnston
SaTler, and the wounding of the man
Morris, who had won the affections OF
lice, has brought to light a story which
Scgau IL 8 border romance and has end
ad in disgrace of two and sorrow to a
bird. Halter was a member of the
y uantrell crowd, and a knight of the
bad when Jesse and Frank James were
Bcked upon with q sort of mock hero
Nm. He was o fearless devil and in the
hddle he was as handsome as Murat.
Nc was in some OF the bloodiest engage
xhents that blighted the west. He went
III it'll Quantrell when that reckless but
barring horseman swooped down upon
lawrence, KS, and left the blood stains
ia It's best people on the blackened ruins
u their homes. He was a trusted cour-
er for the James boys, and when it was
8hsafe for them to go 10 their home in
A lay County, Mo-, Halter volunteered
nd did the mission.
W Allegiance to the James brothers was
10 alone the cause of these daring mis-
bins. He had a sweetheart who lived
Independence, the county seat Of
Ackson Co., Mo. Her name was Alice
bland. She was pretty and the daugh-
"a of q prominent Southern man. She
Is q rebel, like her lover. She made
bel flags and harbored rebel soldiers
I'd she used to meet haller on his COM
MS In Strom the prairies and secreting
m in her own home, or somewhere
r. e, she conveyed whatever message he
I'd from the James boys to their old
Wb ther near Kearney, Mo, Her horse
4anship was as perfect as that of her
IHker. She was Infatuated with the reck-
k sness of border warfare. They were
as rried in 1867. while she was only Is.
be ceremony was performed on horse
kSck, each being mounted d, by a promi.
81 mt minister o. Kansas City who is still
0feaching there. Halter loaded his
Ill de with Jewels, which, it is supposed,
;& had stolen in his train exploits. He
lie away otter the wedding and she re.
f&rned home. The love he left
seemed to chill his araor
5# adventure. Jesse James
ID him one night at a camp FIRE that a
81 could love a girl and fight, but he
&ohldn't love a wife and do it. He and
1zNA nix gave Halter a purse, told him to
f0A Independence and get his bride and
leSge the country. He did 1t. and in
16# they went to Colorado. In that
his wife met an editor, where it is
u0f known, and she became infatuated
Ws$h him. He moved away to another
t1>kn, Bonanza. His wife opened a mil
ll1&e nv store in Sagnache. He went
TIL Pueblo. She sold out her place
VIZ business. and came to him N
Es16blo.
b 1882 he learned she was onintimate
t<tyns with Morris. a barber. She went
E'x6t, and be soon learned that she met
1lrris there. He followed her and
skH found them there together. She
<l< q back with him, promising to have
03 more to do with Morris, but Morris
NNote her a letter in April. After the
fE1e ipt of this letter she said she did not
III to live with him any longer. and
rtly after disappeared. He heard
<lHg were in Denver and went there.
t{S saw them through a window, and
N6fris came out while he was there.
iUn moment of rage he lost his self-con-
f<<H and shot him. After he fred the
fI7<t shot he determined to kill him,
1H6 followed him through the house.
6{& wife came between them and he
6)l8t her, which he claims was an acci-