The Springdale news., 1889-07-26
HAST OF CATTLE KATE.

LAST or CA LE NA k. r ~,.r;ous Female RustIer and Her C,,nvnion in Crime, James Ayeritl, Orr n.u.,t a Big Cottonwood In Carbon County Wyomins-They Made Too froe With Other Peoples Livo-stoeh. aho th. .aochmen Determined to Call Halt.
 CHEYENNE. Wyo., July p. - James averill and the notorious Cattle queen Kate Maxwell, were lynched by cowboys Sunday night The bodies or the rus tier" and range queen danSled rom tho same limb of big cottonwood ye3tefday morning. The scene of the laWlesS put iustifable deed ot the midnight riders IS on the Swoetwater rIver' III Cafpoh County, noar Independence Rock, 6 Iand- mark made historical during 'ho rush overland to the California gold fields Averill was postmaster at SWeet"aJer- Kate Maxwell was the heroine of sensa- tional story which appeared in the news papers throughout the country thfee months ago, when she raided gambling house and recovered large sum or money won from her employees.
 Stockmen of the Sweetwater region have been the victims of cattle thieves for years. On account of the preJuIlco against tho large outfits it has been lm- possible to convict on this charge, ana the rustlers have become very bolCs Averill and his remarkable partner have been worry active in thieyIng. The woman could hold her own on the range riding like a demon, shooting on the slightest pretext, and handling the 1ariat and branding iron with the skill of va quero.
 Fifty freshly branded steers wero counted in tue Averili and Maxwell herds Saturday morning. stock detective whose suspicious were aroused was driven from the place when he was no ticed viewing the stolen property, This circumstanc was reported to the ranch men, who determined to rid the country of the desperate pair.
 Averill and the woman have several times been ordered to emigrate or cease appropriating mavericks, but had disre- garded all warnings.
 After her celebrated gambling house escapade Mrs. Maxwell degenerated from picturesque Western character into a reckless prairie virag0 of loose morals, and lost most of her following, but con- tinued partnership with the postmaster. Word was passed along the river, and fif- teen to twenty men gathered at a desig-
 
 Averill and Cattle Kate without unuec- essary noise. The rustlers were at homo, and peep through a window disclosed the thieves and boy in their employ sitting beside rude fire place smoking cigarettes. As half a dozen men rushed into the room, a Winchester was poked through each window, and a command to throw up their hands was given with un- miStakable carneStneSS. The trio sprang for their weapons, but were quickly over powered. Ayerill begged and whined, protesting his innocence. Kate cursed. Her exeCration of the lynchers was sOme- thing terrible i'll it's way. She cursed every thing and every body, challenging the Deity to harm her ii He possessed the power. An attempt was made to gag her, but her struggling YVES so violent that this was abandoned She called for her own horse to ride to the tree selected for a soafold, and yauIted astride the anl- mal's back from the ground.
 Averill did not resist, and the boy who had been told that he would not be harm ed, followed. Either end of the rope was fastened about the necks of the rustlers as they sat in tLeir saddles.
 The boy made a pass with a knife at the man who was preparing Kate for hang- ing. He was knocked iusensible by a blow with the butt end of a revolver. The lad was a nephew of the bandii queen.
 When preparations for the execution had been completed Averill and the wom. an were asked to speak. The man spoke only of his office, saying he did not wish a certain man to be his successor. Ho was promised the influence of the party for another candidate. Kate made quite an address. She wished the affair kept as quiet as possible, desiring that her mother be kept ill ignorance of her disgraceful career and tragic death. It was useless to deny that their herd had been stolen from the ranchmen of that sec- tion, but if they did not wish to divide it among themselves she would like to have it sold and the money given to home for waywarl girls. Kate bade her nephew good bye and com menced to deliver a blasphemous har- ague. The horses were led from under the pair while Kate was stlll cursiug. Both kicked in a lively style for ten or fifteen minutes. A few bullets were fired into AverilPs body, and the lynchers rode away.
 It is doubtful if an inquest will be held, and the executonerS have no fear of be- in 1prrrrstr6d. 1Ie -cattre T.vn nfgt5 Do5l4 forced to this, and more nanginsS will follow unless there is loss thieying.