Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-23
ThiSCapS theCIinaX.
Western Lynchers Cover Them.
selves with Glory.
A WOMAN THE LATEST VICTIM.

Cattle Kate" MAXWELL and Her Part
ner Averili Surprised by Cowboys and
Hung to Tree. the Former Being
| Clicked While Tutoring Curses on Her Ex-
| ecutIoners-A Community That Was So
"Prejudicsd" That 1t wouidn't Convict
Thieves-A Few Other Cases Thrown In
for Variety.
CHEYENNE, W. T., July sS.-James
Averill and the notorious cattle queen, Kate
Maxwell. We're lynched by cowboys Sunday
night The bodies of the 'rustler" and range
queen dangled from the same limb of a big
of this lawcs> deed OF the midnight riders is
on the Sweet water river in Carbon county
near Independence Rock, a landmark made
historical during the rush overland to the
California gold fields. Averll was post
master at Sweetwater. Kate Maxwell was
the heroine of sensational story which APP
Peared in the newspapers throughout the
country three months ago when she raided
gambling house and recovered large sum
of money won from her employees
Prejudice Defeats the Law
Stockmen of the Sweetwater region have
been the victims of cattle thieves for years.
On account of prejudice against the large
outfits it has been impossible TO convict on
this charge, and the ruStlers have become
worry bold. Averill and his remarkable part
ner have been very active in thieving. The
wOmnn ppulI lplf h,t. n,,-,, or, tha
riding like demon, shooting on the slightest
Pretext and handling the lariat and brand
ing iron with the skill of the most expert
vaquero. Fifty freshly branded yearling
steers were counted in the Avcrill and Max
well herds Saturday morning A STOCK de
tective, whose suspicious were aroused, was
driven from the place when he was noticed
viewing the stolen property.
Mob Law Naturally Follows.
Tbs circumstance was reported to the
ranChmen " no determined to rid the coun-
try OF the desperate pair. Averill and the
woman have several times been ordered to
emigrate cease appropriating ''mav-
erioks,r but had disregarded all warnings
After her celebrated gambling houss esca-
pade Mrs. Maxwell degenerated from a
picturesque western character into a prairie
following, but continued partnership with
the postmaster Word was passed along the
river, and fifteen to twenty men gathered at
designated placs, and gall oped to the cabin
of Averil and Cattle Kate" without I'M
nee 'sSary noiSo
Capture of the Victims.
The "rustlers' were at home and peep
through window disclosed the thieves and
a boy in their employ sitting beside rude
fireplace smoking cigarettes As half dozen
men rushed into the room a Winchester was
pOked through each window and a command
To throw up their hands given with unmistak-
able carneStneSS. The trio sprang for their
weapons, hut were quickly overpowered.
Horrible Blasphemy from Kate.
Averill begged and whined, protesting is
innocence. Kate cursed. Her execration of
the lynchers something terrible in its
way She cursed everything and every body
challenging the Deity to harm hep if He pos
sessed the power An attempt was made to
gag her, but her struggling was so Violent
that this was abandoned. She called for her
own horse to ride to the tree selected for a
scaffold, and vaulted astride the animals
back from the ground Averill did not re-
slst, aud the boy, who had been told that he
would not he harmed, followed. Either end
necks of the rustlers as they sat in their sad
dies
Many Emulate Some Other Boys Yet.
The 10y made pass with n knife at the
man who was preparing Kate for hanging
lie was knocked insansble 10y n blow with
the butt of "a revolver. The lad was a nephew
of the bandit queen. When preparations for
the execution had been completed Averill
and the woman were asked to speak The
man spoke only of his office, saying that he
did not wish a certain man to be his success
sor. He was promised the influence of the
party for another candidate
One soft Spot in Her Nature
Kate made quite an address She wished
the affair kept rs quiet as possible, desiring
that her mother be kept in ignorance of her
career and tragic death 1t was
useless to deny that their herd had been
stolen tra-a rarft.s-sf 81 81 :. .iat sect,aa
~ &c thsv did not wish to divide il among
themselves she womb like - N.~- IL cold and
the money given to n home for Maynard
girls
Cut OF While CursinC.
She babe her nephew goodbye and COM
maucad Ia l.iiver "a miscellaneous haroppua