The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02
lAsl or cATrLE KATE.


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Ceanss Nyomiag-uhey Made Too free
Min other Peoples and
the n;Aneh,ncn Determined 20 tsil :
Halt.
CHEYENNE. wyo- July q - James
Ayerill nnl tho notorious Cattle Queen
Kate Maxwell. we're lynched by cowboys
sunday night. The bodies % the 'rns-
tier" aud range queen dansled from the
same limb Of a biz cottonwood yesterday
morning. The scene d. the lawlrss but
jnstifiabls dead 81 the midaiyht riders IL
on the Sweetwafer river. in Carbon
County. near Independence Rock. q land
mark made historical during the rush
overland TO the California gold fields.
Avefiil was postmaster at Sweetwater.
Kate Maxwell was tia heroine OF a sensa-
tional story which appeared Ia the news
papers throughout the country three
months ago. whom she raited a ~gambiiu;
house and recovered a large sun Of money
won from her employees.
Stockmen 81 the Sxestwater region
have been the victims o. cattle thieves
for years. On account OF the prejudice
against the large outfits. II has been inn
possible 10 convict on this charge. and
lie ~ristiers have bacoms very bold.
AyerIll aud his remarkable partner have
been very active in thieyiny. The woman
could hold her own on the rangc riding
Ike a demon. shooting on the slightest
prctexf. and handling III. iariat n
branding iron with the skill o. a va
auero.
Fifty freshly branded steers were
counted in tie Ayrrill AMI Maxwell herds
Saturday morning. A stock detective
whose suspicious were aroused was
driven from the place when lie was no.
ticed viewing the stolen property. This
circumstance was reported 10 the ranch
men. who determined 70 rid the country
Of the desperate pair.
Averill and the woman have several
times been ordered 20 em.yrate or cease
appropr.ating mavericks. bat had disrs-
garded all warnings.
After her celebrated gambling house
escapade Mrs. Maxwell dsgcnerafed from
a picturesque Western character into .
! reckless prairie virago ot loose morals,
aud lost most OF her following. but on
tinued partnership with the postmaster.
Word was passed along the river. and III.
teen to twenty men gathered at a desig.
mated place and galloped to the cabin OF
Averill aud Cattle Kate without unnec-
sssary noise. The rusilers were at home.
and a peep through a window disclosed
the thieves and a boy in their employ
sitting beside q rude fireplace smoking
cigarettes. As half a dozen men rushed
into the room a Winchester was poksd
through each window. and a command to
throw up their hands was given with IN
mistakable earnestness. The trio spraly
for their but were quickly over
powered. Averill begged and whinei.
protesting his innocence. Kate cursed.
Her execrat;on of the lynchers was somc-
thing terrible IN its way. She cursed
every thing and every body. challenging
the Deity 70 harm her IL He possessed the
power. An attempt was made 10 gag her.
but her struggling was 50 violent that
this was abandoned She called for her
own horse to rid 10 the tree selected for
a sca@old. and vaulted astride the ami
mails back from the ground
Ayerill dill not resist. AID the boy. who
had been told that b. would not be harm-
ed. followed Either end u the rope was
fastened about the NECK o. the r~ustlcrs
as they sat in their saddles
The boy made a pass with a knife al the
man who was preparing Kate for hang
ing. lie was knocked ~insensible By a
blow with the butt end os . revolver.
The lad was ; nephew o. the bandit
queen.
when preparations for the execution
had beea completed Arerill aud the won.
m were asked 70 speak The man spoks
only OF his Office. saying he did not wish
q certain man 10 be his successor. He
was promised the influence OF the party
for another candidate. Kate made quite
, An address. She wished the affair kept as
. luiet as possible. desiring that her mother
be kept in ignorance Of her d~isgracesul
career and tragic death 1t was useless
to deny that their herd had been stolen
from the ranchmen Of that sec.
ton. but II they did not
wish 70 divide it among them selves she
would like 20 have IL sold aud the money
given to a home for maynard girls. Kate
babe her nephew good bye and com
menced 70 deliver a blasphemous har-
sgue. The horses we're led from under
&s pair while Kate was still cursing.
Both kicked in q lively style for ten or
fifteen minutes. Afsw bullets were fred
into Averill's body, and the iynchers
rode away.
1t is doubtful II an inquest viii be held,
and the execationers have no fear OF be.
ing punished. The cattle men have been
forced 70 this. and more han gings will
Salfnw rnfasx fhara IL faxz thfaving.