, 1890-10-09
r,Isuds Mourn With the sorrowIng
Wife.

2 Henderson, range manager ior tne Il
-,le outfit, had been killed at the home
,,Dob on the Sweetwater by one of his
IAN Rankin added that he would i'm
nediately start for the scene and bring
! ,bs body to the railway.
Mr.. Hicks showed the message to
hepds of the dead man, and the news of
gsoderson's fate was soon public prop
,,ty. The announcement was startling,
ct not surprising. for all who knew this
nave. picturesque figure had time and
,,,iu predicted that he would suffer vio-
Int removal from the ield of action to
,bich he brought energy, alertness and an
,rcessive, fearless spirit. Whenever
Henderson left for the ranch friends
hdc hun God speed and turning
way said among themselves that
most likely instead OF the man returning
,gaiu wirh his cheerful smile there would
be brought back his dead body. But
through no fault OF his own He defed
trouble. courted death, but no man can
az that Henderson ever picked a quarrel,
though never avoiding a conflict. He
vas absolutely innocent of personal fear.
Up to 10 o'clock this morning, THE
LEADER was unable to secure particulars
dHenderson's murder. 1t must have
BEEN a murder, for none in that section
lared meet HIM on equal terms and not a
lev we're sworn to kill him. The general
islng is that Henderson was shot down
uthout having IN opportunity TO defend
himself.
The II telegraph station is eighteen
miles from the ranch and the wire was
&n last night. The stage reaching
RIsling this evening will bring the par
t~culArs.
Jim Rankin, who is a firm friend of
Hsnderson's, has gone on to the scene.
BE is an ex-sherif of Carbon county.
Arthur Sparhawk is sheriff OF Fremont,
IN which county the crime was committed.
With two such men 10 tie field, the cap
ture of the guilty man is assured.
Rev. Geo. G. Rafter and Mrs. Luke
Voorhees,, so soon as the information
reached Cheyenne, started for Rawlins.
The killing sofs henderson again brings
INTO unpleasant notoriety.the Sweetwater
Country which seems to be the home and
hotbed OF the worst. r~ustling element in
Wyoming. For years there has been
more or less trouble in hat section.
VISITING has been slmost'openly practiced.
len without money aud with only a few
head OF stock tol start with have in the
curse of a few years accumulated COM
pratively large bunches of stock. The
Eeatest possible antipathy has existed
between the big ranchmen and many of
the small owners. The former claimed
that many Of the latter were openly steal
ing their cattle and in some instances had
direct evidence to prove the truth of their
charges. The latter charged that the big
Orporations were monopolizing the land,
fencing in the available pastures and alb
otbing any stray cattle belonging to the
small owners they could run across.
The first result OF the acrimonious feel
ing engendered was the arrest of many
Of the so called rustlers. Evidence
igainst them was difficult to procure.
Such OF their neigbbors as we're not
similarly engaged were 10th to testify ow-
ing to the dangerous character OF the men
involved and even many of the cowboys
were unwilling to appear. alleging that
while they were wiling to work for the
Dig companies their allegiance did not ex-
tend far enough to risk their lives in the
service. Notwithstanding these difficulties
conclusive evidence was secured in a
plumber Of cases in Carbon, Fremont,
'ohnson and other counties. Even under
kfueh circumstances it was very seldom
mat the grand juries would return a true
pA and when they did the petit juries
invariably r,turned verdicts of not guilty
ai'er trials In the court. 1t therefore
became evident that in some sections the
a'tle Of big corporations was not regarded
= property and the existing feeling OF
wac liza NclOusly luCIehScu.
The II outfit has ranges on the Sweet
sa'er' about seventy. eight miles north OF
raWiins and some half a dozen miles from
nOngis. : The outfit is owned by
.iAV q Forest, the well known Chicago
livestock commission merchants, who are
Afgely identified with Wyoming's stock
interests.
fuollc attention was first generally di
tected to this ranch a few years ago when
ii. Andrews who managed the outfit
0signed his position. He was sitting one
t,enins In the ranch reading a newspaper
'aen a bullet crashed through the window
'nin an ace of his head and lodged IN
wall opposite him. An u~navaIling
tuort was made to find the attempted
NSAssin' Andrews her resigned on the
'Ound that he didn't need money badly
'Tugh to earn it in that way.
IN casting about for another manager
Clay liked upon Henderson, who had
eeu long identified with the cattle bust
so Henderson came here sometime about
Comparatively little is known OF
u'ecedents He at one time lived in
sSaso and bad been manager of a big
0orht in New Mexico. He was &C.
ied by his wife and child, the lat.
sRnally beautiful boy who subse.
aied here. Mrs. Henderson, a
Ios. =. ling lady, soon made for herself a
he lends and the heart OF the en-.
Ter la,as. will go out to her in this,
and most terrible afHict,on