The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-19
since deceased nj the han IA Of Marshal KarR.

since deceased at the hands Of Marshal kara.
vas the nost outsrosSn ~ st y Br3sep
broth ts was just as r.Sdy to fight for HIM I'm
Even thP Justice Of the Peace to whom B He
@ asa E'S III H sa sn sud ssff' Sas
several days thereafter every epor. carrieu
Of Is IS well as when the COM
mites threatened assnssination, po9' VII, Win
much yiIe and proEanr language a ae men, men;
be fred past. redemption in less than half an
hour after his death. ,
Bo"'s defiance and threat Of burning tie
They knew very we'll the change IN senn,,ment
among ,h} sports. and they were Wiling TO
EYo the OH icelins ol repugnahce "i'n
Than came tho great Are that wiped out the
e@ S Si mr. o SSn A. has e wSo W., wsn drunk
directly from Bob ford's place to the fiatiron
block: whrte tho lire started. f. ON 'n,nr anas
that the citizens committee tho iEht Boz bad.
with the drunken rrcklessncss that mndo mn
deed. At an "a Q thu town was burned Boz
friends could not take reveng, f1r his death
a h he r.. t taSy T"d DO time
was not hard tn Ind It Is MOI an unusual thing
era prSspoGt hobs garrs by armed NEAR isnir
Es Sn T% GSr s' w nsss s'f"O
The man selected was Edward O. Kelly he
marshal of Crepdes suburb called Bachel0r
Kelly was acquainted with Bob and his wo.
men. lut In order to keep Bob and his friends
from .heing suspicious and on their guard, an
After the i!re Bob secured large tent that
had been used as lodging house down On me
room At The rear placed lar at the front \, and
house in town. and was well putroni,ed on the
nrst night. but he wa MT destined to enjoy
S s % 81 II ate ws ' Rss on w Tssg ss
standing at the tcnt door tall ing to one Of tho
girls. several others were loa, about the
known "a French Joe came along CARRYING
A. he nass,d the door e t af se
Boil had cen st ,n,hngat the bar. hut start.
cd toward the back OF the room Just before
Kelly entered Kelly followed him quickly
a' "A tn nob."
Bob, turned about. drorping his, hand IN,
Kelly had the gun lev lied, and as Bob faced
at,"ut; but i've feet away. fired 9th harre's.
eu SG"t Tie Hsus Vein " the "tod artery
nnnl the 'nrknon" entirely 9tr' and making Si "a
n 50 Int T 9n nec hang s disd f IN
tn 'G air. and fell on his lack lack ike ios
while tie hood g4shed in torrent over ne
rey,lver iron! the hip rocket after whic'! he
%aksH "n G sIr.nt INT Gsn tt t. TWO aro
rest Inn ma iskS lin t" ca in som1 8.
tan"e away nn' in the open ground where he
co Id te ems ~ guar Ell from the assault ofa
mob o lynchers. A larg" tmher Of deputies
surrounded the cabin all night to guard 1t.
4 toroners jus decided that Bob was
killed with fe olious intent. hut no one sup
poses that Kelly will ever be punished.
Most of the stories about Bob Ford's manner
OF lie since he shot Jesse James at the homo
Of the latter ut tho corner of La tayette and
Twenty first streets st. Joseph. Mo. on April
3. 1882. ar, untrue. He did For n time hMast
Of his de ID and lose a. n hero in some dino
museums in various towns. hut when about
six years agp he came to the Rocky Mountain
regi n tn live he very quickly changed his
mind in the matter. In speaking OF the killing
That was the only dirt ever done. and I
was only kid when ] done it only Is
Thy got around m"-the Officers did-and
told NJ" II Id do it RI DO thu greatest man
on cnith. and everybody would be afraid Of
me-. was Id too IN ugh to believe them
and done it: but n"var see the momeat |
amt sorry. Some may think different. but n
the men know whpve killed anvil ,ody would
give NIL thu RIO worth to get away from their
reIu'at'on.
James. no bcrtlisr 1t WAS murder. bat he1auS5
the deed was such as to earn for him tn. exc.
cra:ipn ~ the class with whom h" wished to
associate. tn" sporting men Of the mountain
region. ii" sun red the same surt OF ceath he
had inflicted. with an added .rans. Tor he
ica,i2ei iuri.g br IF interval after facing
Kelly that his time had come. and he tn ned
JOHN r SPEAEs.