Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-08-15

and the Siglt lldu rtdt tlch Hp,A 49,
NV. and ne had, scarcely Knowing
what he did, fired twice at the shostiy
looking figures Of TWO Of them the
third one gliding away.
search was made and the bodies OF
Maxwell and Mortimer We're found "
ing some PAGES apart. The former was
dead. the latter was thought to be
MORALLY wounded and he was insensi-
ble. Faulkner pretended 70 be wild
with grief. He said nothing about the
prc.ions quarrel. but declared chat he
had mistaken the boys, each OF them
wearing long sllcker, for the spirits
OF the victims Of the Indians hate,
ana had unwittingly Killed them.
Maxwell was buried that morning at
daybreak in the canon, while faulk-
ner rode off in search of doctor. He
never returned. Mortimer recovered.
He stated that Faulkner had dellber-
ately planned the murder Of Maxwell
ana himself No effort however, was
made to apprehend Faulkner, who tle |
to the Indian territory, where he soon
became notorious for his deeds. While
in the Indian country he adopted q
number Of aliases, sometimes going
under the name OF Toungood aud
sometimes adopting any name that
might strike his fancy. 1t would be
needless to record his many exploits,
but, though many and varied, he sue
ceeded In keeping ont Of the clutches
of the law.
Finally he was implicated in the
taw nation. and was sentenced by
United States Judge Parker. in the
federal court Mt Fort Smith, Ark, 10
three years in the house Of correction
at Detroit He had influential friends
at Washington and Albany, N. y, and
through their efforts he was pardoned
by President Arthur some time before
the Cleveland Administered came IN.
After his release Faulkner went to
Texas, and for a time secured employ
ment with The Malioy Cattle company.
lie som threw up his job however.
Among the border towns Of Texas and
Louisiana he was known ana feared,
and the announcement the "Iimping
jim was in town spread a feeling of
terror even among men whose boast
was that they We're afraid of nothing.
Cac time Faulkner suddenly left his
hauntS in Texas and went back to
Wyoming He went into camp OIL
Wind river, in the Shoshone and
Arapahoe Indian reservation. lie dis.
appeared from the country about the
time the stage running between Ian
der and Rawlins Wyo., on the Union
Pacific railroad, was robbed, in 1859.
\ large sum Of money was secured by
the robber who was traced for miles
through an uninhabited territory by
Shoshone Indian scouts but he w;Is
never captured. Although suspicion
pointed strongly to Faulkner, he was
never arrested.
The cause Of his visit to Wyoming
and location for weeks and months on
the reservation was to find a goIa
mine, the existence of which had been
disclosed by al gambler named Wilson,
who was subsequently killed IN n row
in a Denver gambling-house. Faux
ner could not find 1t. though he spent
considerable time after Wilson's death
in searching for it, the description Of
the location of 1t as given by Wilson
having been accurate. The mine was
discovered by Arthur NJ.
Sparhawk, and Is today paying prop
erty.
Faulkner arrived in Arkansas from
Louisiana six years ago and settled at
the spot where the last days Of his life
We're spent. II Is a Wild isolated sec
tlon, thinly inhabited Faulkner was
a virtual king over wide domain, for
there WAS no one living within many
miles of his abode; and those with
whom he now and then came IN con
tact had no thought of disturbing him
or disPuting his sovereignty. 70 them
he WAS a mystery, for no one knew
about him. and he took no
one In the locality into his confidence.
The motive which induced him to lead
such a life is unknown. He died
alone, without friendly voice or hand
t. soothe or cheer HIS last hours.
Even his death was revealed by
chance. Two or three men were rid
Ing through the swamps In the vicinity
of his cabin searching for stray
swine. They passed by the house and
were attracted by the mournful howl
Ing of the dogs, and, dismounting. en-
tered the building. Faulkner was
found stretched upon bed in one 81
the rooms, dead Death had evidently
resulted from heart trouble. there be-.
ing nothing to Indicate that he had
persisted through suicide or by vio-
lence. lie had been dead some hours.
Papers. books and writing material
were scattered around where he had
thrown them There were volumes of
poems and works of various authors
~ spiritnalsm and kindred subjects.
There We're also Il lot or manuscript