The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

tent TO learn the cause. They found
Faulkner some distance from the tent.
facing the interior of the canyon. He
held his revolver in his hand and his
face was very pale. He declared he
had seen the ghosts of the murdered
family, and the sight had startled him
terribly, and he had, scarcely knowing
what he did, fired twice at the ghostly
looking figures of two of them, the
third one gliding away.
Search was made and the bodies of
Maxwell and Mortimer We're found ly-
ing some PAGES apart. The former was
dead; the latter was thought to be NOR
tally wounded and he was insensible.
Faulkner pretended to be wild with
grief. He said nothing about the
previous quarrel, but declared that he
had mistaken the boys, each of them
wearing long slicker, for the spirits
of the victims of the Indians hate and
had unwittingly killed them. Maxwell
was buried that morning at daybreak
in the canyon. while Faulkner rode off
in search of a doctor. He never re-
turned. Mortimer recovered. He stated
that Faulkner had deliberately planned
the murder of Maxwell and himself.
No effort, however, was made to ap-
prehend Faulkner, who fled to the In
dian Territory, where he soon became
notorious for his deeds. While in the
Indian country he adopted number
OF aliases; sometimes going under the
lidhiC OLf IOuUSOOQs dild cciiCtiLiCo
adopting any name that might strike
his fancy. It would be needless to
record his many exploits, but, though
many and varied. he succeeded in keep
ing out of the clutches of the law.
Finally he was implicated in the rob-
berry Of Folsoms store in the Choctaw
nation and was sentenced by United
States Judge Parker, in the Federal
Court at Fort Smith, Ark. to three
years in the house of correction at De-
H. hot n
nothing to do with the robbery, but
that two Choctaw Indians. who had a
grudge against him, perjured them
selves in order to be revenged on him.
He only served short period of his
term. He had influential friends at
through their efforts he was pardoned
by President Arthur some time before
the Cleveland administration came in.
''LIMPING JIM" THE TERROR.
After his release Faulkner went to
Texas. and for time secured employ
ment with the Malloy Cattle Company.
He soon threw up his job, however. His
propensity for gambling had grown
apace and he seemed never happy I'M
less in game of cards. These games
usually wound up in a fight. but some
how he always came out unscathed,
while his reputation as man of pluck
and nerve was greatly enhanced.
Among the border towns of Texas and
Louisiana he was known and feared,
and the announcement that "Limping
Jim''-for that was the name by which
he was known, his real identity being
concealed from all but his most init
mate friends-spread a feeling of al
most positive terror even among men
whose boast was that they were afraid
Of nothing.
One time Faulkner suddenly left his
haunts in Texas and went back to
Wyoming. He stopped a day or two
in Lander. and thence went into camp
on Wind river, in the Shoshone and
Arapahoe Indian reservation. He lived
in his tent, cooking on sheetiron stove
which he had with him. and securing
the surrounding country, evidently
ponies which he bought from
the Shoshone Indians, and al
ways carried in addition to Win
chester rifle and a brace of six shooters,
a pick fastened to his saddle bow. He
disappeared from the country about
the time thex stage running between
Lander and :LFawlins, Wyo., on the
Union Pacific railroad, was robbed in
1889. A iargeo sum- of money was Sc
cured by the robber,D who was traced
| for miles through an uninhabited terri
| tory by Shoshone Indian scouts, but
| he was never captured. Although sus-
picion 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 gold mine.
| the existence of which had been dis
closed by4saspgambler named Wilson.
who was subsequently killed in a row
in a Denver gambling house. Wilson
offered Faulkner an interest in the
mine for a stated sum. but Faulkner
| had sunk a fortune in a Leadville sill
yer mine and declined to invest a dol
| lar. AT length Wilson gave Faulkner
the exact location of the mine as Sc
curity for loan with the understand
| ing that he was to develop it and get
| one-fifth interest for the trouble and
| expense. But Faulkner could not find
| it, though he spent considerable time
after Wilson's death in searching for
| it, the description of the location of it
as given by Wilson having been in
| accurate. The mine was subsequently
| discovered and developed by Arthur M.
| Sparhawk, ex-sheriff of Fremont coun-
| ty, wyoming, and is to-day a paying
| property.
SILENT. TRAGEDY OF HIS DEATH.
| Faulkrar came to this State from
! Louisiana five OF six years ago and
| settled at the spot where the last days
| of his life were spent. He Stunned
| communication with every one. his
nearest neighbors being total strangers
/ to him. He found outdoor enjoyment
| in looking after his cattle or in scour-
| ing the swarnps and woods with his
| dogs In search of game with which
| the country abounds. 1t is wild, lso-
| lated section, thinly inhabited. Faux
ner was a virtual king over wide do
| main, for there was no one living
| within many miles of his abode. and
| those with whom he now and then
| came in contact had no thought of dis
| turbing him or disputing his sovereign
| ty To them he was mystery, for no
| one knew anything about him and he
took no one in the locality into his con-
| hdence. 80 - s
The motive which induced him to
| lead such a life is unknown. Perhaps
| he had grown tired of the pace that
| kills. and decided to spend his remain
| ing days in solitude and seclusion. BE
this as it may. his end was as tragic
| as his life had been stormy and tn.
| multuous. He died alone, without
| friendly voice or hand to soothe OF
| cheer his last, hours. Even his death
| was revealed by chance. Two or three
men We're riding through the swamps
in the vicinity of his cabin searching
for stray swine. They passed by the
| house and were attracted by the mourn
full bowling of the dogs, and, dlsmount-