Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-15


of the victims of the Indians hate,
and had unwittingly killed them
Maxwell was buried that morning at |
daybreak in the canon, while Faux
ner rode off in search Of a doctor. He |
never returned. Mortimer recovered. |
He stated that Faulkner had deliber
ately planned the murder of Maxwell |
and himself. No effort, however, was |
made to apprehend Faulkner, who fell
TO the Indian territory, where he sooul
became notorious for his deeds. While |
in the Indian country he adopted a
number of aliases, sometimes goingI
under the name Of TOungO0d and
sometimes adopting any name that
might strike his fancy. 1t would bel
needless to record his many exploits
but, though many and varied, he sue
ceeded in keeping out Of the clutches
Of the law.
Finally he was implicated in the
robbery Of FOlsom's store in the Chloe
taW nation, and was sentenced by
United States Judge Parker, in the
federal court at 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 administration came in.
After his release Faulkner went to
Il
ment with the MaliOy Cattle company.
He soon threw up his job, however.
Among the border towns Of Texas and
! Louisiana he was known and feared,
and the announcement the 'Limping
JIM was in town spread a feeling Of
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 went into camp OH
! Wind river, in the Sh0sh0ne aud
Arapahoe Indian reservation. He dis,
appeared from the country about the
time the stage running between Ian
der and RaWlins, Wy0., on the Union
Pacific railroad, was robbed, in 1899
\ large sum of money was secured by
the rObber, who was traced for miles
through an uninhabited territory by
ShOshOne Indian scouts, but he WAS
+ 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 Oh
the reservation was to find a golG
mine, the existence of which had beer
disclosed by al gambler named Wilson
who was subsequently killed IN a TOW
: in Denver gambling-house. Faulk
ner could not find it, though he spen1
considerable time after Wilson's deat Il
, in searching for it, the description Of
the location of it as given by Wilson
having been accurate. The mine was
subsequently discovered by Arthur NJ
: Sparhawk, and is today a paying prop
. erty.
: Faulkner arrived in Arkansas from
Louisiana six years ago and settled a.
the spot where the last days of his life
were spent. 1t is wild, isolated sec
ton, thinly inhabited. Faulkner was
i. a virtual king over a wide domain, fol
there was no one living within many
/ miles of his abode; and those witt
whom he now and then came in con
tact had no thought of disturbing him
or disputing his sovereignty. To them
he was mystery, for no one knew
anything about him, and he took nc
one in the locality into his confidence
The motive which induced him to lead
such a life is unknown. He dice
alone, without friendly voice or hanC
to sOOthe or cheer his last hours
Even his death was revealed by
chance. Two or three men We're rid
ing through the sWamps in the vicinity
Of his cabin searching for stray
: swine. They passed by the house anG
were attracted by the mournful howl
ing Of the dogs, and, dismOunting, en-
:, tered the building. Faulkner was
found stretched upon bed in one OF
the rooms, dead. Death had evidently
resulted from heart trouble, there be
ing nothing to indicate that he haG
persisted through suicide or by VIC
lence. He had been dead some hours
Papers, books and writing materia
were scattered around where he hat
thrown them. There were volumes OF
I poems and works of various author:
, on spiritualism and kindred subjects
There were also a lot of manuscript
poems and journals, showing tina
Faulkner had literary turn. Two o.
three of the poems were above the
average. The journals were records Of
everyday life, dating back many
years, and giving a succinct accoun
Of his life in the west and south after
! leaving the east
! GOOD TRAVELLERS.