, 1896-11-12
4 GREELEY SENSATION.
THE MURDERER OF PAUL ROSE
LIKELY TO BE BROUGHT
TO JUSTICE.
HIS Lifeless Body Buried in the Sand
HILLS Near the Nebraska LINED.
A.. Cochran Found With the Cattle
and Brought Back to Weld County.
Where He Will Be Tried.

Denver, Colo. Nov. IA specia,
dispatch from Greeley to the Denver
Times says:
On Or about August Is considerable
excitement was created by the iisap-
E~eaIan2e of one Paul Rose. a ranch
men, living in the eastern part OF Weld
county, a full account of which was
published in the Times. Simultaneous,
ly with the disappearance of Rose his
cattle. numbering about eighty head.
were found to be missing. The long
absence of their son, caused the par
ents CT the young man TO entertain
grave fears Of his safety, and they con-
sequrntly notified the proper authori-
ties. who proceeded to investigate the
case. Sheriff Ayres and Inspector Ell.
lott instituted a thorough search for
the MISSING cattle and were rewarded
by finding them about 200 miles from
their Usual range and showing all the
indications incident to a long and hard
drive.
A short distance from the herd they
came upon d. A. Cochran. who, up tG
that moment, they supposed to be out
Of the country. as he had been indicted
on eight different charges of cattle
stealing and had jumped his bonds and
had secreted himself so successfully as
10 eyade diligent search made for him
l- .1,p ~ vi nn,-- ~ .hn 'nu- Tho nHfanrD
Elliott and Ayres. arrested Cochran
without difficulty. brought him to Gree
ley and lodged him in the county Jail.
4 search party was then organized to
hunt for the missing Paul Rose. Their
search was rewarded by the finding OF
the body of the murdered nan buried
in the sand hills near the Nebraska
line. Rose had been shot nee through
the head and once through the body.
The assassin. after completing his
bloody work. had evidently strapped
the body upon Roses horse and con,
veyed it some distance from the scene
of the murder. where he had dug a
shallow grave in the sand. into which
he had thrown the body. He then pro-
where he died. and to this oversight On
the part of the murderer the officers
were enabled to locate the body of the
missing man. When the report of the
finding Of the body reached GreeleI
public feeling was aroused and talk OF
lynchlng the man to whom the evil
dence pointed. as the guilty one. ID. A.
Cochran, waS heard on every corner.
In order to save the man from Judge
Lynch the officers secretly took Coch-
ran from the Greeley Jail and conveyed
him to Denver. where he has been con
fined up to yesterday morning, when
he was again brought here by Sheriff
Clark for trial at the district court,
which is now in session in this city.
The charges on which he will be tried
are nine in number. all for cattle steal
ing. Eight of these indictments are
those for which he was under bonds at
the time of his disappearance. The
nlltn cnarSe Is tnut OF Stealing Ine
herd of Paul Rose. the murdered man.
Prominent among those who will pros
ecute these charges are Pawnee Cat
tie. company. Brown Iliff Cattle COM
pany. Andrew McMillen and Gale Bros.
In regard to the murder Of Paul Rose.
to which the evidence strongly points
to Cochran as the assassin nothing will