Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-13
A VISION OF DEATH.
Strange story OF Womon's
Dream. Which Proved to 30
True to Lie.

Denver. Colo. May a.-"spcaiting Of
dreams and prcmonitlona. said Con. y.
J. Cook. who for thirty.nve years has
been chief OF the Rocky Mountain De-
tcctivc association. and for two terms
was sheriff at Denver during the
''pnimy days" Of the western city
speaking Of dreams and prcmonitlonH
reminds me Of n strange Psychological
happening that came under my own
personal observation ~ detective.
where u startling nightmare Of terrible
and complicated death and murder
proved true In every single detail"
Detectives NJ a rule are not Hupcrsti-
tlnuH, ana the Idea Of working out the
clew To- "a crime on mere dream n
widely VI variance with detective meth
OILS. They generally depend upon ma
tcfinl facts NJ they ma them with their
own eyes ana ears, but the following
reminlHcrnce. related BY Gen. Cook IL
20 strange that even tho WHY detective
has 90 admit that there h "romcthing
In dreams" II IN the story ~ tho Kill.
Ing ~ fellow detective. and Of the
killing ~ two horse thlcyeH-thc story
" womnn'H dream. thrilling In the
extreme ana yet faithfully true In every
particular ~ ntteHted hy tho criminal
record o. the West. The story deals
principally with Alex. Ramsey and his
wife. ana n located NJ Hayes city,
Kan. the time bcing the fall " ISIS
lthtnH"l, al that time, was about %
years ~ IKE. and " me a specimen Of
manhood ~ = met Ia days Journey,
lie was th0t lughly q Western man
frank. genial and liberal TO "a fAuit-aa
brave man an eV"r put spurs to u
horse" when duty called him 10 action.
lie was a good detective, exceilinF 60.
peclnlly In his dealings with desperate
chafnctofn, few years before the
date 81 this story he had married a
conhdlnE. imprcsnlonnhle little woman
down IN the Missouri valley, who loved
him devptcdiy, Shn depended upon him
Implicitly. believed IN his prowers In
~ matters. and really wornhipped him.
boon after their marriage they re-.
moved 10 Hayes city. near the coiorn-
40 line, and then the terminus OF the
Kansas Pacific railroad-a live. bus
Tins town full OF life and aboundlng
IN the rough characters, such AZ nc.
company the building Of railroads In
the West.
l,amscy had not long been at Hayes
clty when Ills courage. ~ well a. his
many other manly qualities. became
known 10 the people of tho place for
he frequently had occasion 10 aha In
the handling Of the violent spirits con.
ftcsated there, Hence II came about
that when the people IL that place
wanted an executive officer IN whom
hcy could trust, they selected Ram.
10y, Cen Cook, ~ chief ~ the Rocky
Mountain detective agency. heard N
lthinfcy, ana IN 1871 Invited him 20
become member OF his asaoointlon.
The offer was accepted, and Ramsey
became one ~ tho most active ofiloorn
o. the organization, always conducting
himself 20 ~ 10 win the appreciation
ana maintain the confidence OF his
chief, Ramsey had served one torn
hH thorlH 81 his county, and IN the
summer 0f 1876 was reelected. virtual.
~ without opposition. Heinz IN Don.
Yer room after his recollection, he told
Con, Cook that he was tho firat nhsriff
who had ever lived To be elected 10
q second term IN Hayes city. his thres
predecessors having been Killed before
the expiration ~ their respective term,
o. ONCE. II have gone through one
siege" he said. "and am goinF i,
try u again. The chances arr that I
SHAH be Killed. but viii take the
II was In October following his visit
To Denver that sir, Ramsey was called
upon 10 go In pursuit OF two horse
Thieves, character well known on
the frontier In those days NJ Dutch
Pete" and known By no other namr
accompanied q "pal'' whose name h.
not known at all. ana one night made
a raid upon a hand Of horses belong.
Ing 10 man living In Colorado nnd
siampeded thirty-nye head of them
when the owner nwokc the next morn.
Ing he found his animals gone. but he
was able 10 ascertain that the thieves
had taken their booty In the direction
~ smoky nm or the Republican River
HIS hrst Impulse, as he afterwards cx-
planned, was 10 pursue them himseif
but remembering tho SKIN and cOurnge
81 Ramsey In running down such char.
neisrH he changed his mind and went
TO Hayes ciiy and put the case Ia his
hands,
Ramsey cheerfully took charge of The
matter securing Frank Shepherd. a
friend In whom he had confidence. as
an assistant In the work before him,
and, kissing his wife good-by. rode m
In company with shepherd, going to-
ward Smoky Hin with the Intention Of
cutting on the retreat Of the thieves.
Mfa. Ransey somehow seemed 20 feel
an unusual desire 10 hold him back,
although she said nothing 10 him, for
the know that he would attend to HIS
duty In suite Of any forebOdinFn ~
hers, which he would consider childish.
womanish fear.
AZ midnight the entire household was
startled Into wakofulnoss By a horribly
Ing scream that seemed 20 come from
tho direction OF Mrs. Ramfey'a room.
All were astir In moment, and an
rushed pell-mell Into her apartments.
They found her out OF bed IN her night
clothes ana her two children, one of
them mere baby, cllnging % her. She
was talking In an incohercnt manner
at the top Of her voice, and the children
Thoroughly frightened al their mothers
manner, We're crying loudly, Those
gathered about the woman finally sue
ceeded In quleting her md ~ last nro-
cured an explanation from her. "such
horrid horrid dream." she exclaimed.