The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-06-16
SAW 1T IN A DREAM.
A SPIRIT VISION THAT CANNOT
BE REFuTED.


speaking OF dreams ana Fremont
lions" said Gen. d. J. Cooh' Who for
thlrty-hye years has been c"'ei Of the
Rocky Mountain Detective association.
and for two terms was sherlu at Den.
yer during the "palmy days Of the
Western speaking OF dreams
and premonitions reminds me OF
strange psychological happening thai
came under my own personal obserya-
ton a. detective. where startling
Detectives as a rule are not super
stitious. and the idea OF working out
the clew to a crime on mere dream
is widely at variance with detective
methods. They generally depend up
on material facts rs they hnu them
nightmare OF terrible and complicated
death and murder proved true IN every
single detail"
with their own eyes and ears DO, the
following remlniscence. related by Gen.
Cook. Is so strange that even the WHY
detective has to admit that there Is
something In dreams" II Is 'he story
Of the killing Of a fellow detective and
OF the killing OF two horse thieves
the story Of a womans dream thrill-
Ing In the extreme ard yet ial'hiully
true In every particular, as attes'ed by
the criminal record OF the west The
story deals principally with Alex
Ramsey and his wife. and Is located at
Hayes City. Kan. the time being the
fall OF 1875 Ramsey. at that time was
about So years OF age. and as hne a
specimen OF manhood as " met In a
days journey. He was thoroughly
n Western man-frank. genial and nb-
eral to a fault-as brave n man "a ever
put spurs to horse" wheh duty
called him to -"ilon. He was a good
detective. excellipg especially In his
dealings with desperate characters, A
few years before the date OF this story
he had married confdlng impres'
sionable little woman down In the MS
souri, Valley. who loved him devotfdly
She depended upon him implicitly, be-
lleved In his prowess In all matters
and really worshiped him. Soon aitel
their marriage they removed to Haye'
City, near the Colorado line, and theI
the terminus OF the Kansas Paclh'
rRilroad-a live. bustling town full o
life and Astounding in the rough char
aeters. such as accompany the building
Of railroads In the West.
Ramsey had not long been at Haye
City. when his courage. as well as hi
many other manly qualities. becam
known to the people OF that place. 70
he frequently had occasion TO aid II
the handling OF the violent spirits con
gregated there. Hence II came abou
that when the people OF that MAC
wanted an executive officer IN whom
they could trust. they selected Ramsey
Gen. Cook. us chief OF the ROCKY
Mountain detective agency. heard ol
Ramsey. and In 1871 invited him to be
come a member Of his association. Th'
offer was accepted. and Ramsey De
rame one OF the most active officers o.
the organization. always conducting
himself 50 az 10 win the appreciation
and maintain the confidence OF hii
chief. Ramsey had served one tern
as sheriff OF his county. and In the
summer OF 1875 was reelected, vir'
tualiy without opposition. Being II
Denver soon after his reelection HI
told Gen. Cook that he was the hrs
sheriff who had ever lived to be elected
TO second term in Hayes City. hi
three predecessors having been killed
before the expiration OF their re-
spective terms OF office II have gon,
through one siege" he said. and ! an
going TO try II again. The chances ar,
that shall be killed. but l will TAX,
the chances"
II was In October following his yisl
to Denver that Mr.. Ramsey was called
upon to go In pursuit Of two hors,
thieves. A character well known OF
the frontier In those days as "Dutci
Pete" and known by no other name
accompanied by a pal" whose nam,
10 not known at all, and one nigh
made a raid upon a band OF horses be
longing TO a man living in Colorado
and stampeded thirty-nve head o
them. when the owner awoke the mex
morning be found his animals gone