The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-28
CONNECTING EVIDENCE PRESENTED
AT THE TRIAL OF TOM HORN

took stenographic notes of the conver-
sation. Lefors said that before leav-
ing Horn in the morning he wanted TO
know more about the Nickel murder
and Horn replied:
No, not now. Wait until l return
from Montana. That killing is too
fresh"
Meeting at the office again at )
o'clock in the afternoon, with Snow
and Ohnhaus in the adjoining room,
/ the door of which was ajar, the COLI
versation was resumed, as follows:
who was the first man you ever
killed, Tom, and when was it?'
"A second lieutenant in the Mexican
army. l was then twenty-siX years
old and new at the business, but l got
accustomed to it after awhile"
How much did you get for killing
Powell and LewisT meaning the two
Iron Mountain ranchmen who We're as
sassinated eight years ago..
Il got 5000 each for those jobs"
Il know where you were paid that
money, Tom" said Lefors. 1T was
on the train between Cheyenne and
Denver"
Where did you find it out?" asked
Tom.
You received two 500 bills, and the
balance in gold" and Horn admitted
that this was right, adding: Il flashed
some powder in some shells at those
two killings and left them on the train
but the fool officers did not find them"
How much did you get for the kill
ing of Willie Nickel?''
Il got $500 for that. or $2,100 for
killing three men and shooting at an
other five times" Powell and Lewis
and Willie Nickel are supposed to be
the dead men referred TO by Horn,
and the father of the dead boy was
the one shot at five times)
killing men is my speciality" con-
tinued Horn. Il look upon it as IL
business proposition, and l guess l
have got Il corner on the market in
this section"
But tell me why you took the trou-
BILE to place Willie Nickels head on a
stone after you had killed him"
That's the way 1 hang out my shin
gle on n job of this kind, and the way
| collect my pay"
WAS there any agreement signed in
the Nickel killingY
NO. | do all my business with Goble
| meaning John c. Goble. manager Of
/ the Iron Mountain Ranch Company.
| have no trouble in collecting my
money, for | would kill man that
would beat me out of 10 cents"
II did not take anything from Goble
/ for that job, for he had kept EN- in
horses and grub and was the best
friend l ever had in the world"
| In talking about the killing of Lewis,
| Horn said that Lewis was the worst
scared man he ever saw when he rode
/ into the corral and shot him with his
revolver.
/ In speaking about the school teacher
who testified before the coroner's jury
and with whom Horn got acquainted
during the last few days before the
killing of Nickel. Horn said she was
pretty smooth, and that she kept him
posted of the doings of the coroner's $
| jury.
on the day he received summons to
appear before the jury he received II
letter from the school teacher, which
was as long, rs Horn said, las the gov
ernors message"
] The conversation closed by Horn
saying: IF | was TO die now at the
| age of forty-four years and three
months, | would have lived through
fifteen lives and the history of my life
would make interesting reading"
Lefors concluded his testimony by
stating that Horn was perfectly sober
at the time of the conversation with
| him, and was apparently in his right
/ mind.
! Stenographer Ohnhaus read his orig
| inal shorthand notes of the confession,
which he explained he took down while
he and Snow laid on n buffalo robe
spread on the floor near the door in an
| adjoining room.
The reading of the stenographer' S
| notes seemed to impress the attorneys
for Horn and the audience rs much as
had the testimony of Lefors. The Ian
| guage used by Lefors and Horn, as
shown by the stenographer's notes was
more natural than that used by Snow
or Lefors, who had probably forgotten
the exact wording of every sentence of
the prisoner. II went more into the de
tails of the confession.
The counsel for defense offered no
testimony, and Horn was bound over
and taken back TO his cell.
There has been no talk of violence,
| although the people are considerably
wrought up over the sensational dis
closures made this afternoon. The law
will. of course, deal with the prisoner,
| and the legal battle promises to be the
greatest struggle ever witnessed in this
western country. Horn is backed by
wealthy men and Il determined effort
will probably be made to free him.
More sensational disclosures are
promised when the case comes to trial,
and it is hinted that certain persons
will not be found when they are called
upon TO testify.
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