The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-21
PLAN TO RESCUE
MURDERER HORN
Daring Plot to Deliver Wyoming
Desperate.
WARM RECEPTION PROMISED
OFFICERS GRIMLY WAITING
THE ATTACK.
WARH RECEPTION PROMISED

CHEYENNE. Wyo. oct. 2O.-Friends
OF Tom Horn, the condemned muir
derer Of While Nickel. the Iron
Mountain Tanchman's son. have
planned to make "a daring raid on the
Laramie county Jail and attempt the
delivery of Horn. All of the details OF
the plot have not been learned. but
enough is known to put the local au-
thoriues on their guard and prevent. II
possible, the carrying cut OF the bold
scheme 60 set Horn free
The plot had its inception in a small
town in ROutt county. Colo. and not
far from the Wyoming line. one OF
wyoming leading cattlemen Is al
Legged 60 be behind the scheme The
details of the proposed raid on the Jail
were discussed for two days and nights.
the men who are TO participate i'm the
hazardous undertaking were selected
ana other arrangements looking TO the
delivery of Horn were attended to.
Another meeting viii be held at some
convenient point south Of Laramie
in few days which viii be attended by
the cattleman, who is furnishing the
necessary money, and the six desper-
ADDE'S VINO viii foolshly risk their lib
erty and possibly lives in an attempt
10 Hbcrate ROrn.
Two Of the Men Known.
Two of the six men are known. and
efforts. which viii doubtless be sue
cessful. are now being put forth TO
learn the identity of the other four.
The identity of the cattleman leader is
e.Glso known.
All OF the cOnspira tors win be closely
watched from now on. and after their
arrival in Cheyenne they will not be
lost sight Of for a moment
Just how the attack upon the Jail
hl So
the dash win doubteas be made at
night and al am hour when few people
are i'm the streets. 70 is expected that
the six men selected for the job viii
come into the city quietly, bringing
their horses with them or shipping
them i'm after their arrival. Tt may be
that they viii he provided with mounts
here i'm the city. Laramie viii be the
base Of operations for the gang. the
men going backward and forward fire.
cueutly I'm order 20 throw the officers
Off and keep out OF sight as much as
possible.
Jail Now Fortress.
The first week i'm November is the
time set for the attack the conspira-
tors believing that Governor Chatterton
1zvill have been appealed TO prior to that
time Should the governor jntercede i'm
Horns behalf then there win be no
occasion for the carrying out of the
plans bu should the chief executive
refuse 10 Interfere, which be is almost
certain 70 do. then the attempt viii
probably be made. The cOnspira tors
may, however. get cold feet at the last
moment and throw up the job. and. It
is believed. they viii do so when they
learn OF the reception i'm store Tor them
at the county Jail II they proceed
cautiously they VIII surely discover
the excellent preparations that have
been made 10 repei an attack, but IF
they come into town in "A body and
make a dash at the Jail. trusting to
luck and the suddenness of the on
slaught TO accomplish results. then
there will surely be some dead dee-
peradoes for the Laramie county iaiI
is now a veritable fortress and is
strongly guarded, both on the inside
and on the outside
Sheriff Is Dead Game.
The impression has gone out that
Sheriff Smalley has not a sufficient
force to prevent the delivery of Horn.
but Smalley is no fool. for while there
have been no visible efforts made TO
place an extra guard about the jail. the
sheriff has gone about the work quietly
and has taken every possible precaution
60 prevent the delivery Of the murder
or. Sheriff Smauey has sworn TO do his
with his splendid record as an officer
know that he VIII not be caught nap
ping. SO far as Sheriff Smalley is con
cerned IL is a certainty that the very
letter of the law viii be complied with
and this means serious trouble for any
one that dares make "a move to liberate
Horn. and also that the child-murderer
viii be executed as prescribed by law.
The Laramie county Jail is now so
strongly guarded that no one can ap-
preach closer than 100 yards without
his presence and identity being known
10 those ON watch The building fairly
bristles with rifles and pistols. and the
men on guard are tried and true
To has been reported that the Jail
ornament includes "a rapid-fre Hotch-
'Riss gun. which is nightly stationed
.nt q point commanding the approaches
10 the jail and is i'm charge of an ex-
perienced gunner, but Of this nothing
definite Is known. Certain TT is that
something OF the sort has been pro
vided. for the officers look wise and
smile when the matter is mentioned. /
neither denying or affirming the runlor.