Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-09

showed him their letters from promi-
nent Wyoming men to prove their
statements
| 1t doesn't make a blasted bit of
f, difference what or who Horner was
in Wyoming declared Gov. Hogg,
angrily. He was Joe Horner in Texas,
and Texas is the only state of the
union that I've got anything to do
with. / don't want you fellows to
bother me any more about this mat
ter, I'd like to oblige you, and all
that, but l simply am not going to is
sue any pardon for Joe Horner, and
that's all there is about it.
They went away from Austin, but
they didn't relax their efforts to get
Gov Hogg to see the Horner matter
from another point Of view. The pres
sure that they brought to bear, in fact,
was too strong even for the stubborn
but thoroughly honest Hogg to stand
up against. Finally the governor sent
for couple of the men who were most
actively working in Horner's interest.
"Look a-here, you fellows he said
to them, I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll
take look at this Horner fellow. I'm
a pretty good judge of men, and it
wont take me long to see whether
he's the sort of chap who ought to
get full pardon for all of his deviltry
If, after looking him over, decide
that his good intentions are on the
square, and that he's really liable as
you declare he is, to become useful
and upright citizen, why, I'll take the
matter under consideration, and I'll do
the right thing. IT, however, 1 don't
like the cut of him, why, I'll guarantee
TO you that he'll be guarded all
right. No effort will be made to ap-
prehend him when he quits my pres
ence, and he'll have ample opportunity
to make his getaway. Just you send
him to me at this office and let me size
him up
This was more than agreeable to
Horner's friends. They knew him to
be man of genuine winning person
ality, and they had no fear of the re-
suit if Horner was to get into contact
with the governor. But they told Mr..
Hogg that Horner was just then out
of the state, and that they weren't GER
tain when he'd be back.
That's all right, said Gov. Hogg.
I'm in no hurry Just you send him
| to me as soon as you get into communi-
! cation with him, and what l have
told you about his safety in these cir
cumstances goes
"Horner returned to Texas uneX-
pectedly only few days later, and his
| friends told him of their interview
with the governor. The thing, of
course, pleased Horner a good deal,
hut he fixed up an adroit little scheme
of his own to get into contact with
the governor without Mr.. Hogs
knowing about it.
Gov. Hogg was then, as he still is,
the most noted huntsman in Texas.
Through Joe Horner, a big coyote
drive was fixed up, and the governor
invited to participate in it as the lead
err. Mr.. Hogg more than ate up the
invitation-he never let's any such
sport as that get by him.
well, the guide and scout and mas
ter of ceremonies of that coyote hunt
was Joe Horner. He was with Gov.
Hogg from the beginning to the end of
the affair, and the governor took a
mighty fancy to Joe Horner, who was
not only an expert plainsman, but a
most agreeable companion.
when the coyote hunt was over the
governor, in parting with Hcrner,
shook the outlaw warmly by the hand,
told him that he'd had the time of
his life, and warmly invited him to
call upon him, the governor at Austin
whenever he passed that way
| I've heard the governor himself
tell the story, and he said that he
didn't know how he'd have acted had
he had the remotest idea at that time
that the man he had taken such
fancy to was no other than Joe Hor
ner, the west Texas outlaw, whose
friends were othersome for a par
don for him.
About two weeks after the coyote
drive a bunch of Horner's friends ap-
peared in Austin and notified the gov
ernor that Joe Horner was near by,
and that, in accordance with the gov
ernor's suggestion, the outlaw would
drop in at the governors Office on the
, following morning. The governor
named an hour in the forenoon for the
appointment, and thus it was ar.
ragged.
About a quarter OF an hour before
the exact hour, Joe Horner strolled
into the governors Office. Mr.. Hogg
gave him a warm handshake, ad-
dressing him by the name he had
/ brought from Wyoming-the only
name, of course, by which he knew
the outlaw-and began to talk enthu-
siastically about the coyote hunt. Hor-
ner famed his face with his hat and
talked easily.
Presently, however, Gov. Hogg be-
gan to fidget some in his chair and to
look at his watch. The time was at
bopd for +ho anuaaraunn of tho 0ut-