Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-21
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News of tho raid spread like Wild
fire, and the Wyoming Wool Growers
association Immediately offered a re-
ward OF $1,000 and hurried It's detec-
tive. Joe LeFors, to the scene. The
National Woolgrowers' association also
offered reward of 81 1000: the Big
Horn County association, 1000: Big
Wyoming $500. Sheriff Felix Alston,
OF Big Horn county, aided by the state
association detective. gathered evil
dence against the raiders. and on May
the grand jury returned true bills
against the following prominent cat
tlemen of the Tensleep country: George
Saban. NJ. A Alexander. Herbert L.
Brink, Ed Eaton, William Keycs.
Charles Farris and William Dixon.
keyes and Farris were taken to Sher-
idan. while the others were held at
Basin. the county seat. without ball.
During the summer the Wyoming
Wool Growers association and the
Big Horn county association cooper
atcd with the county authorities and
gathered damaging evidence against
the raiders. Farris and Keyes con-
fessed and turned states evidence.
their disclosure creating a sensation.
CONVICTED OF MURDER.
The trial began last October. and the
first OF the defendants, Herbert Brink,
was convicted of murder In the first
degree and he was sentenced to be
hanged In January, 1910 The others
seeing there was no hope, pleaded
guilty to murder In the second degree.
Saban and Alexander. the leaders. were
given from 20 to 26 years each In the
penitentiary. and Eaton and Dixon got
from three to four years each Farrls
ana KeyeS were discharged and left the
country. petition Will be presented
to the governor asking that he commute
the sentence of Brink to Imprisonment
for life. and this will probably be done.
FIRST CASE ON RECORD.
This Is the first case on record where
cattlemen have been convicted of sheep
camp raiding, slaughterlng sheep and
numbering sheep owners and employees
and, while great credit is due the coun-
ty officers of Big Horn county, the re-
suits would not have been secured
without the sheepmen's organization,
whose slogan has been and will con-
unue to be Prosecutions of Persecu-
tIon."
The sentencing of the Tensleep muir
derers while they got off very light,
considering the enormity of their crime,
marks the beginning of new era in
tho range states. and especially in Wyo-
ming, for dead lines. raids. slaughter of
sheep and the murder of innocent, law
abiding people will be tolerated no
longer. The state and county authorI-
ties VIII be made to see their duty and
the sheepmen's association will assist
IN all future prosecutions.
1t is to be hoped. however. that al
though the shepherd has at last wit
messed the punishment of raiders, he
will not become arrogant and over
bearing on the range or attempt to ride
over others or disregard their rights.
for while now he has the sympathy of
an outraged public. he will lose this
sympathy and support IL he does not
accord to others that same square deal
on the range that he has so long
sought, and which was not enjoyed un-
til recently
Get together you sheep and cattle
raisers. settle your differences am,c-
ably, and all the world will respect you.
GEORGE S. WALKER