Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-12
UNCLE SANS HUNTERS

camp furniture. and raldins the Lard
ers-
II p Williams and Del Dssrth.
government hunters, were strinsins
some ulTs IN Myomius not lons aeO
when a terrified sh2ep herder burst
out OF the bushes white With fear. and
putting lake a locomotive he paused
long enough to explain that the
Bear had chased hlm out Of camp,
ana went MS way at high Epevd. VII
hams and bcarth reached the can
as quickly a. possible, and found ls
destroy ed. but the bear had gone The
trailsd the beast, snd ran across
heap Of forest debris, IA which thrs
found a side oi bacon cached by The
Bear the only title the beast ~hat-
There were nc other bears 10 the Biz
Finey h.rders and campers, 1ust the
L one uig outlaW.
rhe nunters went along the tran
little farther, and suddenly the bis
Killer charged them. Three bullets
were placed behind thc-SeaTs ear -
one hunter. and the otner sent shot
thru his spinal column. The beast
lleked but fsW yarus @. reachins
them when he Co1a1Ied The animal
Was extraordinarily large Tor his spe-
cles. weishing $50 POUNDS. was six feet
t~v tnyh-s long ana mis- Htna foot
measured ilis by inches lie was
terribly torn ly recent fsht, es4-
IDENTIFY a conflict with . grizzly seen
In the vicinity not long before
Another recent animal outlaw TO
meet the same fate was Old White,
notorious and ferOcious leader Of
pack OF wolves that Tor years caused
terrific damage 80 the rocks around
BcaF Sprlnss Mesa. Colorado, The
hunters accounted FOR Old Whites -
mat. early IN the year. and another
wolf Of the pack was shot. but the
crafty leader kept out OK sight snp
stepped lucky IN avoiding traps Bu.
finally a blind set OF four traps proved
sFaHs HHsaN for I'm Hh Of
cattle murder ended,
Master sri~a Criminal
The most dramatic death was that OF
The Custer Wolf" The most adroitly
concealed trap sscnsI as clear as day
Light to him He would kill IN oue
spot one night. and bs reported fifty
miles away the next. Dead shots
I missed him clean time and again. The
/ Euperstiticus credited him with
. charmed life He was supposed by
Z the credulous TO be not merely a wolf.
ou a monstrusity. nalf wolf and hair
mountain Hon. with the craft and
Z cruelty OF both. Public opinion credit
T - him with all the qualities OF the
I were wolf uf aEcisn- Legends.
In the nine years Of his outiswry
I around custer. South Dakota. the
] Custer Wolf killed stock valued a.
;ssnpo. The bounty on his head va,
raised from 800 to $500. professional
/ hunters sought him for gain Sports
/ men sought him for glory. He laughed
] at danger. and continued his career Of
crime unscathed. Thc ranchmen tried
] z big roundup after dogs and poison
| failed, but this failed too, ard VII
lisins, the government hunter, was
/ called In to do the job. with instruy-
/ tions to stick to It until the wolf was
dead
| Williams located the wolf around
/ some old dens in the PelEar noun
/ tnins. He scented up the solea of hts
shoes and started strinEinE his trans.
lie got his first sirht OF the wolf after
several days. The willy beast was
| thanked by two coyotes. ranging from
| 100 to 200 yards on either side OF him
These beasts he tolerated. but would
/ not let them come near him They
we're welcome to his kills after he had
| eaten his fill.
! Williams shot these bodyEuards. and
/ sun the big prize was too elusive.
| Twice the wolf stepped on the laws Of
/ traps. and one night rolled or fell into
/ one. but pulled away. leaving only
I hair TO show that he had been there
/ Once he coruered tho beast In can
/ yon after he had killed several cattle
7nd eaten his fiji, out two horsemen
riding M Fave the wolf the alarm, and
/ he escaped again. Finally. after an
other successful escape from a trap
which held part of his foot. the Gus
ter Wolf got into a trap last October
which held him fast He broke the
swivel and ran away with the trap on
his foot Williams trsiied him three
miles. got chance at him with his
rife. and brought him down
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