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behind a hay stack.Ballew. on foot, started from Colorado Springs, where he hafl spent the night, toward La Junta. Several miles out he stole a horse and buggy from George Governeau, a farmer. The latter soon discovered his loss and telephoned to La Junta.Thinking that Ballew was merely a horse thief. Deputy Sheriff Jack Devine left here to intercept him. He had passed the Village of Ormega when he saw a man ahead of him try to dag a passing freight train. But the train did not stop and the man dropped In the tall grass behind the track. Further down the track wasthe horse and buggy that Ballew hadstolen.In the meanwhile Ballew met Wesley Wilson, a negro, driving a buggy, and forced him to turn the vehicle over to him Lathing the horse, he started driving at breakneck speed toward La JuntaAb he drove away 'Wilson drew a revolver^from his pocket and emptied it at the fugutive, -one bullet striking him In the thigh Then one shot was heard When the posse closed In they fouftd him dead with a bullet through his bead. Two revolvers lay beside him. None of the pursuers was Injured.It la thought that Ballew tried to flag the train in order to go to Las Cruces, N Mex . where his girl wife, who recently deserted him, lives. He had threatened her Jlfe, it Is said.pelbei1thlt;soenab'suiwaaanwawlriabladrlt;10-wlBhge-CO'enbitphCO'qu;budlipilantoicothistcmtso:Mo
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Harvard Herald
Harvard, Illinois, US
Thu, Aug 08, 1912
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