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(Continned on page 3.)Billings, Mont., Mar. 25—Wearied by his attempts to evade the possewhich surrounded him and which sought to avenge the murder of Sheriff James T. Webb, William C. Byck-ford this afternoon evaded capture by firing a bullet into his braimThis afternoon Jack Hereford of Billings, and Deputy Sheriff Taylor of Mussel Shell, approached the sheep wagon at the Rufus Thompson ranch, where Byckford had been lying since daylight and found him dead with a bullet in his temple and a six shoot-er in his hand. The rifle with which he had slain the sheriff lay at his side. But one shot had been fired from his revolver.Before the body was found manyof the posse had arrived and the camp wagon was surrounded by men. It was only after a long silence fob lowing the one shot fired that Hereford ventured to approach the wogan No further shots greeted bim and peering cautiously into the vehicle henon# OvnVfAvfi Ininv nn Ilia hanlf
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Bismarck Daily Tribune
Bismarck, North Dakota, US
Thu, Mar 26, 1908
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