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onlv such ton as arc urcrssarv tn»* the • jot*r-11li ioalnoun nat ilt;het i*tc,irrtu-[ he)!’\w* *n{|MtheMONTANA SHERIFF KILLED.t ion -1ateDate MidiMoolt;t tin*lilltinanHU;nv-1 HihICC.'aii-in-olu-ver-laru u rued u11. U na, March 21. -Sheriff’ Janies\V. Wcl'li of Yellow tuno count}- \n a» v-hot ami kilh d this morning on the Musselshell, about six miles IroinHililngs, hv William Bycktound,ho: -e thii t. warned m Wyoming.Shei-itr Wehli located his man lastnight and earls this morning put himunder arrest. They were about to.-tart overland to Hillings, when Byek-uiund asked pcrmmMun to go * t,|l‘camp wagon and get a drink. It was.riven and Bvektound got into the•waf'on. In the wii^dii was a rifle. ! and lie tore the sheriff realized his danger Hylt; Mound shot the sheritY,killing him instantly.The murderer lt;scaped, hut several posses ot cowboys are in pursuit. It is the opinion it Byck found is run down by the cosvbovs there will nothe iiuy court trial.Sheriff Webb cl i cm I without a woril, the bullet piercing Ins jugular vein.The murderer tied on horseback. Mho, . .. . i . .4 i i tieiputfnews spread quickly and halt a bun- jaction, a he -*ttlelt;The liel Mia i nuaifOi the ci .Indue 1 chai rntalrail tor res] uiid, fliai nun!have noline ut acould i^N. KatoiIConniiactinj.lie* nroJm-that w I-pn (j;ressI a!11dstr. rt, aS. M. definedhead wuwliethejded lay;u i n gde-thehose,ucseAitorsJap-capshugeJap-S fill-dred cowboys are in pursuit.The dead officer was known as one of the best and most fearless men in the state. lie served six years as astock detective nud arrested many “bad ’’men, some of whom lie chased from one end of the state to the other before getting them, llis relentless pursuit of stock thieves made him manv enemies and his life was oftenas a ci under i and tinas disqin thethreatened.THE MURDERER KILLED.Hillings, March 25. —Wm. O. Hickford, the horse thief and outlaw whovesterduy murdered Sheriff Jus. T. ^ *Webb of this city was shot and killedi in -1 heknessin a battle with a posse near Thompson ranch at the foothills of the Snowyftmountains in Fergus county, 80 milesfrom Billings. Whether the desperado ' ing oionce, sonee c repuhltitled Mr. tion t(make and t! ted.whetliMi. Lready inaticthe ct
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Kalispell Inter Lake
Kalispell, Montana, US
Fri, Mar 27, 1908
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