Tom Horn

Horn was a death sentence to rustlers and the devil incarnate to homesteaders in late nineteenth-century Wyoming. The most notorious of the range detectives and the pre-eminent name in Wyoming history, he operated unchecked until he was arrested for the 1901 murder of the fourteen-year-old son of a sheep-ranching settler. The murder and questionable nature of Horn's conviction still ignite firestorms of controversy among historians and Wyomingites in general.

With findings never before published, author Chip Carlson's monumental research draws the reader into questioning whether Tom Horn was actually railroaded for a murder he did not commit -- but could have. In this, Carlson's third book on events surrounding Tom Horn, he points to the probable killer of Willie Nickell.

Many photographs and documents enhance this new book. Cover and interior artwork have been provided by Wyoming artist Larry Edgar. A foreword by Larry D. Ball, Ph.D., places the events in perspective.

Before he was hanged Horn said, "I have lived about fifteen ordinary lives. I would lik

Foreword: A Conspicuous Place in History	p. xi
Preface	p. xiv
Introduction: The Controversy is Two-fold	p. xv
Innocent!	p. 19
Troublesome	p. 22
Bound to See Trouble	p. 28
Black, Shifty Eyes	p. 40
Considerable Cattle Stealing	p. 52
No Better Man	p. 61
A System That Never Fails	p. 65
The Desired Effect	p. 73
No Cure, No Pay	p. 81
Kill Him and Be Done With Him	p. 91
Don't Say Anything	p. 100
The General Welfare	p. 105
More Trouble Ahead	p. 118
Killed to Get Them Off the Range	p. 127
His Intention Was to Get Me	p. 133
Nobody's Family is Safe	p. 150
He Was Going to Kill Me on Sight	p. 159
Of Course, They Had Trouble	p. 166
Pretty Pronounced Thieves	p. 176
A Confession?	p. 192
Hung Before I Left the Ranch	p. 213
I Knew Perfectly Well What I Was Saying	p. 226
Guilty!	p. 247
He Talked Too Much	p. 255
How Is the Horn Case?	p. 272
Law and Justice?	p. 281
Escaped!	p. 288
Hanged by the Neck	p. 296
Terrifying, Ruthless, a Fine Fellow	p. 307
Afterword: He Killed Plenty of Other People	p. 310
Appendices
Glendolene Kimmell's Affidavit	p. 317
Judges T. Blake Kennedy and Ewing Kerr	p. 329
Endnotes	p. 339
Bibliography	p. 354
Acknowledgments	p. 364
Index	p. 366
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