Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1923, Page 5

THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1923. Che Casper Daily Cridune PAGE FIVE. WHEATLAND STOCKMEN TRIUMPH WITH CONVICTION OF RUSTLER (Continwe@ trom Page One.) in his case was pronounced, the ques- tion on the Hps of every one has been, “Will Sam tell what he knows?" For it is a practical certainty to the officers as well as the public that Cov- ington has operated in conjunction with others, and that he m'ght tell much if he would. Sentence has not yet been pronounced. And if he wou'd only “come through clean" with every-| thing, who. knows but that years! would be taken from his sentence?| Judges never make such promises, but | such things have been. But to date Sam has not told, and with each pass-| ing day the certainty grows that he will not save himself by telling. | Since Sam entered the Wheatland, terirtory 13 years ago, it has been the firm belief of storkmen that Sam was the center, the main “fence” of a rustling gang. “You know {t, but you can’t prove nothin’ was the com- mon verdict. Stock disappeared mys- terlously from the range. The own- ers lay out night after night with Win-! chesters, without result. Nothing of! a nature warranting legal action was fixed on him, with the exception of, the case referred to where the evi-| dence was stolen. The country southwest of Wheat- land in which he had settled was wel’ sulted to such operations. Sam him- lf acqu!red several Inrge fenced pas- tures, in a wild and remote section. It was surrounded by fenced pastures and was according’y never ridden by the stockmen. The hilly and broken nature of the country afforded many points of vantage to escape pursuit and keep watch over movements of officers. And the isolated nature of the Wheatland irrigated country, an isolated tract surrounded by bad lands, gave a good opportunity to rust- lers to shift stock around the margain by means of an underground system of stations. ‘Too Much Success His Undoing. So, with nearly a dozen well selected brands of his own, Sam prospered for many years. Then long success be- gan to breed contempt for the law, and the rustling began to increase in bold- ness, approaching tho wholesale “brassband™ methods of pioneer times. Cattle began to disappear by the dozen, by the score, by the hundred. One large cattleman, running 1,400 head on the range adjacent to the Wheatland Fiats, was short 120 of his number at the ‘end of the summer of BETTER THAN CALOMEL Thousands Have Discovered Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets are a Harmless Substitute Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets—the sub- stitute for calomel—are a mild but sure laxative, and their effect on the liver is almostinstantaneous. Theselittleolive- colored tablets are the result of Dr. Edwards’ determination not to treat liver and bowel complaints with calomel. The pleasant little tablets do the good that calomel does, but have no badafter effects. They don't injure the teeth like strong liquids or calomel. 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Address ..... as a candidate in the Casp body Wins” Prize Distribut: NOT each candidate nominated. 3 hursday Evening Only one nomination blank accepted for 1921, and others suffered in propor- tion. Then the small farmers ranchmen began to suffer. Poverty of the owner afforded no compunction to the rustling gang—the widow and orphan were the same to them as the wealthy foreign stockholder. Tales be- gan to circulate of carload shipments of misbranded cattle—of nine carloads that were shipped uninspected from a point on the Union Pacific west, and unloaded at points in Nebraska, And finatly it became apparent that the rustlers had overplayed their hand. Stockmen Hold Meeting to Organize. On Saturday, September 2, mass meeting of farmers and ranch- men gathered in the Platte county court house to consider ways and means of putting an end to a situation that had become unbearable. Every other farmer in the well settled farm. ing districts had his losses to report. A Platte County Live Sock Protective association was formed, and ways and means of action considered. And it seemed that even the rust- lers began to read the handwriting on the wall. Six days after that meet- ing two carloads of Covington cat- tle were deliveret at the Wheatlan¢, stockyards, sold to a Scottsbluff buy. er. It was not customary to Insp: cattle shipped to private buyers at Nebraska points. But the sheriff's office had become wary of a clean- up, and Under Sheriff Coulehan looked the stock over, holding back three head as patent m sbrands, Stockmen of the vicinity owning brands that might have been the or- rt {ginal of the alterations were notified. | And on the following Iff's office had three c the cattle held back, Suspecting more “dirty” work. Deputies Cowlehan and Adams were (ispatched to Omaha in pursuit of the rest of the shipment. They arrived there before the stock was unloaded, and were placed in charge of the inspection of Wyoming stock. De- puty Coulehan there held back 24 more cattle on suspicion of misbrand- ing, and the suspects were slaught- ered under the eye of the officers, the hides tagged, and returned to Wheat. land accompanied by affidavits, Covington et al Get Busy. In the meantime Covington and his associates had a short period of grace in which to cover up before owners of the cattle could be tuunc and war- rants sworn out. As it afterward ap- peared, they worked hard and fast. Scattered widely over the range, cat tle were found’ slaughtered with only the brands cut fram the carcasses. And Sam also worked to build up a cha!n of alibis to suit the cases of the y the sher- imants for stock already taken, which, it aft erward appeared, was Ill-advised. He selected a young rancher of good reputation in the vicinity, who had approached “him previously for m‘lk cows. Arriving at the home of this rancher late, in the @vening of the day following the detention of the cattle, he roused hin from bed, and informed him of his predicament. ‘That —— Roach and Payne and Lind Sts. IR FRIENDS and| 1922, a} are on my tracks and I need some! heop. Wayne,” he stated. “Now, you want some milk cows. You go to the stockyards and {identity certain of those cattle as you own, stating how the brands happened to be on them | that way, and I will show you some | milk cows that you can take and | milk as long as you please—for thelr | keep, you understand.” But the young rancher put him off for the present, and later took the witness stand against him, with a| | sworn statement to the above: effect. Net Closes in on Covington. Then on’ the following day Coving- ton received a summons to deliver himself up. Separate charges based jon the three head-of cattle held in | the Wheatland stockyards were pre-| | ferred against him, and a number of| lother charges were held for future | need. Every charge “stuck” in the preliminary hearings, and Covington | was bound over to the district court on three count, with an aggregate bond of $6,000 required. Then began his battie for liberty. His old supporters begun to fall off as his plight became evident, and he found it hard to get bond. For six weeks his wife wurked to raise the $6,000 that would at least liberate him until the time of his trial. And then, when she had at last secured it, and a promise of temporary respite was offered, the sheriff's office pre ferred another charge, ‘calling for more bonds, and Sam stayed in jail. Law Enforcement Men Ride Range * Meanwhile, the ald of A. S. Roach, | head of the state law enforcement department, and his afdes had been enlisted. For weeks, Roach and Sheriff Payne, with a force of picked men, rode the rango in search of further misbrands. Everywhere they found clues, though ttle direct evi dence. From one well in the vicinity of Covington’s ranch, -Under Sheriff !Coulehan took 25 hides, all rolled in ime and eaten until the brands were undecipherable. Other evidences of range butchery were found. Circling the bad lands about the Wheatland country, they scoured into | Laramie county, traversing all of the Goshen Hole district, and as far as Bayard, Nebraka, on the east. To the north they rode into Niobrara, Con. verse, and Natrona rounties, finding shores of m‘sbrands, many of which were restored to the vident owners. In Albany county a force under William Wilde engaged in a gun fight with sus. pects, who were taken at the time, but later turned loose because they made “things right” with the owners, and .no charges were entered. Covington Throws Out False Scents All the ‘while, Roach and Payne were working to get Covington to. turn state's evidence on his accom a shortened pices, with the lure of sentence if he would admit his own and his fellow rustlers’ guilt. And he apparently began to yield. On testimony given by him, two were ma One man charged was brought from California at great expe after which it becamo ap parent that the whole affair nothing more or less than a vi frameup on an innocent man, and the accused was sent back to his home. ‘The other accused party, a former employee of Covington, was brought to trial,and again it beeame apparent that Sam was merely trying to throw suspicion away from his real associates, and again tho suspect was released completely exonerated And meanwhi'e the day of his tria arrived. He was tried first on com plaint of Edward Wedemeyer, who claimed one of the steers held in the stockyards of Wheatland on Septem ber 8. The hide of the animal was produced in court. The brand was a clumsy working over of the Question Mark brand of Wedemeyer to form the 0-4 brand of Covington. Brand experts were introduced by tho stat: and defense both to prove or discredi the theory of alteraton. For hourr the hide was held between the jury jous experts expounded “cornea” brands, brand alteration, aging on brands. The prosecution marked out to the jury the older portions of the brand, arguing that a brand “corned” with age, that is, that the hide gradually crystalized, until the ght passed through it more readily than through the rest of the. bide. The light| showed dimmer through the newer | darts of the brand, they argued, dem. | onstrating the “worked” portions. | They marked out the regularity of tho | stamp of a branding fron, compared with the irregularity of a running tron. The witnesses for the defense re) flected on the accuracy of their state-| ments, arguing that the extent to which lght showed through a brand | the theories of of methods of} of tho effects of| [depended upon the deppth to which the different parts of the brand were | burned. If a brand were pressed dl-| rectly against the uneven side of a struggling animal, they affirmed, it would naturally burn deeper in some Parts than jn others, which would determine which parts of the brand would show through most plainly. | They en’arged on the ways in which brands will become misshapen through the growth of cattle, stating that a brand may grow several inches in‘size, or that it may grow more in one direction than another, pulling the design clear out of proportion. And then, when the jury and au- dienco had emerged from tho dense mental fog caused by their conflicting testimony, the young ranchman re ferred to above took the stand, and like a bolt out of a clear sky came the revelation of Covington’s attempt at bribery of witnesses. The defense was surprised and staggered, and the tide began to turn against the defend. ant. Sam Capitulates—Almost But Not Quite Consultations of attorneys were called. Once more the state and coun- ty officia’s brought pressure to bear on Covington to plead gullty—to turn state’s evidence—and so save himself, And for a time it seemed that he wavered. A rumor ran through the court room that he would take the stand and yield himself to the mercy of the judge. “Rot in Jail, but Never Tell.” And then, in the consultations somefintig: the chambers where were under way, haypendi—thp deZense stiffened—and the fight went on to tho end. It was reported that Sam had weakened, but that the ircn woman who had stood at his side un- flinchingyl in the battle to save him, had shamed him out of it. * “Rot in jail, but never tell a word,’ was her ultimatum, and when Covington re- turned to the court and took the stand, it was with an attempt to weaken the testimony of his accuser. But it was already a foregone con clusion when the case nt to the jury. ‘Two hours were required that body to arrive at a unanimous conclus:on. After Covington had received no- tice of his doum, he was again com: mitted to the county Jail for an in definite period of waiting, and the same posaibility of “Shortening ! sentence remaining. Once more he “peached.” but again it became evi For Pneumonia favorite household remedy. Prevents danger from Pneumonia, Croup, Sore Throat, Chest Colds, Boils, Bruises and Burns, Sore, Swol- len Joints, and all inflamed condi- tions. Nothing takes its place. and a strong electric light, while the Atall Drug Stores. 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And the question is stil! open—will he elect to die within the walls of Rawlins rather than tell all he knows? he public now believes that he will. The Ways of the Wily Rustler. But at least the stockmen aro breathing easter than they have for ® long tima, and they are confident that thelr stock will be 'safe in their own pastures at least for some time to come. And they have had an education in the practices of rustlers that mny Stand them in good stead in caso they ever have to acal with the sort again, Tt became evident during the pur- sult of the rustler cases that their main market, aside from butchered beef, were the Nebra the railroad lines ti his side of Omaha Stock shipped to re Omaha did not re- in Wyoming. But it was quite possible for rustlers to bill cattle to Omaha, and stop them this side, selling the shipment among farmers, or to local butchers. Hur dreds of cattle were doubtless <s posed of In this manner that were never seen by a brand inspector, It was apparent that an ‘:under Sround” shift was used. stolen cattle being shifted to ranges in differen Parts of the country, with established reay ranches. Transfers wero thus made between the ranyes on each side of the Wheatiand Flats, A curious feature of the case was the number and nature of the bra owned by Covington. Those acquired since his arrival in the Wheatland district bore a curlous relation to the large stockmen's brands of the adja cent range, which admitted of easy al- ds teration. The Two-Bar brand could evidently be changed easily to the ing E or the Jewsharp brands of Covington. 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