A cowboy detective

In Jail with Two Murderers--Testing Railway Conductors--Tramping as a Hobo through Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Texas--Robbery of the Treadwell Gold Mill in Ala...

Chasing Leon Carrier through the Republic of Mexico--Running Down “Bad” Men in Arizona--Big Ore Robbery on Bull Hill--Golden Fleece Ore-Stealing Case--Hobo Operation--Big Mining...

Jersey Lillie and Butterfly Mine-Salting Cases--Tramping on the Oregon Short Line Railway Company’s System--A Big Ore-Stealing Case in Salt Lake City, Utah--Trip to British Colu...

A Mining Case in Kelly, N. M.--Big Robbery in Prescott, A. T.--Incendiary Case in Wyoming--Mrs. Shaw Kidnapping Case in Pueblo, Colo.--Chase After “Bad” Man in Sonora, Mexico--C...

The writer was born in Matagorda county, Texas, in the extreme southern part of the State, in 1855, and was reared on the upper deck of all kinds and conditions of cow-ponies sc...

In the southwestern part of Colorado on the border of New Mexico, was situated the County of Archuleta, the county seat being Pagosa Springs, and the nearest railroad being Amar...

A rest of a few days in Denver, and Supt. A---- instructed me to get ready for a trip among the Ute Indians who were then reported to be on the warpath.

My next operation out of the city was a train robbery case upon the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Doc. Shores, the popular sheriff of Gunnison County, Colorado, had charge of th...

During the month of August, 1889, Superintendent McCartney called me into his private office where I was introduced to Mr. Geo. Pelling of the firm of Prinz & Pelling, of Tuscar...

After getting rid of Tim W., we furnished a new home and started to housekeeping again. Mamie and little Viola had returned from Springfield, Missouri, but the doctors had littl...

After the smallpox siege I found myself in Denver without a home or family ties; but I had quite a fat little bank account. My salary had piled up during the eight months that I...

On reaching a place of safety on the heavily timbered mountain side about three miles from Wallace, Stark and I lay down to sleep on the ground, using the sky to cover us.

IN JAIL WITH TWO MURDERERS--TESTING RAILWAY CONDUCTORS--TRAMPING AS A HOBO THROUGH COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS--ROBBERY OF THE TREADWELL GOLD MILL IN ALA...

CHASING LEON CARRIER THROUGH THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO--RUNNING DOWN BAD MEN IN ARIZONA--BIG ORE ROBBERY ON BULL HILL--GOLDEN FLEECE ORE STEALING CASE--HOBO OPERATION--BIG MINING S...

My next operation out of the city was of a “Frenzied Finance” order, wherein a man whom we will call Bill Blank, a cattleman whom I had known by reputation all my life, had swin...

KANSAS DAISY AND BUTTERFLY MINE-SALTING CASES--TRAMPING ON THE OREGON SHORT LINE RAILWAY COMPANY’S SYSTEM--A BIG ORE-STEALING CASE IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH--TRIP TO BRITISH COLUM...

Soon after arriving back in Denver I was detailed on a coal case to be tried in Las Animas, Colorado. Our clients were the Colorado Matte and Ore Co., and my work was against th...

Finally I was put to work for the Colorado Matte & Ore Co. on a long operation to find out the feeling of their coal miners. This was not pleasant work, as my associates were co...

Our Asst. Supt., Mr. Goddil, had been on the ground investigating this late robbery and had decided that “Kid” Curry, Bill Cruzan and a man who might be Longbough, did the job.

On returning to Denver, I was hardly allowed time to get my breath, when Supt. J. S. Kaiser detailed me on a railroad case which had been awaiting my return.

After returning from Salt Lake, I was detailed on many different kinds of operations, some of them taking me out of the city and state for a few weeks at a time. On one of these...

It was about the middle of November, 1903, when manager of the Western Division, Mr. Jas. McCartney, called me into his private office to inform me that I had been selected for...

After becoming settled in Whitesburg at the Holcomb log mansion on the main street, I began to study the people. I found that those living in town were an improvement over those...

A MINING CASE IN KELLY, N. M.--BIG ROBBERY IN PRESCOTT, A. T.--INCENDIARY CASE IN WYOMING--MRS. SHAW KIDNAPPING CASE IN PUEBLO, COLO.--CHASE AFTER “BAD” MAN IN SONORA, MEXICO--C...

On returning home from Roswell I was sent at once to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in response to a telegram from Absolom Stuck, a wealthy retired merchant of that place who wanted a sh...

I had to accompany that greatest of all detectives, James McCartney, who broke up the Molly Maguire gang--hanging twenty-three and sending thirty-two to the penitentiary--wherev...