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[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

MY NAME IS TOM HORN.

KILLING IS MY SPECIALTY.

TOM HORN WAS
AN EFFICIENT ASSASSIN.

HIS M.O. WAS TO DO
A CLEAN SHOT TO THE HEAD

AND BE DONE WITH IT.

HE WAS COMPLETELY
COLD-BLOODED, REMORSELESS.

HE SAID THAT A BODY COUNT WAS
WHAT REALLY TURNED HIM ON.

NO CURE, NO PAY.

IF I DON'T GET 'EM,
COST NO ONE A CENT.

APPARENTLY, HE COULD RIDE
WITH MEN,

GET TO KNOW THEM,
EAT WITH THEM...

AND KILL THEM.

I WAS BORN TO HUNT.

IT'S IN MY BLOOD.

[ CLICK ]

[ HORSE WHINNIES IN DISTANCE ]

PUT THAT DOWN,
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

TALK ABOUT WHAT?

IN THE ARMY,
I KILLED FOR A LIVING.

WHEN I LEFT, IT WAS ALL I KNEW.

I BECAME ONE
OF THE HIGHEST PAID

AND BUSIEST ASSASSINS
IN THE WEST.

MEN WOULD LEARN TO FEAR
MY NAME.

BUT NO MAN HAS HEARD MY STORY
LIKE THIS BEFORE.

I'M TOM HORN,
AND I WAS BORN TO HUNT.

THE MORE HE GOT INTO IT,
THE DARKER IT BECAME.

IT BECAME
HIS HEART OF DARKNESS.

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[ GUNSHOT ]

WHAT KIND OF, UH, GUN
HAVE YOU GOT?

THE 30-30 WINCHESTER.

I'M A BUSINESSMAN
LIKE ANYONE ELSE,

BUT MY STOCK AND TRADE
IS EXECUTION.

I LOOK AT IT AS
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

I THINK I HAVE A CORNER
ON THE MARKET.

ON THE JOB,
I NEVER LET MY GUARD DOWN,

BUT OFF THE CLOCK,
I'VE BEEN KNOWN

TO ENJOY MY SHARE OF SPIRITS.

AND IT WAS
ON ONE OF THOSE OCCASIONS

IN A MEETING
WITH A PROSPECTIVE CLIENT

THAT I SAID TOO MUCH
AND SEALED MY FATE.

I LEFT NO DAMN TRAIL.

THE ONLY WAY TO COVER UP
YOUR TRAIL IS GOING BAREFOOT.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A PARADOX
IN TOM HORN'S LIFE.

WRITERS HAD A HARD TIME GETTING
THEIR MINDS WRAPPED AROUND IT,

BECAUSE HE'S THE FAMOUS SCOUT
IN THE SOUTHWEST.

HE'S THE MAN WHO IS INSTRUMENTAL
IN BRINGING IN GERONIMO

AND ENDING THE APACHE WARS
IN 1886.

THEN HE'S
A PINKERTON DETECTIVE.

HOW CAN A MAN LIKE THAT

BECOME THE MOST NOTORIOUS
HIRED KILLER

IN WESTERN HISTORY?

BUT THERE IS NO PARADOX.

TOM HORN WAS ALWAYS A KILLER.

BY 1900,
THE WEST WAS A NEW WORLD.

THE INDIAN WARS I FOUGHT

HAD MADE THE FRONTIER SAFER
FOR SETTLERS,

AND NOW THEY WERE COMING WEST
IN DROVES,

BUT BIG BUSINESSMEN
WERE MAKING A KILLING

RUNNING CATTLE
ACROSS THE OPEN RANGE.

AND THEY WEREN'T FOND OF
SHARING IT WITH HOMESTEADERS.

THE CATTLE BARONS COULDN'T
STOP HOMESTEADERS

FROM SETTLING THE RANGE,

BUT THEY COULD REMOVE THEM
FROM IT,

IF THOSE SETTLERS WERE FOUND
TO BE STEALING CATTLE.

RUSTLING WAS COMMON
IN THE WEST.

IN FACT, A LOT OF RANCHERS
GOT THEIR START

BEING CARELESS
WITH BRANDING IRONS

AND BEING CARELESS

WITH WHOSE CATTLE YOU
WERE ROPING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT WAS PROBABLY A LOT EASIER
TO GET AWAY WITH IT BACK THEN.

TO GO AFTER THE RUSTLERS,

ALL THE CATTLEMEN NEEDED
WAS JUST CAUSE...

AND AN ENFORCER.

THE CATTLEMEN WERE MOSTLY
EASTERN INVESTORS

DETERMINED
TO CLEAR THESE PEOPLE OUT.

A MAN LIKE TOM HORN WAS
A USEFUL INSTRUMENT,

A TOOL
IN THEIR NEFARIOUS PLANS.

WHAT I OFFERED
WAS A PERMANENT SOLUTION

FOR A PRIZE.

FOR THIS KIND OF WORK,

TOM HORN IS THE MAN
THAT WE WANT.

IS HE EXPENSIVE?

YEAH.

$500 A HEAD.

$500 IN THOSE DAYS
WAS BETWEEN

$5,000 AND $8,000
IN TODAY'S MONEY.

THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY.

IT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY.

HE NEVER GETS CAUGHT.

HE FELT THAT WHEN
HE MURDERED A RUSTLER,

IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT HAD TO BE DONE

AND THAT JUSTICE
HAD BEEN SERVED.

HE WAS
A SELF-APPOINTED LAWMAN.

THE CATTLEMEN CONTROLLED
THE GOVERNMENT OF WYOMING.

THEY WERE THE LAW.

AND SO TOM HORN THOUGHT
HE HAD A PRETTY FREE HAND.

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

THAT WAS HIS JOB.
HE WAS A HIT MAN,

AND THAT'S HOW HE MADE
HIS LIVING.

[ SPEAKING INAUDIBLY ]

Carlson:
PEOPLE SAID THAT HIS EYES

WOULD LOOK
RIGHT THROUGH YOU.

AND PART OF HIS STOCK AND TRADE
WAS INTIMIDATION

SO THAT WHEN HE WAS
RIDING THE RANGE,

AND THEN LOOK UP
ON A RIDGE,

AND YOU'D SEE HIM
UP ON A RIDGE WATCHING YOU.

SCARY.

Ball:
TOM HORN BEGAN TO THRIVE ON

THE FEAR THAT HE INSTILLED
IN PEOPLE.

FEAR CAN BE A POWERFUL WEAPON.

I LEARNED THAT
WHEN I WAS A KID.

LOOK, PA. I CAUGHT THREE.

I WAS BORN
IN SCOTLAND COUNTY, MISSOURI,

IN 1860,
THE 4th OF 8 CHILDREN

RAISED IN
A STRICT GERMAN HOUSEHOLD.

Carlson: TOM HORN'S FATHER
WAS A REAL SCOUNDREL.

HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED
AND WAS WANTED

FOR PASSING STOLEN
BANK NOTES.

HE WAS INVOLVED
IN SOME LAND FRAUD.

IF YOU SHOOK HANDS WITH HIM,
YOU'D WANNA COUNT YOUR FINGERS.

[ WHACK ]
UHH!

I THINK TOM'S PSYCHE WAS SUCH...
[ WHACK ]

THAT HAVING BEEN ABUSED
HIMSELF,

HE DID NOT HAVE ANY TROUBLE
ABUSING OTHER PEOPLE.

UHH!

AND THAT STAYED WITH HIM
ALL THROUGH HIS LIFE.

MY ONLY TRUE FRIEND AS A BOY
WAS MY HUNTIN' DOG, SHED...

AT LEAST FOR A TIME.

WRONG PATH, BOY.
BAD MOVE. GIVE ME THAT GUN.

GIVE THAT BACK.
[ SHED BARKING ]

GIVE ME THAT.
WHEN TOM WAS A YOUNG BOY,

PERHAPS 12 YEARS OLD,

HE GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION
WITH THESE KIDS,

AND WHEN THE ALTERCATION
WAS OVER,

THEY SHOT HIS DOG.
[ BARKING ]

WHERE YOU GOIN',
LITTLE DOGGIE?

[ CLICK ]

HE SAID, "THAT WAS THE FIRST
AND ONLY REAL SORROW

I EVER FELT."

LOOK AT YOUR CLOTHES.
RUINED. DAMN YOU!

NO, DAMN YOU!

UHH!

HIT YOUR FATHER?

AND FINALLY, ON ONE OCCASION,
UH, THE ELDER HORN BEAT --

BEAT TOM JR., AND TOM SAYS
THAT HE HAD TO LAY

IN THE BARN AND THE HAY
FOR SEVERAL DAYS

WITH HIS MOTHER
TREATING HIS BACK

UNTIL HE WAS WELL ENOUGH
TO GET UP AND WALK.

[ WHACK ]
[ YELLING ]

AND TOM SAYS THEN
HE LEFT HOME FOR GOOD.

AT THE AGE OF 14,
I WALKED INTO THE WEST,

DETERMINED TO CONTROL
MY OWN DESTINY

AND TO NEVER SUFFER ABUSE AT
THE HANDS OF ANOTHER MAN AGAIN.

Boggs: HE'S NOT ALONE.

UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE MIGRATING WESTWARD, UH,

TO ESCAPE,
TO REINVENT THEMSELVES,

TO MAKE A FORTUNE OR JUST
FOR THE ADVENTURE OF IT ALL,

SO HE'S GONNA RUN ACROSS
VARIOUS PEOPLE

WHO ARE PRETTY MUCH
JUST LIKE HIM

IN A LOT OF WAYS.

BUT IT'S STILL
A VERY WILD PLACE,

AND IT'S VERY RAW
AND CAN BE INCREDIBLY VIOLENT.

[ GUNSHOT ]

ALMOST THREE DECADES LATER,
I AM THE ONE TO BE FEARED.

MY NAME MAKES THIEVIN' COWBOYS
TREMBLE,

AND MY FACE IS THE LAST ONE
MANY OF THEM WILL EVER SEE.

BUT WHEN YOU LIVE BY THE SWORD,
YOU COME TO ACCEPT

THAT ONE DAY,
YOU'LL DIE BY IT.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

THROUGHOUT THE ROCKIES,
MY NAME,

TOM HORN, IS A CATTLE THIEF'S
WORST NIGHTMARE.

TOM HORN WOULD TRY TO INTIMIDATE
FIRST BEFORE HE'D KILL.

HE WOULD POST
A WARNING NOTE

ON SOMEBODY'S DOOR SILL TO GET
OUT BY SUCH AND SUCH A TIME.

HE MIGHT RIDE THROUGH
AT NIGHT

AND FIRE A FEW SHOTS
AT THE CABIN.

HIS FIRST PURPOSE WAS TO RUN
THESE PEOPLE OUT,

BUT ONE OR TWO PEOPLE
WERE KILLED.

THIS WOULD BE A MESSAGE
TO THE NEIGHBORS

TO GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

[ GUNSHOT ]

AS A HIRED GUN
FOR THE BIG CATTLE OPERATIONS

ALONG THE COLORADO/WYOMING
BORDER,

I'M NEVER LACKING FOR WORK.

THERE ARE ALWAYS PLENTY
OF WOULD-BE RANCHERS

TRYING TO TRIM
FROM THE BIGGER HERDS

TO START THEIR OWN --

UPSTARTS WHO HAVEN'T YET
LEARNED THEIR PLACE

IN THE PECKING ORDER.

MATT RASH IS ONE OF 'EM.

IF THEY GET
ALL THIS LAND HERE,

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TOUGH TIME
GETTING IN THERE

TO ALL THE FRESH WATER,

DEPENDING ON HOW
THE DROUGHT GOES.

Boggs: MATT RASH COMES UP
TO THIS AREA FROM TEXAS.

HE IS QUITE POPULAR,
EXCEPT THAT HE'S BEEN CAUGHT

WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S CATTLE
BEFORE,

AND THAT'S GONNA BRAND HIM

AS SOMEONE THAT NEEDS
TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

YOU KNOW MISS BASSETT?

RASH IS THE PRESIDENT

OF THE BROWN'S PARK
CATTLE ASSOCIATION,

WHICH, AS I SEE IT,

IS BASICALLY
JUST A GANG OF RUSTLERS

SCHEMING TO LOOK OFFICIAL.

MATT RASH WAS A TARGET
BECAUSE HE WAS THE SPOKESMAN.

HE WAS REALLY DETERMINED
TO KEEP THEIR WAY OF LIFE

THE WAY IT WAS.

THE GOAL OF RASH
AND HIS CRONIES IS TO DRIVE

THE BIG CATTLE HERDS
OUT OF THE COUNTY ALTOGETHER

AND CLAIM
EXCLUSIVE GRAZING RIGHTS

TO ONE OF THE LAST GREAT
OPEN RANGES IN THE WEST.

BROWN'S PARK IS SURROUNDED
BY MOUNTAINS,

AND IT'S A LITTLE LOWER
ELEVATION THAN YOU'LL FIND

IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.

THE WINTERS, THEREFORE,
ARE A LITTLE MILDER.

IT WAS AN IDEAL PLACE
TO RAISE CATTLE.

IT WAS ALSO AN IDEAL PLACE
TO STEAL CATTLE,

AND THERE WAS A PROBLEM
WITH THAT.

IT'S MY JOB TO STOP
MINOR THREATS LIKE RASH

FROM BECOMING MAJOR ONES.

MOST OF THE TIME,
THE CATTLE THIEVES

CLEAN UP THEIR ACT WHEN
CONFRONTED WITH THE PROSPECT

OF THEIR OWN DEMISE.

BUT BROWN'S PARK IS DIFFERENT.

THE LOCALS HERE, IT SEEMS,
ARE NOT SO EASILY TAMED.

THE BIG RANCHERS WANTED
TO ENCOMPASS BROWN'S PARK

INTO THEIR RANGE,

AND BROWN'S PARK SAID
ABSOLUTELY NOT.

THAT WASN'T THE ANSWER
MY BOSSES WANTED TO HEAR.

THEY HAD VERY CLEAR WAYS OF
COMMUNICATING THEIR DISCONTENT.

BUT EVEN IN THE FACE
OF DEADLY CONSEQUENCES,

THE CATTLE KEPT DISAPPEARING,

AND I HAD EVERY REASON
TO BELIEVE

RASH AND HIS FRIENDS
WERE THE CULPRITS.

A GOOD HUNTER KNOWS HIS PREY,

LEARNS ITS HABITS
AND MOVEMENTS,

AND WAITS FOR
THE PERFECT MOMENT TO STRIKE.

THIS MATT RASH'S PLACE?

THAT'S ME.

DO SOMETHIN' FOR YA?

I HAD TO GET CLOSE TO MATT RASH
AND FIND THE SMOKIN' GUN

THAT WOULD JUSTIFY
HIS ELIMINATION.

YEAH, I'M TOM HICKS.

MR. BASSETT UP THIS WAY
SAID YOU NEED A HAND?

I COULD USE THE WORK.

Ball: HE WENT UNDER THE ALIAS
OF "HICKS," "TOM HICKS."

HE WORKED UNDERCOVER
FOR A WHILE,

INSISTING ONCE
THAT HE WAS A COWBOY.

ANOTHER TIME,
HE'S A CATTLE BUYER.

Kouris:
SO MATT RASH HIRED HIM ON,

AND HE RODE
WITH THE BROWN'S PARKERS

AND LIVED AMONG 'EM
FOR QUITE A WHILE.

Man: OH!

YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL
THE CHARACTER OF A MAN

BY THE CATTLE IN HIS CORRAL.

HE WAS LOOKING FOR CALVES

AND CATTLE
THAT WERE OUT OF PLACE,

THAT WERE OFF
OF THEIR RANGE.

HE COULD IDENTIFY THEM
BY THEIR BRANDS,

AND HE'D LOOK TO SEE

IF THEY POSSIBLY
HAD BEEN STOLEN.

RASH AND HIS HANDS WERE EASY
TO WIN OVER.

BUT I COULD NEVER GET A READ
ON HIS LADY FRIEND.

ANN BASSETT WAS HER NAME.
SHE WOULD LATER BECOME FAMOUS

FOR RUNNING WITH BUTCH CASSIDY
AND THE SUNDANCE KID.

Kouris: ANN FELT
SO UNCOMFORTABLE,

AND SHE WISHED
THAT THEIR BROTHERS

WOULD INFLUENCE
MATT RASH AND OTHERS

TO SEND HIM ON HIS WAY.

THE PRESENCE OF HORN
IN THE VICINITY

JUST MADE EVERYBODY NERVOUS,

AND I THINK HE LEARNED
TO THRIVE ON THAT,

AND THAT BECAME
ONE OF HIS BIG WEAKNESSES

AS TIME PROGRESSED.

HUNTING MEN IS NO DIFFERENT
FROM HUNTING GAME, REALLY.

IT'S A CRAFT I'VE HONED
FOR A QUARTER CENTURY,

EVER SINCE I SET OUT
FOR THE FRONTIER BACK IN 1875.

YOUNG TOM WAS A GUTSY KID.

TO TAKE OFF AND LEAVE HOME
LIKE THAT AND JUST HEAD WEST --

THIS WAS A KID WHO WAS REALLY
NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING.

Ball:
A CREW OF TEXAS COWBOYS

CAME THROUGH
THE KANSAS CATTLE TOWN.

TOM SAW THOSE BOYS,
AND HE JOINED THEM.

FROM THAT TIME ON,
HE LIVED A ROVING LIFE.

EVENTUALLY, I MADE MY WAY
INTO ARIZONA TERRITORY

AND TOOK A JOB PROTECTING
THE ARMY'S CATTLE HERDS

ALONG THE MEXICAN BORDER.

IT WAS A NO MAN'S LAND
DOWN THERE,

WHERE MOST SCORES WERE SETTLED
WITH BULLETS.

AND SOMETHING ABOUT THAT
APPEALED TO ME.

SOON I WAS BEING SENT
ON SCOUTING MISSIONS

TO CHASE DOWN
MY FAVORITE TARGETS --

CATTLE THIEVES.

TOM HORN HATED A THIEF.

IF THERE WAS ANYTHING HE HATED,
IT WAS A THIEF.

HE FELT THAT THE LAW

REQUIRED THAT THESE THIEVES
BE ELIMINATED.

TO HUNT MY TARGET SUCCESSFULLY,
I NEEDED TO LEARN THE TERRAIN.

AND NO ONE KNEW IT BETTER THAN
THOSE WHOSE ANCESTORS

HAVE LIVED HERE FOR CENTURIES.

HE LIVED AROUND THE APACHES
FOR SOME TIME.

HE PICKED UP THEIR LANGUAGE.
HE WAS FLUENT IN SPANISH.

AND SO HE MADE HIMSELF
VERY USEFUL

TO THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT
IN ARIZONA IN THE 1880s.

HE WAS A TRACKER --

A VERY GOOD TRACKER,
MEANING HE COULD FOLLOW

FOOTPRINTS OF PEOPLE
WHO HAD GONE BEFORE HIM.

MY METHODS ARE CLINICAL.
I PATIENTLY TRACK THE TARGET,

FIND THE LOOKOUT,
AND THEN DRAW A BEAD.

TOM HORN WAS AN EFFICIENT
DETECTIVE AND ASSASSIN.

HIS M.O. WAS TO DO
A CLEAN SHOT TO THE HEAD

AND BE DONE WITH IT.

SO WE GOT DONE CLEANING IT.

ACTION'S A WHOLE LOT SMOOTHER.

MY REPUTATION AS A TRACKER
SOON CAUGHT THE ATTENTION

OF THE U.S. CAVALRY, WHICH WAS
FIGHTING A FIERCE GUERILLA WAR

WITH THE SAME INDIANS
I HAD COME TO KNOW SO WELL.

THE APACHES WERE
A MOUNTAIN PEOPLE --

NOT LARGE IN NUMBER
BUT TENACIOUS WARRIORS.

POUND FOR POUND, THEY WERE
THE TIGERS OF THE HUMAN RACE.

THERE WERE OCCASIONAL BULKS

OF APACHE WARRIORS WHO WOULD
LEAVE THE RESERVATION

AND GO OFF ON RAIDS.

I HAD JUST THE KIND OF
EXPERIENCE AND BRAVADO NEEDED

TO TRACK
THE ROGUE APACHES DOWN.

THE ARMY CIVILIAN
CHIEF OF SCOUTS IN ARIZONA,

AL SIEBER, PERSONALLY
RECRUITED ME TO THE CAUSE.

DAMN GOOD
WITH THE COLT, HORN.

I SUSPECT THEM INJUNS
ARE GONNA TURN TAIL AND RUN

WHEN THEY SEE YOU.

CAPTAIN, THEY WON'T SEE ME.

[ LAUGHS ]

SIEBER WANTED ME 'CAUSE I WAS
YOUNG AND ACTIVE,

TRAVEL WITH HIM ALL DAY
AND HERD HORSES AT NIGHT

AND TEND THE PACKS.

ALL THAT WAS FUN FOR ME.

I THINK THIS WAS INDEED

THE MOST FORMATIVE PERIOD
IN TOM HORN'S LIFE.

HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD,

AND HE WAS LODGED INTO
ONE OF THE MOST VICIOUS

AND BLOODY PERIODS
IN AMERICAN FRONTIER HISTORY.

FROM THAT POINT ON,

I TOOK PART IN ALMOST
ALL OF THE APACHE CAMPAIGNS.

I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN HAVING
HELPED CORRAL

THE LAST OF THEIR WARRIORS.

THESE BATTLES

HAD A VERY HARDENING EFFECT
ON TOM HORN,

BECAUSE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
WERE KILLED INDISCRIMINATELY.

I DON'T GET ANY INDICATION
THAT HORN FELT ANY REMORSE.

THIS WAS A PRACTICAL MATTER.

HE WAS DOING WHAT
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

HAD AUTHORIZED HIM TO DO.

BY THE SUMMER OF 1886, WE HAD
BEATEN ALL BUT A FEW APACHES

INTO SUBMISSION, BUT ONE BAND
OF RELENTLESS FIGHTERS

STILL ELUDED US.

THEY WERE LED BY THE TRIBE'S
MOST NOTORIOUS LEADER,

A MAN I WAS DETERMINED
TO CAPTURE,

OR, IF NEED BE, KILL...

GERONIMO.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

IN THE SUMMER OF 1886,
OUR CALVARY WAS CLOSING IN

ON THE WEST'S MOST DANGEROUS
INDIAN.

GERONIMO AND HIS GUERILLAS

HAD SLAUGHTERED HUNDREDS
OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS

IN HIS WAR
AGAINST THE WHITE MAN.

NOW AT 26, I, TOM HORN, WAS
PART OF A SQUAD OF ARMY SCOUTS

DEDICATED TO TRACKING HIM DOWN.

TOM HORN IS INSTRUMENTAL IN
THE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST GERONIMO.

IN SEPTEMBER,
AFTER MONTHS OF NEAR MISSES,

WE TRACKED GERONIMO
TO HIS HIDEOUT

NEAR SONORA, MEXICO,

AND FORCED HIS SURRENDER.

FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MY LIFE,

I SAW THIS MAN OF WHOM
I'VE HEARD SO MUCH

FROM BOTH INDIANS
AND WHITE MEN.

HE HAD
AN INTELLIGENT-LOOKING FACE,

BUT WHEN HE TURNED
AND LOOKED AT A PERSON,

HIS EYES WERE SO SHARP
AND PIERCING,

THAT THEY SEEMED FAIRLY
TO STICK INTO HIM.

ANYHOW, THAT'S HOW
IT SEEMED TO ME,

BUT I WAS A LITTLE SHAKY.

THROUGH THIS TREATY
THAT I PROPOSE,

WAR BETWEEN OUR PEOPLES
CAN END.

AND THE APACHE SHALL
LIVE IN PEACE AS FRIENDS

OF THE WHITE MEN.

HE SAID TO ME...

"YOU ARE A YOUNG MAN.

"THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A WAR
WITH ME AND MINE.

"BUT WAR IS ONE THING.
TALKING BUSINESS IS ANOTHER.

"I'D BE JUST AS PLEASED
TO MEET YOU IN BATTLE

AS I WOULD IN COUNCIL."

Hutton: WITH THE CAPTURE
OF GERONIMO,

THERE'S NO NEED FOR SCOUTS
LIKE TOM HORN ANYMORE.

SO HE LOOKED ABOUT FOR
OTHER EMPLOYMENT.

WHAT DOES A YOUNG MAN
WHO'S JUST SPENT

THE LAST 10 YEARS
ENGAGED IN KILLING

FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DO FOR A LIVING?

HE LOOKS FOR OTHER PEOPLE
WHO NEED A MAN

WHO'S GOOD WITH A GUN.

AND HE HIRED HIMSELF
TO THE PINKERTONS,

AND DESPITE THE OUTSTANDING
REPUTATION OF THE PINKERTONS,

IN MANY CASES,

AS WAS SHOWN IN THEIR PURSUIT
OF JESSE JAMES,

THEY SHOT FIRST
AND ASKED QUESTIONS LATER.

[ HISSING, CLATTER ]

[ EXPLOSION ]

I PUT 17 MEN IN THE GROUND
FOR THE PINKERTONS

ALL OVER THE ROCKIES --

TRAIN ROBBERS
AND CATTLE THIEVES, MOSTLY.

BUT AFTER A COUPLE YEARS,

I LEFT THE AGENCY
FOR GREENER PASTURES.

Carlson:
HORN WAS THE KIND OF GUY

WHO WOULD NOT THRIVE
IN A BIG CORPORATION

OR ANY KIND
OF BUREAUCRACY.

HE WAS A MAN OF ACTION.
HE WANTED TO BE OUT,

ON THE GO, ALL THE TIME.

FOR MORE THAN A DECADE
AFTER WE CORRALLED GERONIMO,

I DRIFTED FROM ONE PLACE
TO ANOTHER

AS A PRIVATE GUN FOR HIRE,

BUT IN 1898,
I GOT ANOTHER CHANCE

TO HUNT DOWN
ENEMIES OF THE STATE.

HORN ENLISTED
IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR,

GOT TO CUBA. APPARENTLY,
WAS INSTRUMENTAL

IN TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S RIDE
UP SAN JUAN HILL.

HE, LIKE, MANY OTHERS,
CONTRACTED YELLOW FEVER

AND GOT REAL SICK.

MORE THAN 3,000 OF OUR MEN
DIED FROM DISEASE --

15 TIMES AS MANY AS WERE
KILLED IN COMBAT.

I NEARLY SUCCUMBED MYSELF,

BUT MY TIME WAS NOT YET
AT HAND.

THE FEVER MAY HAVE DONE
SOME THINGS TO HIS BRAIN.

PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM SAID THAT
WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM CUBA,

HE WAS NEVER
THE SAME PERSON.

Bell:
HE BEGAN TO DRINK MORE.

I THINK HE WAS TROUBLED.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
THAT FAR OFF

TO GO FROM BEING
A MAN OF ACTION, INTEGRITY,

AS A DETECTIVE DEALING
WITH HARD MEN

AND TURNING THAT CORNER
TO BEING AN ASSASSIN.

[ GUNSHOT ]

IT'S YOURS, ISN'T IT?

LOOKS LIKE IT.

NOT LONG AFTER I RETURNED
FROM CUBA,

I WAS HIRED BY
THE BIG WYOMING CATTLE BARONS

TO EXTERMINATE THE RUSTLERS WHO
WERE PICKING OFF THEIR HERDS.

FOREMOST AMONG THEM WAS
AN UPSTART RANCHER

NAMED MATT RASH.

FOR WEEKS, I STALKED RASH
FROM THE INSIDE,

WORKING AS ONE
OF HIS RANCH HANDS

UNTIL I HAD THE EVIDENCE
I NEEDED TO EXACT JUSTICE.

YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS?

THEY'D KNOW
THEIR PROPERTY VALUE --

THE BRAND ON THE CATTLE,
FOR NUMBER ONE,

SO THE BRAND WAS A HUGE ISSUE
BECAUSE YOU BRAND THAT LIVESTOCK

TO SHOW THAT IT WAS YOURS.

HE INVESTIGATED
MATT RASH'S DOINGS

AND DETERMINED THAT RASH

WAS STEALING AND BRANDING
CATTLE WITH HIS OWN BRAND.

WITH A SMOKING GUN IN HAND,

I GOT THE GO-AHEAD TO PUT
MATT RASH IN THE GROUND.

NICE JOB.

BUT KILLING CATTLE THIEVES
IS MORE THAN JUST BUSINESS.

FOR ME, IT'S EXTREMELY PERSONAL

BECAUSE I WAS ONCE
THEIR TARGET.

[ GUNSHOT ]

TOM. TOM, BETTER GET UP.

WHAT IS IT, BILL?

RUSTLERS.

Ball: DURING TOM HORN'S LIFE,
THERE WERE MOMENTS

WHEN HE MADE DECISIONS THAT
CHANGED THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE.

HORN TRIED TO START
A RANCH HIMSELF.

HE STARTED BUILDING A HERD,
AND THIEVES STOLE HIS CATTLE,

AND THIS WAS A FORMATIVE MOMENT
IN HORN'S LIFE, I THINK.

HE DEVELOPED
AN INVETERATE HATRED OF THIEVES.

THE REST OF HIS LIFE,

HE ABSOLUTELY DESPISED
PEOPLE WHO STOLE CATTLE,

BECAUSE THEY WIPED OUT
HIS START-UP HERD.

THOSE THIEVES STOLE MORE THAN
MY CATTLE.

THEY STOLE MY FUTURE.
I WAS BROKE AFTER THAT.

REPLACING THE HERD

AND STARTING OVER
WASN'T AN OPTION,

SO I FELL BACK ON THE SKILL

AND OFFERED BOTH MONEY
AND REVENGE --

TRACKIN'.

Horn: "NO CURE, NO PAY"
IS MY MOTTO.

IF I DON'T GET THEM,

COST NO ONE A CENT.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY MEN
I KILLED IN THE 1890s.

I WOULD GUESS 25 OR MORE.
THEY WERE ALL CLEAN KILLS --

NOTHING ANYONE COULD TRACE.

Carlson: TOM HORN WAS A LAW
UNTO HIMSELF.

HE WAS
A SELF-APPOINTED LAWMAN,

AND THAT WAS COMMON THINKING

AMONG THE BIG CATTLEMEN
IN THOSE DAYS.

THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH
ELIMINATING RUSTLERS THAT WAY.

Boggs: THERE'S THIS MYTH
THAT TOM HORN

WOULD LEAVE A ROCK UNDER
THE HEADS OF HIS VICTIMS.

IS THAT TRUE? IF IT'S TRUE,

THEN TOM HORN'S NOT VERY SMART,
BECAUSE THAT'S A CALLING CARD.

THE IDEA THAT HE PLACED
A ROCK UNDER THE, UH, HEAD

MEANS THAT HE CAME UP
AND ACTUALLY WATCHED HIM DIE.

THAT'S JUST KIND OF CREEPY.

[ GUNSHOT ]

TO ME, MATT RASH WAS JUST
ANOTHER NAME ON THE HIT LIST --

ANOTHER CRIMINAL I WAS PAID

TO PUT OUT OF BUSINESS
FOR GOOD.

AFTER A SUMMER WORKING
UNDERCOVER ON HIS RANCH,

I'D SEEN ENOUGH EVIDENCE
TO PROVE HE WAS A CATTLE THIEF.

MATT RASH HAD JUST FIXED
A MEAL.

HE HAD ONE SHOE OFF,

AND THE LACES UNDONE
ON ANOTHER.

THE MEAL ALL SET WHERE IT WAS,
HIS SADDLE HORSE

STILL STOOD TIED UP.

MORNING, TOM.

MORNIN'.

I'M JUST FINISHING UP
BREAKFAST.

POUR YOURSELF SOME COFFEE.
I'LL BE OUT IN A MINUTE.

MATT RASH HAD ABSOLUTELY
NO WAY OF DEFENDING HIMSELF.

IT WAS AN AMBUSH, AND HE HAD
NO IDEA IT WAS COMING.

[ GUN COCKS ]

WHAT IS IT, TOM?

NOW JUST --
JUST TAKE IT EASY.

PUT THAT DOWN
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

TALK ABOUT WHAT?

[ GUNSHOTS ]

NOW JUST --
JUST TAKE IT EASY.

PUT THAT DOWN,
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

TALK ABOUT WHAT?

IN JULY OF 1900, I, TOM HORN,
SENT THE RINGLEADER

OF COLORADO'S CATTLE THIEVES
ON HOME TO HELL.

WHEN HE SHOT MATT RASH,
HE SHOT HIM IN THE CHEST.

IT APPEARS TO BE MUCH MORE
OF AN ASSASSINATION

FROM CLOSE UP, UM,
THAN FROM A DISTANCE.

IT'S MORE PERSONAL.

RASH'S DEATH SENT
AN UNMISTAKABLE MESSAGE

TO THE REST OF HIS KIND.

THIEVIN' MEN AIN'T WELCOME
IN BROWN'S PARK.

Kouris: THE IMPACT
OF MATT RASH'S MURDER

WAS DEVASTATING.

THERE WAS SHOCK
THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY,

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

Davidson:
AFTER MATT RASH'S DEATH,

YOU WOULD'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE
LEFT THE COUNTY OR THE AREA,

ALTOGETHER NEVER TO RETURN.

THE NEWSPAPERS BEGAN TO CALL IT
THE "REIGN OF TERROR"

BECAUSE NOBODY THOUGHT

THEY WERE REALLY SAFE
FROM SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.

TOM HORN HAD
HIS DESIRED EFFECT,

AND IT WAS TO SCARE.

THE LOCALS PRESUME
THAT MY EMPLOYERS,

THE CATTLE BARONS,
WERE BEHIND THE KILLING.

BUT THEY WONDERED WHO
THEIR TRIGGER MAN WAS.

THEY SUSPECTED ISAM DART,
A BLACK RANCH HAND AND COWBOY

WHO MAY HAVE BEEN TRIMMING
FROM THE SAME HERDS AS RASH.

BUT ANN BASSETT HAD HER EYE
ON ME.

SO I MADE MYSELF SCARCE,

TILL ISAM STARTED DENYING
THE RUMORS

AND FORCED ME
TO QUIET HIM DOWN.

[ GUNSHOT ]

ISAM DART WAS BORN
INTO SLAVERY IN TEXAS,

BUT HE WAS KNOWN AS BEING
A REALLY GOOD COWBOY

WHEN IT HAD TO DO
WITH ROPING, BRANDING,

WORKING REALLY HARD.

HE WAS ACCEPTED AS PART
OF THAT COMMUNITY.

Carlson: THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA
KNEW THAT DART WAS STEALING.

PEOPLE MAY HAVE SEEN HIM
STEALING CATTLE --

THE HIDE OF CATTLE
WITH BRANDS

THAT BELONGED TO OTHER PEOPLE
IN THE TERRITORY.

Kouris: TOM HORN HAD ACTUALLY
GONE TO THE COUNTY SEAT

AND HAD FILED A COMPLAINT
AGAINST ISAM DART,

SAYING THAT ISAM DART HAD
ALTERED THE BRAND ON A HORSE.

LOOKS CLEAR.

READY TO GO?

HORN WAS HIDDEN

DOWN THE HILL FROM
ISAM DART'S CABIN.

Davidson: IT WOULD'VE GIVEN
FAIRLY GOOD POSITION

FOR SOMEBODY TO BE HIDING.

Kouris: ISAM DART STEPPED OUT
OF HIS MOUNTAIN CABIN

AND WAS WALKING TOWARDS
THE CORRAL

TO GET HIS HORSE,
AND AS HE STEPPED OUT

OF THE CABIN AND WALKED
TOWARD THE CORRAL,

THE GUN SHOT.

ONE SHOT
RIGHT NEAR THE HEART,

AND THAT WAS THE END.

Kouris: HE FELL
AND SAID, "OH, MY GOD,"

AND NEVER MOVED AGAIN.

IT'S REALLY SAD, BECAUSE
ISAM DART HAD DONE HIS BEST

TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE.

HE'D HAD SOME TROUBLES,

BUT HE REALLY HAD GAINED
THE RESPECT

OF THE PEOPLE
WHO REALLY KNEW HIM.

HE WAS VERY KIND,
VERY POLITE.

BUT TO TOM HORN,
ISAM DART WASN'T A MAN.

HE WAS A PAYCHECK.

LATER THAT YEAR, THREE MORE
OF RASH'S CATTLE THIEVING RING

MET THE SAME FATE.

I PINNED THE EARS OF ONE OF 'EM
ONTO HIS CABIN DOOR,

FIGURING THAT WOULD MAKE SURE
THE MESSAGE WAS HEARD.

I CLEANED OUT BROWN'S PARK.

NOW IT'S A SAFE PLACE
TO LIVE.

Davidson: HE HAD REMOVED HIMSELF
FROM, REALLY, ANY REMORSE

ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR,
AND THAT HAS A TENDENCY

TO MAGNIFY ITSELF AS A PERSON
CONTINUES TO GO THROUGH LIFE,

AND MAYBE THEY BECOME
MORE CARELESS.

MAYBE THEY MAKE
OTHER DECISIONS

TO WHERE THEY'LL TAKE RISKS
THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN.

AFTER BROWN'S PARK,

I WAS RUNNING OUT OF AREAS
TO CLEAN UP.

THE COLORADO RANGE WARS
WERE WINDING DOWN,

AND MY HITS THERE WERE GETTING
TOO MUCH PLAY IN THE PAPERS.

[ GUNSHOT ]

SO MY BOSSES SENT ME UP NORTH
TO IRON MOUNTAIN, WYOMING,

WHERE NEW TROUBLE WAS BREWING.

I HEARD MOUNTAIN PASTURES
ARE FILLED WITH SHEEP.

Carlson: SHEEP WERE HATED
BY CATTLEMEN

BECAUSE THE WAY
SHEEP GRAZED,

THEY GRAZE RIGHT DOWN
TO THE ROOTS,

AND THEY DESTROY
THE RANGE.

OUR CATTLE ARE DOING FINE,

BUT THE SHEEPMEN ARE HIRING
EVERY SIX SHOOTER

AND BAD MEN THEY CAN.

I WANT TOM HORN HERE.

HE CAN STRIKE THEM OUT.

ONE LOCAL SHEEPMAN BY THE NAME
OF KELS NICKEL

WAS A PARTICULAR CONCERN
MY BOSSES WANTED TAKEN CARE OF.

NICKEL BROUGHT
THE SHEEP TO IRON MOUNTAIN,

THINKING IT WAS
A GOOD BUSINESS INVESTMENT,

THAT HE COULD MAKE MORE MONEY
WITH HIS SHEEP

THAN HE COULD RAISING CATTLE.

THAT WAS A MISTAKE,
AND OF COURSE,

IT ENFLAMED
THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

KELS NICKEL WAS SO EXPLOSIVE.
HE WAS SO TEMPESTUOUS.

THERE WAS, AT ONE TIME,
TALK OF A LYNCH MOB

TO GET RID
OF KELS NICKEL.

THERE'S NO NEED
FOR A LYNCH MOB

WHEN YOU'VE GOT A WINCHESTER.

BUT EVEN A CRACK SHOT
SUCH AS MYSELF

DOESN'T ALWAYS HIT HIS MARK.

HE WAS FINALLY UNDONE
BY...

A MISTAKEN SHOT.
[ GUNSHOT ]

IF HE HADN'T DONE THAT,

HE COULD HAVE PROBABLY
GOTTEN AWAY WITH THAT

WITH ABSOLUTELY NO RECOURSE
WHATSOEVER.

TOM HORN WAS CERTAINLY
A SUCCESSFUL TERRORIST

IN A LOT OF WAYS,
BUT THAT'S WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO.

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

IN THE SUMMER OF 1902,

MY CLIENTS,
THE CATTLEMEN OF THE ROCKIES,

WERE FIGHTING
TO PROTECT THEIR LAND.

THE SHEEPMEN ARE HIRING
EVERY SIX SHOOTER

AND BAD MEN THEY CAN.

THE CATTLE RUSTLERS
HAD BEEN TAMED BY YOURS TRULY,

TOM HORN, BUT NOW SHEEP HERDS
WERE DRIFTING IN

AND RIPPING UP THE RANGE,
AND IT WASN'T LONG

BEFORE MORE BLOOD WAS SPILLED.

THE LATEST CASUALTY WAS
14-YEAR-OLD WILLIE NICKEL,

THE SON OF A SHEEPMAN
NAMED KELS NICKEL,

WHO WAS A THORN IN THE SIDE
OF MY BOSSES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE
HATED KELS NICKEL,

BECAUSE NICKEL BROUGHT
THE SHEEP TO IRON MOUNTAIN.

FEW WOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISED
TO SEE KELS TURN UP DEAD,

BUT HIS SON'S MURDER
WAS A MYSTERY

NO ONE COULD SOLVE.

Carlson: THERE WERE NO WITNESSES
THE MURDER OF WILLIE NICKEL

EXCEPT BY THE PERSON
WHO KILLED HIM.

SO THEY PINNED IT ON THE MAN

THEY KNEW COULD KILL
WITHOUT A TRACE.

I WAS ARRESTED
WITHOUT A SHRED OF PROOF

EXCEPT MY OWN WORD, COAXED
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WHISKEY.

THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT
AFRAID OF SHOOTIN', ARE THEY?

HORN IS, WELL,

THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL NAME
IN WYOMING HISTORY BECAUSE OF

WHETHER OR NOT
HE ACTUALLY KILLED THAT KID

AND THE WAY HIS TRIAL
WAS CONDUCTED.

Boessenecker: THE BEST THEORY
ABOUT KILLING WILLIE NICKEL

IS THAT HORN HAD BEEN HIRED
TO KILL WILLIE'S FATHER,

AND WILLIE WAS WEARING
THE FATHER'S COAT,

AND HORN SIMPLY MISTOOK HIM
FOR THE FATHER,

AND THAT WAS A FATAL MISTAKE.

Ball:
THE OPPOSING OPINION HOLDS

THAT WILLIE NICKEL WAS KILLED
BY A NEIGHBORING FAMILY,

BECAUSE KELS NICKEL WAS
AN ARGUMENTATIVE SORT,

AND A LOT OF HIS NEIGHBORS
WERE, TOO.

BUT ON MONDAY ON THE WEEK
ON WHICH HE WAS KILLED,

MONDAY MORNING --
WHATEVER DATE THAT WAS,

I LEFT BILLY CLAY'S
AND WENT TO THE MILLERS' RANCH.

THE AUTHORITIES
DIDN'T MUCH CARE

WHETHER I REALLY KILLED WILLIE.

THEY HAD TO MAKE SOMEONE PAY.

WHOSE CAPTURE WOULD PACIFY
THE PUBLIC MORE

THAN THE FRONTIER'S
MOST FEARED HIT MAN?

Ball: THE NEWSPAPERS
OUTSIDE OF CHEYENNE

CRUCIFIED TOM HORN BECAUSE OF
WHAT AND WHOM HE REPRESENTED.

SOME PEOPLE THINK OFFICIALS
IN WYOMING

ALL CONSPIRED TO GET HIM
OUT OF THE WAY,

AND THE PUBLIC FELT ABOUT TIME
WE GOT THAT GUY.

IT WAS THE ULTIMATE IRONY.

I'D PUT DOZENS OF MEN
IN THEIR GRAVE

WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A SLAP
ON THE WRIST.

THEN THEY THROW THE BOOK AT ME

ON ACCOUNT
OF A MISUNDERSTANDING.

OF COURSE, I DIDN'T DO MYSELF
ANY FAVORS

BY DRINKING
WITH AN UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE

WHO SAID HE HAD A JOB FOR ME.

I LOOK AT IT AS
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

I THINK I HAVE A CORNER
ON THE MARKET.

Carlson: IMMEDIATELY AFTER
WILLIE WAS KILLED,

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
IN CHEYENNE

POSTED A REWARD OF $1,000.

IN TODAY'S MONEY,
THAT'S $10,000.

JOE LEFORS SMELLED
THAT MONEY,

AND I AM CONVINCED
THAT HE FELT THAT HE FELT

THAT IF HE COULD NAIL
TOM HORN FOR THAT CRIME,

HE WOULD BECOME SOMETHING
OF THE WYATT EARP OF WYOMING.

LEFORS SAID HE HAD A JOB FOR ME
IN MONTANA

AND THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS IT
OVER A FEW GLASSES OF WHISKEY.

I SHOOT TOO MUCH.

YOU KNOW ME
WHEN IT COMES TO SHOOTIN'.

LIKE THE WILLIE NICKEL
SHOOTING.

I COULD NOT FIND
YOUR TRAIL,

AND I PRIDE MYSELF
ON BEING A TRACKER.

I LEFT NO DAMN TRAIL.

THE ONLY WAY TO COVER UP
YOUR TRAIL

IS GOING BAREFOOT.

Hutton: THE APACHES HAD CALLED
TOM HORN "TALKING BOY."

HE THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE
HE KNEW THEIR LANGUAGE

AND COULD TRANSLATE.
NO. IT WAS BECAUSE

YOU COULDN'T SHUT HIM UP.
HE TALKED ALL THE TIME.

AND JOE LEFORS KNEW THAT.

WHAT KIND OF GUN
HAVE YOU GOT?

I USE THE 30-30 WINCHESTER.

DOES THAT HOLD UP AS WELL
AS THE 30-40?

NO. BUT I LIKE TO GET CLOSE
TO MY MAN.

CLOSER, THE BETTER.

HOW FAR WAS WILLIE NICKEL
KILLED?

ABOUT 300 YARDS.

IT WAS THE BEST SHOT
I EVER MADE.

THE DIRTIEST TRICK
I EVER DONE.

Carlson: LEFORS ARRANGED
TO HAVE A STENOGRAPHER THERE

TO RECORD TOM HORN'S REMARKS.

HORN'S SO-CALLED CONFESSION
WAS MOSTLY BULL.

HE WAS DRUNK.

HE'D BEEN UP ALL NIGHT
THE NIGHT BEFORE.

HE WAS BOASTING.

THOMAS HORN...

YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY
OF MURDER

BY A JURY OF YOUR PEERS.

[ MURMURING ]

TODAY IN COURT,

THIS CONFESSION WOULD BE
CLASSIFIED AS ENTRAPMENT

AND WOULD HAVE BEEN
THROWN OUT.

BUT THE COURT ACCEPTED
THIS CONFESSION,

AND TOM HORN ACTUALLY
TESTIFIED IN HIS TRIAL

AND ADMITTED THAT HE HAD
MADE ALL OF THOSE REMARKS

TO DEPUTY MARSHAL
JOE LEFORS.

MAY GOD HAVE MERCY
ON YOUR SOUL.

COURT IS ADJOURNED.

[ BELL TOLLS, GUNSHOT ]

DEAR JOHNNY,
IT'S ALL OVER FOR ME

EXCEPT FOR THE APPLAUSE PART
OF THE GAME.

I AM PREPARED.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

Hutton: THE KILLING OF THE BOY
WAS TOO MUCH

FOR THE CITIZENS
OF WYOMING.

THEY'RE GETTING TIRED

OF THE CATTLE BARONS
RUNNING EVERYTHING,

AND SO THERE'S
A POLITICAL ELEMENT

IN THIS STORY AS WELL,

BECAUSE TOM HORN IS ON THE SIDE
OF THE OLD ORDER,

AND THE NEW,
MORE DEMOCRATIC ORDER

IS TAKING ITS PLACE.

MODERN TIMES HAD
CLOSED IN ON TOM HORN.

THE DAYS OF THESE WANDERING
GUNFIGHTERS WERE OVER.

THE PUBLIC WAS NOT
GONNA TOLERATE

THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE
ANYMORE.

THE NOTES READ AT THE TRIAL
WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL NOTES.

IT WON'T DO ANY GOOD
TO KICK AT THAT NOW.

Hutton: THEY SAID
HE WOULD NEVER HANG,

THAT THE CATTLE BARONS
WOULD GET HIM FREE.

AND THEN FOLKS WONDERED

IF MAYBE TOM WOULD TELL
WHO HAD HIRED HIM,

WHO HAD PUT HIM UP
TO THE KILLINGS

TO SAVE HIS NECK.

BUT NO, TOM HORN WAS
A WESTERNER ALL THE WAY.

PLAYED HIS STRING OUT
TO THE END.

NEVER GAVE UP HIS EMPLOYERS
AND DIED GAME.

YOU AIN'T LOSING YOUR NERVE,
ARE YOU, JOE?

SORRY, TOM.

Horn's father: HIT YOUR FATHER?
[ BARKS ]

Horn:
BEST SHOT I EVER MADE.

HORN ACTUALLY STRANGLED
TO DEATH

BECAUSE THE DEPUTY SHERIFF
HAD UNDERESTIMATED

THE DROP THAT WOULD BE NEEDED
TO BREAK HIS NECK.

TOOK HIM 16 MINUTES TO DIE.

Ball: SOME PEOPLE CLASSIFY
HIS END AS TRAGIC,

BUT IF HE ASSASSINATED PEOPLE
FOR $500 APIECE,

HE MADE THE CONSCIOUS DECISION
TO DO THAT.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN CLASSIFY
HIM AS A TRAGIC CHARACTER.

WHETHER HE THOUGHT HIMSELF
JUSTIFIED OR NOT,

THAT CANNOT BE CLASSIFIED
AS TRAGEDY.

THAT'S PERSONAL CALCULATION.

NO CURE. NO PAY.

WHEN MONEY AND GREED AND POWER
ARE AT PLAY,

INNOCENT PEOPLE DIE,

BUT HE FELT THAT HE WAS
JUSTIFIED

IN EVERYTHING THAT HE DID.

[ CLICK ]

THIS IS A DIFFERENT TIME.
THE WEST HAS CHANGED,

AND TOM HORN, LIKE
SO MANY OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES,

COULDN'T CHANGE WITH IT.

Hutton:
WHEN THEY HANGED TOM HORN,

THE WEST WAS CRISS-CROSSED
WITH RAILROADS.

MOVIES WERE COMING OUT.

THE POLITICS OF THE DAY
WEREN'T THE POLITICS

OF THE WILD WEST ANYMORE,
SO AMERICA WAS CHANGED.

WHEN THEY DROPPED TOM HORN
THROUGH THAT CHUTE

AND SENT HIM TO ETERNITY,
WELL,

THAT WAS THE END
OF THE WILD WEST AS WELL.

HIS HANGING WAS THE DEATH KNELL
FOR THE FRONTIER.

Carlson: IN WYOMING,
HE'S SOMETHING OF A HERO.

BUT WHAT WAS HE REALLY LIKE?
WHAT DID HE REALLY DO?

PART OF THE APPEAL
OF TOM HORN IN HISTORY

IS THAT HE WAS SUCH
A MYSTERIOUS GUY.

PROBABLY A VERY SCARY GUY,
TOO.

PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME,

"WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF
HE WALKED INTO THIS ROOM?"

I'D BE VERY QUIET.