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of the early West record many stories of

famous and notorious characters of that

period among them cattle Kate barnella

Watson who operated in Wyoming in the

late 1880s

she and her partner in crime Jim April

kept one of the last Western Frontiers

in a state of Terror

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hello honey hi how may we pick up Jim

about 500. those big cow outfits will

never miss until Roundup

you better pack up catch a Night Train

to Cheyenne make the arrangements with

our contact do you want to ship these

key why not

I guess you're changing these Brands

they'll pass inspection anywhere you

know Kate this is the fourth herd we've

wrestled this month

somebody's about to start checking let

them we can produce a bill of sale for

everything

yeah forged

I hope our luck calls out

it will

I'll keep stealing from these big

outfits till I break them

I'll say one thing for you Kate

things keep going the way they have been

we will break them

I'll be back as soon as I can

stand right where you are Kate

who is he Jim

I don't know

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of course right Cattlemen's Association

you're all coming into the Sheriff's

Office

you got nothing on me you know yourself

the legislators passing a new law on

Cheyenne which says you can brand and

claim any unmarked cattle you haven't

passed any new laws about changing the

brands they're all under arrest

all right

we'll come along

got him back

you'll be dead before you can use yours

what do you want to do with it

Detective

only one thing too to Eddie Jim

you know that cigarette trick of yours

never misses

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my name is Matt Clark and the railroad

employs me as a detective not being much

on paperwork I was relieved for my boss

A.T Winthrop dropped into my office ah

good morning Chief good morning man sit

down

Matt I uh I've got another assignment

for you some of the Cowboys employed by

the big ranches have been killed and

more than a thousand head of cattle

rustled

and I'm sorry to say that one of your

brother detectives the deputy employed

by the Cattlemen's Association was

murdered in Cold Blood

well who was it

psychord ride

so I court right

a pretty good friend of mine had a wife

and three kids

how was it killed we don't know uh your

associate Frankie Adams was sent on

ahead I arranged to get her a job as a

clerk in the Cattlemen's association's

office in Sweetwater oh that's fine

Chief she'd be a great help to me and

I've also arranged for you to go to

Sweetwater without attracting any

attention now this is how you'll do it

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I picked up the 245 stage we had found

out Jim Abra was going to be on it

Courtright had been trailing him when he

was killed

these are Mighty rough roads are they

like this all the way to Sweetwater

yeah I'm afraid it is

you must be a stranger around here

that's right I'm from Utah

Ram right at a trail crew up there let a

drama look around these parts well might

as well introduce myself I'm Jim Abram

I'm glad to know you I own the post

office in general store in Sweetwater

might be able to make you goodbye on a

horse when you get into town

thank you very much I may need one

you're looking for work you've come to

the right place Wyoming's good cattle

country

you're gonna be staying in town well I

don't know I've been doing a lot of

traveling lately well if you do well

you'll be looking for a room more

Simmons boarding house usually has an

extra one thank you very much

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well

everything went fine they'll give us the

same money we got last time take all we

can deliver

when are we shipping

We're Not Gonna shift Kate we're going

to drive the herd through the mountains

that's no good they lose too much weight

that way Kate there isn't a sheriff in

Wyoming that hasn't heard about the

wrestling going on in this County

sooner or later they're bound to start

closing in on us again don't you realize

we got to have help to move ahead this

size any distance I'll find him

somewhere nobody's gonna take a chance

dangling at the end of a rope for a few

bucks we'll have to cut them in

we'll double a herd so we can take care

of them

where do you think you're gonna find

these Cowboys well I've got an idea

where I can pick up a Trail Boss

the rest of them will have to get in the

bars around town who is this Trail Boss

I bet I'm on the stage coming in

looks like he's running from the law all

right

bring him around I thought

come on I'll buy a drink

there was no trouble getting a room at

Ma Simmons's place but right now I was

anxious to see Frankie at the cattle

Association Office

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pardon me ma'am I'm just trying to find

out if it's all right Matt We're Alone

how'd you make out well everything

worked out as planned I made everyone on

the stagecoach and he seemed quite

friendly

around here you learn anything

not much

except whoever's behind is cattle

wrestling is plenty smart

you know anything about April nothing

except that he has political pull being

postmaster and a leading citizen not as

much

do you think arrows tied in with this

wrestling I don't know

he must have been under suspicion aside

Courtright wouldn't have been trailing

him has anybody around town questioned

April Sheriff did but he denied knowing

anything one thing sure it's not the big

ranchers he's always talking against

them to the smaller ones that usually

hang out at the bar what bar cattle

Cates

come to think of it she's a close friend

of Abrams

his girlfriend

she lives three or four miles from here

runs a few head of cattle herself

there's something peculiar about the way

she operates go ahead well she has a

small herd

but she runs quite a few head of cattle

out every week

claims she gets it in payment for

barbells you may need to write you to

trading their cows for whiskey it looks

that way

her real name is Ella Watson but the

small ranches around here gave her the

name of cattle Kate and it fits her like

a glove remember she's avril's

girlfriend you said that once before but

this is strictly witness I think I'll go

over and have a drink with Abram maybe

he'll introduce me to the lady

remember what you said strictly business

I took April up on his deal to sell me a

horse the best place to close a horse

trading deal was Kate's bar well I sure

appreciate you giving a break on that

horse we've got the money fine animal he

is you couldn't make a better buy

anywhere

Hey where's Kate oh bartender

well now that you're back riding again I

I'm supposed to be looking for a job

maybe you Cowboys are all alike once you

get money in your pockets it won't work

thanks for everybody

give me one two

I got him hey Cowboy you've had enough

follow you take that boss around here

and I got plenty of Canada to pay for my

whiskey leave me alone or I'll punch

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throw the bum out

all right girls come on clean the place

up

where'd you learn to fight like that

cowboy Oh here in our own cattle drives

cattle dry that's right well he won't

bother us anymore thanks you mean Kate

just now

what's your name I didn't say he's

looking for a job

he won't have trouble finding one

maybe I can use him

yeah yeah maybe you can hang around we

close up I'd like to talk with you all

right wash up your back

let me seeing you

she gave me a personal invitation to

come back and see her when she closes up

think you'll be safe oh I've been around

oh man

what do you say Tom how do you feel oh

I'm all right well you put up a real

fight tonight yeah but you didn't have

to use that left hook as often as you

did

say how'd the plan work

well I think she's going to give me a

job

and say Tom I want you to follow me as

soon as you find out where we're going

get a posse together you'll need one

Kate's planting something real big

what can I do to help just keep your

fingers crossed

very anxious to work for me well to tell

you the truth I'm not

kind of tired of working with the other

fella next time I get a job it's going

to be for myself

a percentage of what

cattle

percentage of your small herd would be

peanuts

it isn't my

catch you before you got to the railroad

setting

shipping we're driving them Overland

how many

got about 500 we'll pick up 500 more on

the way

or do I come in

I need a Trail Boss what about your

boyfriend Jimmy

I

didn't know any of a steer from another

I need a man for this job

how about it

by the way what is your name

you pick one

all right I'll call you a big boy all

right Partners it's a deal let's seal it

we better get on back to the ranch

Jim and the boys have been waiting for

us

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Ranch for a final talk

it's a good thing I told Tom to follow

me I wouldn't have a chance to contact

him again until a showdown

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Jim

Jim where are you

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oh he was going over the plan until he

gets here

they make you drink oh thanks

where have you been

I want to talk to you Kate talk freely

we gotta pardon me

I want to talk to you alone

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last night yeah I know

you know that jealousy you're gonna get

you killed son

come here

take a look this is a man that was

following you

Cowboy that was beaten up my place

I just wanted to get even

the surgery sure

take a look at what I found

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you weren't following us to get even

talk it's no use Kate I've worked him

over already

we won't talk to you see he doesn't talk

to anyone

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hello Frankie you saying for me yeah

Sheriff

it's been three days we haven't heard a

word from Mata Tom I'm worried

well it was a report I heard was Russell

from one of the British outfits

but I've had my men covering every

railroad sighting

well

I guess all we can do is

wait and hope for the best

it has been seen around her bar for

about three days

now she shows up I'll let you know all

right

oh sheriff yeah

I've got an idea

can you go riding with me

sure Frankie all I got his time well

come on let's go

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we had been on the trail four days and

no sign of the Posse where was Tom and

the sheriff Kate would be turning over

the herd in 24 hours

Hey Big Boy

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got a date with a buyer right over the

hill as soon as he pays off I'll turn

the head over

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I'll take these

I told you not to take any Partners shut

up

how about a cigarette Big Boy give her a

cigarette

it's not big boy Kate I'm Matt Clark or

railroad Detective

how about a light

all right get those hands back

put them down now

all right big boy

you can give her a light now

Matt we lost six men in the fight back

there feelings running pretty high

against these two

I'll handle this take it easy take it

easy Sheriff we better get these two to

jail before something happens to them

Posse wanted to take the law into their

own hands until I told them the

prisoners would be delivered safely to

the sheriff

our part of the job was done Kate was

charged with being the ringleader of one

of the biggest wrestling mobs in Wyoming

this alone was enough to keep her and

Jim Averill in jail for a long time

there was also a possibility of another

charge murdered

and you two have done a fine job

I'll get in touch with you when the

trial comes up thank you well I guess we

can pack up and get back to headquarters

Now Matt yeah I reckon so goodbye Kate

goodbye

you

big boy

Frankie get your horse maybe down to

Roman house we'll go down and check the

stage schedules sure Matt

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the prisoners have got a fair adjust

trial

until such time I asked you to go on

home peacefully let the law take its

course

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man the mob took Kate and Avril out of

jail we got to go after him

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met their Doom by lynching at Sweetwater

Wyoming on Sunday July the 20th 1889.

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well we missed a 12-16 the next train

through has orders and stops to pass and

take us up

Matt do you think Kate could have Alibi

their way out of a long prison sentence

had she been brought to trial

no Frankie yes a good book says

all they that live by the swords so

perished by the sword

there's no alibi for crime

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