when he found he had gone, but George Forget…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

guilt and when the sheriff went in to one of the cells and left the keys in the lock and his gun in the office, George saw his opportunity and locked the sheriff in the cell, took the sheriff’s gun and made his es- cape. The sheriff was very badly disappointed ( 39 ) when he found he had gone, but George Forget did not forget that he was wanted nor did Rich forget to watch Separ station. He came in for water and was captured by Mr. Rich and Harry Armstrong and after his capture he confessed that he was the man that was wanted. — E.J. From ihe September 26, 1890, Issue of The Enterprise On The War Path The following is from the Hillsboro Advo- cate of the 19th: Late yesterday evening the following dis- patch was received by Sheriff Story: Chloride, via Engle, Sept. 18 Sheriff A. M. Story, Hillsboro: Oscar Piontenhauer and Fred Bumbaugh were killed by Indians up Chloride creek today. — W. O. Thompson. Mr. Thompson is the editor of the Chloride Black Range, and the information contained in the dispatch is unquestionably correct. Some five or six weeks ago Indians were seen passing through the Cook’s Peak country, and it was then predicted that murders and depredations would soon be heard of as the result of their presence in the country.