Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1897,
BY D. J. & J. W. COOK,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS.

A Hidden Treasure [13]
Capture of the Allison Gang [35]
A Cowboy’s Sad Fate [43]
Denver’s Last Legal Hanging [48]
The Italian Murderers [57]
Musgrove and His Gang [92]
The Exchange Bank Robbery [125]
The Hayward Murder [131]
A Dunkard Disgraced [169]
The Wall Murder Mystery [177]
Slick Scoundrel [213]
A Bogus Detective’s Fate [218]
The Leichsenring Robbery [233]
A Deal with the Black Hills Road Agents [237]
In the Express Business [249]
A Farm Hand’s Awful Crime [254]
A Half-Million-Dollar Robber [274]
A Utah Murderer’s Capture [283]
A Tale of Two Continents [302]
Two of a Kind [309]
Hanged in a Hog Pen [315]
A Tussle with the Habeas Corpus [323]
A Desperate Railroad Contractor [333]
Dealing with Strikers [346]
A Victim of Draw Poker [351]
A Horse Thief’s Folly [362]
Pueblo Vengence [368]
The Retribution of Fate [381]
A Townful of Thieves [388]
Ragsdale Gates [396]
Taken by Surprise [400]
A Race for Life [406]
A Dream of Death [427]
A Mexican Bandit [437]
Conclusion [440]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Robbing a Buckskin Coach [18]
The Attack on the Robbers Camp [24]
Execution of the Robbers [29]
Reynold’s Map, showing location of treasure [32]
Dead Cinch Hand Cuffs [36]
Arrest of the Allison Gang [40]
Killing of Van Pelt by Officers [45]
Killing of Street Car Driver Whitnah [50]
Hanging of Andrew Green [54]
The Italian Murder [59]
Finding of the Treasure [71]
Arrest of Gallotti [78]
Arrest of Ballotti, Campagne and Allessandri [84]
Fatal Fight at Golden between Officers and Duggan and Miles Hill [103]
Killing of Ed Franklin at Golden [108]
Lynching of Musgrove [116]
Lynching of Duggan in Denver [122]
Murder of R. B. Hayward [135]
Capture of Seminole [143]
Arrest of Sam Woodruff [153]
Lynching of Woodruff and Seminole [165]
Killing of Wall by Wight and Witherill [183]
A Buffalo Chase by Wight and Witherill [191]
Lynching of Geo. B. Witherill [210]
Surprise of Road Agents by Officer Boswell [245]
Arrest of Theo. Meyers by Gen’l. Cook [271]
Hanging of Theo. Meyers [272]
Murder of J. F. Turner by Welcome and Emerson [286]
Arrest of Welcome by T. Jeff. Carr [293]
Execution of Fred Hopt at Salt Lake [299]
Hanging of Robert Schamle [320]
Arrest of John Kelly [337]
Shooting of John Doen [364]
Arrest of Bill White [373]
Lynching of White at Pueblo [379]
Arrest of Entire Male Population of Carson [393]
Arrest of Ed. McGrand [403]
Shooting of Officer Wilcox by Clodfelter and Johnson [410]
Pursuit and Capture of Clodfelter and Johnson [419]
Mrs. Ramsey’s Vision of her Husband’s Murder [434]