Tom Horn | Assassin (Part 3)

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

Education, History

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🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Tom Horn first arrived in Wyoming in 1892. He had spent most of a decade chasing Apache down in Arizona before diving headfirst into a feud known as the Pleasant Valley War. Although Tom’s actions during the feud remain unclear, he most likely fought on the side of the Tewksbury’s against their avowed enemies, the Grahams. And despite wearing the badge of a Gila County Sheriff’s deputy, Horn would participate in the lynching of at least three men. This was followed by a stint with the Pinkertons, a job that saw Tom working on the behest of the cattle barons up in Johnson County, Wyoming. Once again, Horn’s involvement is somewhat shrouded in mystery, but he is suspected of assassinating at least two men on behalf of the large ranchers. Whether or not that’s true is unknown, but Tom did help to put an end to the notorious Red Sash Gang. Next, Horn would drift south and find employment as a Range Detective at John Coble’s Iron Mountain Ranch, doing pretty much the same work he had done in Johnson County: investigating stock theft and working as an enforcer for large spreads. The only difference was that Horn had lost all faith in the judicial system by this point. Rather than waste time arresting criminals only for the courts to set them free, Tom resolved to handle business his way, and it just so happened that his way entailed a whole helluva lot of killing. Also discussed: The Apache Kid, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, the Spanish American War, Matt Rash, Isom Dart, and Black Jack Ketchum. Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Join Into History for ad-free and bonus content! https://intohistory.supercast.com/ Bronco Apache - https://youtu.be/SXAQ4jTT2kQ?si=ZOOc_0xkwPyQkxnm Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza Book Recommendations! https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.9	Tom Horn first arrived in Wyoming in 1892.
0:33.8	He had spent the better part of a decade chasing Apache down in Arizona before diving head first into a feud known as the Pleasant Valley War.
0:41.5	Although Tom's actions during the feud remain unclear, it's believed that he fought on the side of the Tewksbury's against their avowed enemies, the Grams.
0:49.5	And despite wearing the badge of a Heala County Sheriff's deputy, Horn would participate in the lynchings of
0:54.5	at least three men. This was followed by a stint with the Pinkertons, the job that saw Tom working
0:59.7	on the behest of the cattle barons up in Johnson County, Wyoming. Once again, Horn's involvement
1:04.7	is somewhat shrouded in mystery, but he is suspected of assassinating two men on behalf of the
1:09.5	large ranchers. Whether or not that's true is
1:12.1	unknown, but Tom did absolutely for sure put an end to a bunch of bandits known as the
1:17.3	Red Sash Gang. Horn would then head south and find employment as a range detective on John
1:22.7	Cobles' Iron Mountain Ranch, pretty much doing the same type of work he had done in Johnson County,
1:28.1	investigating stock theft and working as an enforcer for the large spreads.
1:32.4	The only difference was, by this point in time, Horned lost all faith in the judicial system.
1:37.7	Rather than waste time arresting criminals only for the courts to set them free,
1:41.6	time resolved to handle business his own way.
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