TOM HORN Ep. 4 | “Have Gun - Will Travel”

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🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Tom Horn and his employer are infuriated by the results of a cattle rustling case. Shortly thereafter, a small rancher is murdered. Then another is murdered. Tom Horn becomes the primary suspect, but charging Tom with a crime is easier said than done. After the murders, Tom returns to Arizona to allow the heat to die down. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Noiser+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to LEGENDS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUVRfp5H1frBzTegq9qMNIQ For more details, visit our website www.blackbarrelmedia.com and check out our social media pages. We’re @OldWestPodcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The hot part of the Johnson County War wound down in 1893, and Tom Horn's job as an undercover
0:19.8	Pinkerton operative wound down with it.
0:23.1	The next year, Tom quit the Pinkertons, or he was fired, depending on who you believe.
0:29.0	He stayed in Wyoming and went to work for the big ranchers as a range detective.
0:34.2	He had been posing as a range detective while he was undercover for the Pinkertons, but
0:38.3	now he held the job out in the open.
0:41.2	For a while in 1894, he played by the rules and tried to bring rustlers to justice through
0:46.9	the court system.
0:48.6	But after a case where Tom caught five rustlers red handed and then watched four of the five
0:53.8	walk free, he decided he was done with legal remedies.
0:58.4	In 1895, Tom Horn announced he was open for business.
1:03.0	He spread the word amongst the big Wyoming cattle ranchers and cattle companies that he
1:07.3	would eliminate cattle rustlers at the bargain price of $500 per person.
1:13.2	Many ranchers claimed, at least publicly, that they weren't interested.
1:17.7	But others thought it was a good deal.
1:20.4	Tom was still working for the Swan Land and Cattle Company, and he was based at the
1:24.7	two-bar ranch, but the ranch manager was opposed to using violence to solve the rustling problem.
1:31.4	Even after the court case in 1894, this should have been a slam dunk against the rustlers.
1:37.0	The ranch manager still wanted to work within the confines of the law, which was morally
1:41.3	and legally the right call.
1:43.7	The manager didn't want a higher gun patrolling the range and shooting people on the spot,
1:48.9	even if they were guilty.
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