8pp., folio, 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. Vol. XVII, No. 7, with "7" crossed out and replaced with "8" in pencil. A true "wild west" newspaper containing prominent back page “stacked” headlines and a lengthy, 2/3 column report of Wyoming hired killer Tom Horn escaping from jail in Cheyenne, WY, while awaiting execution for murder.

Thomas Horn Jr., (1860-1903) was an American scout, cowboy, range detective, lawman, and hired gunman in the American frontier during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is most remembered for killing Willie Nickell, the son of a sheep rancher near Iron Mountain, Wyoming in 1902. After a long, sensational trial, Horn was found guilty and was hanged on 20 November 1903.