Fifteen Western Tales, March 1954 — page 49: what you’re looking at

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Moavins ON TO RAWHIDE, HAMILTON BET A PROMOTER #1,000 HE COULD RIDE TO ELY IN 12 HOURS. THOUGH IT TOOK THE FASTEST STAGE TWO DAYS. A WEEK LATER HE DID IT, WITH MINUTES TO SPARE, ~ WhyueNn A LONE ROAD-AGENT HELD UPA STAGE, A LADY PASSENGER NOTICEDA BIT OF RED BEARD UNDER HIS MASK. SEEING HAMILTON ENTER A TONOPAH. GAMBLING HALL, SHE RUSHED UP CRYING THAT HE WAS THE ROBBER. | BUT HAMILTON SUAVELY, AND UNQUESTIONABLY, PROVED HE WAS PLAYING CARDS WHEN THE HOLDUP TOOK PLACE. A PROSPECTOR NEAR KLONDYKE | ; 2 WAS ROBBED AND MURDERED a Ae I AND THE KILLER SEEN SPURRING ‘ aed Bi AWAY. HIS BEARD WAS RED, HIS AN | Fen Hi CLOTHES HAMILTON'S. BUT WHEN A POSSE, PRIMED FOR A LYNCHING, CAUGHT UP WITH JOHN HAMILTON HE HAD AN UNSHAKABLE ALIBI. — WHEN IRA CROSS WAS ROBBED AND MURDERED NEAR GOLDFIELD ~— UNDER SOMEWHAT SIMILAR. CIRCUMSTANCES AN INVESTIGATION WAS BEGUN. THEN THE TRUTH CAME OUT. JOHN HAMILTON HAD A BROTHER, WESLEY, A YEAR YOUNGE Se WHO COULD HAVE BEEN HIS TWIN, AND THUS THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALIBIS FOR EACH OTHER % OTe aS oe - — ep es Y Lo is zy «, lis ~~" oi Sear ltteer See hese, Petes viige:) BA Sea ay wate) ay CNet ApercnenDeD IN SAN FRANCISCO, JOHN HANGED HIMSELF IN HIS CELL AND WESLEY WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER AND SENTENCED To LIFE —— ENDING ONE OF THE OLD WEST'S STRANGEST GAMBLES 49 COMmmicooOolkS seo