Jones and Walker were the two men who had stayed all night at the K. C., April 8th, and who had been captured by the mob on the morning of the 9th, as detailed in a former chapter. After the burning of the house and the shooting of Champion, the two men had been released with the injunction to go south and keep marching, but to hold their tongues as to what they had seen and heard, if they expected to live long and be happy. They came south, reaching Casper after some days. Finding that public sentiment was wholly against the murderers, they told the story of the cowardly attack and brutal murders of April 9th, substantially as related in these pages. This “Trappers’ story,” finding its way to the ears of the white caps, opened their eyes to the necessity of getting rid of the witnesses and caused the employment of the kidnapers above mentioned. The details of the spiriting away of these important witnesses has been told by the deputy sheriff of Converse county, who was on the ground and familiar with all the facts. His statement is therefore given here in full and believed to be in strict conformity to the facts. There is ample corroborating testimony, however, so that the case does not rest on Colonel Kimball’s evidence, which is as follows: “As is well known, two trappers, Ben Jones and Wm. W. Walker, witnessed the brutal murders of Champion and Ray. After the killing and burning, Wolcott released them and told them to ‘go south and keep going.’ They went to Casper. As is well known, Governor Barber refused to deliver the murderers to the proper authorities of Johnson county, but kept them at Fort Russell under military protection, evidently with the intention of turning them loose without trial or punishment. As Sheriff Angus could not arrest them, of course no subpoenas could be issued for or served on said witnesses, as they could not be cited to appear at any particular time or place to testify. Consequently, said witnesses were free to go when and where they pleased. “Sheriff Campbell was absent at Washington, and Under Sheriff Kimball, the writer hereof, caught on to the fact that the cattlemen were about to attempt to get said witnesses out of the way, even if they had to kill them, and we wrote both Sheriff Angus of Johnson county and Sheriff Rice of Natrona county to be on their guard. The latter began to investigate, and learned that a citizen of Casper had been offered $200 in cash to get Jones and Walker out of town anywhere so that the stockmen could get hold of them. Sheriff Rice informed Jones and Walker of their danger, and they were badly frightened. Casper has no jail or place of safety where they could stay, so Sheriff Rice wired Sheriff Angus of the danger and advised him to take them to Buffalo. At 2:35 p.m. of May 20th we received the following dispatch: “‘Buffalo, Wyo., May 20. “‘To E. H. Kimball, Douglas, Wyo.: