Life of Tom Horn: Government Scout and Interpreter

On November 20, 1903, Tom Horn was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the murder of a fourteen—year—old nester boy. Horn—army scout and interpreter for Generals Willcox, Crook, and Miles in the Apache wars, Pinkerton operative, cattle detective, and "King of Cowboys"—was hanged like a common criminal, many think mistakenly.

His own account of his life, written while he was in prison and first published in 1904, is not really a vindication, says Dean Krakel in his introduction. "While the appe...