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The Globe Republican
Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas
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Near Garden City, Kansas, a Mexican tramp cut the throat of nine-year-old Louis Garnet's son while he herded cattle, threw him in a canal, and stole his horse. The boy survived and reached home; a posse captured the assailant near the Colorado line. The man confessed but claimed self-defense.
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Mexican Tramp Deliberately Cuts the Throat of a Small Boy and Steals His Horse—The Wretch Captured.
Garden City, Kan., June 11.—The nine-year-old son of Louis Garnet, a ranchman living eleven miles west of here, was herding cattle on his father's ranch when he was suddenly seized by a Mexican tramp, who stole up behind him. The fiend cut the boy's throat from ear to ear and then threw him into an irrigating canal, thinking him dead.
The wretch then took the horse the boy was riding and started for the mountains, going past the home of the boy whose father saw and recognized the horse but did not think anything of it at the time.
The boy had only fainted from loss of blood and soon came to and dragged himself over a half mile to his home. A posse of farmers immediately started in pursuit of the tramp and after an all night chase captured him near the Colorado line. He was taken without much resistance and turned over to the sheriff of this county, who was only a short distance behind.
When caught the man was riding the stolen horse and had a razor in his pocket which was covered with blood and also had blood on his shirt and coat. He is a full blood Mexican, is about five feet high, weighs 140 pounds and is about 25 years old. He claims not to understand English.
The fiend was taken to Lakin, en route to Garden City, and while there conversed with a Mexican and confessed the crime, but said he did it in self defense. Great excitement prevails and the chances are that if the boy dies he will be lynched.
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Garden City, Kan.
Event Date
June 11
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boy's throat cut from ear to ear, thrown into irrigating canal, fainted from loss of blood but survived and dragged himself half a mile home; tramp captured near colorado line, riding stolen horse, with bloody razor and clothes; confessed crime claiming self-defense; great excitement, possible lynching if boy dies.
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Nine-year-old son of ranchman Louis Garnet herding cattle eleven miles west of Garden City seized by Mexican tramp who cut his throat and threw him in canal thinking him dead, then stole the horse and headed for mountains. Father saw horse but did not suspect. Boy revived, reached home. Posse pursued and captured tramp after all-night chase near Colorado line, turned over to sheriff. Tramp is full-blood Mexican, about 5 feet tall, 140 pounds, 25 years old, claims no English. Taken to Lakin en route to Garden City, confessed to another Mexican.