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Show Page 63 to branding it. So Patton looked immediately for those marks of Two Bar ownership. He could not find the right ear, and a piece of hide on the right hip where the Two Bar brand was placed had been cut out. On the left ear, however, Patton saw a Two Bar notch. He had his evidence. Although Nelson advised him to wait until he could obtain more convincing proof, Patton refused. He had Ann Bassett and Tom Yarberry arrested for rustling Two Bar cattle. It was a shock to Ann that she, a graduate of Miss Potter's esteemed school for girls, should be arrested as a common thief. She hired herself a lawyer. Judge A. M. Gooding didn't want to defend Ann Bassett. Thinking he could discourage her by quoting a high fee, Gooding told Ann, "If I agree to defend you, my fee will be $1000, payable in advance." "Fine," Ann agreed, not batting an eyelash. Then, turning her back on Gooding, she hoisted up her skirt and dug down into her stocking, coming up with a wad of money from which she peeled ten $100 bills. Ann and Yarberry were arraigned on April 1, 1911. Their trial was set for the coming August and they were freed on $1000 bail. Ten years of conflict between Ann Bassett and Ora Haley came to a head during the trial of August 12, 1911. Ann's new |