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Show Page 50 Two bullets came splintering through the door j^wrote AnnJ imbedding themselves in the opposite wall, less than six inches from where I had been seated. There could be not the slightest doubt for whom these bullets were intended. I dropped to the floor and rolled under the table. The boys doused the lamp and jumped to a side window, to shoot out into the night. . . Afraid of being ambushed, the five young people stayed in the house until the next day, then searched the yard for clues. Prints in the mud showed the direction the culprit had headed and a tracking party set off after him. But the trail was too old and the unsuccessful slayer escaped. Now Ann's neighbors began to believe her suspicions about Horn were correct. She was headstrong and rebellious but Ann was also a leader and well-liked. So why would anyone try to kill Ann Bassett unless she was a threat to his safety? And who else would feel threatened and have nerve enough to do something about it but Tom Horn? Ann was urged to ride to Cheyenne to tell the governor of Wyoming of the circumstantial evidence there was to connect Horn with the murders committed in Brown's Park. Typically, Ann charged into the governor's private office without being announced by his secretary. Then a rare thing happened. |