Poor Elmer Ford

When Elmer Ford caught some men returning his loose cows, he mistook them for rustlers and dealt a raw justice that saw them dead.When Dan, foreman for Sam Precker, brought some hands to the ranch, Elmer sat alone on the porch. They asked him if they could use one of his horses, which he allowed. A fine paint was brought around and Elmer placed upon it. After the rope was placed upon his neck, Elmer said he understood that he had to pay for the innocent lives lost, but that he was innocent of murder at the moment of killing them, because he had judged them rustlers, caught red handed. "I guess that's all," were his final words.