Charles Benjamin Holden, a 34-year-old White man and deputy sheriff from Evanston, Wyoming, died on June 19, 1901, after being shot while trying to bring in a fugitive in the upper Green River country. The trail began with a forgery case: the man Holden was pursuing, Adam “A.J.” Eckert, was wanted for altering a check. Holden went out with Fred Reardon, the storekeeper tied to the complaint, and together they tracked Eckert to a cabin on Horse Creek. What should have been an arrest turned vi
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