Sunday, March 04, 2007
Bad blood spirals into ranch tragedy - The Oregonian
A dispute over four cows leaves two empty saddles and one question: What happened?
Moments before a bullet from a lever-action .30-30-caliber rifle knocked rancher Dennis Beach off his horse and killed him, he was arguing about who owned four stray cows.
His son, Travis, ran at the gunman, wrestled the rifle away and pulled the trigger even though snow clogged its telescopic sight, according to a court affidavit.
When sheriff's deputies arrived later at the isolated scene, they found blood on the snow and two men dead. ...
A dispute over four cows leaves two empty saddles and one question: What happened?
Moments before a bullet from a lever-action .30-30-caliber rifle knocked rancher Dennis Beach off his horse and killed him, he was arguing about who owned four stray cows.
His son, Travis, ran at the gunman, wrestled the rifle away and pulled the trigger even though snow clogged its telescopic sight, according to a court affidavit.
When sheriff's deputies arrived later at the isolated scene, they found blood on the snow and two men dead. ...
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