Papers, 1898-1953.

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Papers, 1898-1953.

Bulk of the collection consists of newsclippings on the Horn trial of 1902 and execution in 1903. The collection also contains clippings on other areas of Snow's career, photographs and artifacts including a revolver, handcuffs, badges, boots and a hat.

.25 cubic ft. (1 box) + artifacts.

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Snow, Leslie E. (Leslie Edgar), 1872-1953.

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Snow was a Wyoming peace officer best known for his work on the Tom Horn murder trial of 1902. After serving with a Wyoming artillery until in the Spanish American War in 1898 in the Philippines, he became deputy sheriff of Laramie County. Snow and Charles Ohnhaus were concealed in an adjoining room listening while Horn made his controversial confession to Deputy U.S. Marshal Joe LeFors in 1902, making him a witness during Horn's trial as well as Horn's guard. From the description of...

Horn, Tom, 1860-1903

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