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dothes,idenshoes,idenhair.aventsoftherontiananyths.itiostayaon;bothhislegsh,irushedandhehadbeentnipped.asforholdingthehandoftheotherskeleton,itwas

iseryhehaddiedofthirstillionsingold.asoney.”causedbytheirgreed,”kadyhadsaidatthetiandstillbelieved.

afterkadyhadproventoherselfthatthelostidennehadnotbeenfound,shestartedtolookintoorediffietrointodiedneers.

everythingshefoundshoanyadultsandchildrendead.hoherewasno

ntionthattheresidentsoflegendhadbeenthekillers,notthebankrobbers.

later,thereovedtodenver,aandahalfnthsafterthatedletarikjordan.

kadyiednews

papersuntilshefoundantionofakidnapattetons.ruthjordansyoungson.thereporter,ostbrushedasidethenearlysuessfulkidnapingasthoughitachtuedasthereporterinesblownupandhow

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shedthrosithadbeensuer,butthatdidertohiheehoanypeopleelivedinlegend.

daysily.thenin1897,shefouiurderedinhishoindenverandhedanruththoughtlehadkilledooked.

iyear,1898,kadyfoundruthjordansobituary.itsaidthatsheattendingthefuneral.

etorencilehhersonbeforeshedied.

kadyreadontofindthatthefuneralhadbeen”sparselyattended”andtherehadbeensounpleasahathadtodoethingthathadhappenedlongago.

afterruthsobituary,kadyfoundonlybitsaboutthejordanfaly.thejordannsihlahentodownin1926.

shesearchedtheoldneoriesbutuldfindnothingonc.t.jordanorlejordan,leavingkadytohadhappeoruthssonwhohadbeensofullofanger.