The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 67, July 1963 - April, 1964 Page: 75
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It was almost noon before Joe arrived. The two Dixon broth-
ers were with him. They had brought food, the two horses, and
bad news.
Joe's face was haggard. They would have to remain in hiding
a long time, he told the men. The mob was everywhere around
his father's home and his own. It had taken him and the Dixon
brothers all morning to get to Round Mountain. They had to
ride fifteen miles out of the way in order to elude men who were
watching their movements.
Joe suggested several places where Wes and his companions
could hide if safety demanded that they change from one spot
to another. He, Joe, would find them wherever they were and
would keep them informed as to what was going on.
About an hour after Joe and the Dixon brothers left for Co-
manche, leading the two horses they were to return to their own-
ers, John Wesley saw a posse circling Round Mountain. This
meant that Joe and his companions had been trailed and that
the hiding place of the fugitives was known. As they had not
been spotted yet, the men remained hidden in the dense under-
brush until they had a chance to cut behind the posse. Then
they rode to one of the places Joe had suggested as a retreat.
Since my visit to ex-Sheriff Carnes was a surprise, he had
nothing prepared in advance to tell me about John Wesley
Hardin. In talking about him, he told me just what came into his
mind. Had I asked some questions that afternoon, instead of
merely listening, Carnes might have given me some informa-
tion I should like to have but which it is too late to get.
But I had read nothing about Hardin then, and I had not heard
enough about him to know how notorious he was. Furthermore,
I had no thought of ever writing about him. My only interest
in him came from his having played a part in local history,
a subject in which I had become somewhat interested when gath-
ering reminiscences for a paper to read at a Comanche County
Old Settlers' Reunion.
Carnes gave the briefest account of what took place in the
first hours after Webb was killed. In this account he did not men-
tion the excitement on the square or his efforts to protect Hardin
and Taylor from mob violence. Nor did he tell of going to
Preacher Hardin's home with the minister and Joe Hardin, or
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