Claude Dallas: The Killer Cowboy | Real Stories True Crime Documentary

[Music] in 1981 a witness told investigators of a double murder in idaho near a trapper's camp they found a game warden's body a second warden's body was missing along with the killer claude dallas investigators would track the mountain man through unforgiving country a country he knew better than anyone in an area known for anti-government sentiments the fbi knew the manhunt would be difficult but dallas must be found [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] the sun set on the wild west long ago but some people refused to notice claude dallas was one of them a wily trapper distrustful of authority dallas typified the rugged individualism that forged this country he went too far when he killed two game wardens in 1981. the law that he despised so much began to close in but dallas knew the land and could live off it as long as he needed to finding him wouldn't be easy i'm jim calstrom former director of the fbi's new york office a man like dallas could hide almost anywhere the severity of his crime demanded that we never stop looking a modern day posse formed to round up the maverick and deliver him to justice on january 5th 1981 jim stevens arrived at a friend's trapping camp bringing provisions is promised he fired warning shots to report his arrival he knew his host didn't like being surprised by unannounced visitors the trapper claude dallas had created the gunshot warning system he was protective of his compound dallas was glad to have the supplies he was trapping for the winter in bull basin a remote area in southwestern idaho near the nevada border he had bagged a few bobcats out of season and planned to sell their furs in the spring but he needed food before that to sustain him besides restocking dallas camp stevens had come to look for indian artifacts he planned to search along the river in such an isolated area he was bound to find new items for his collection dallas state to look over his new provisions [Music] stevens was away for only a short time overhearing raised voices jim stevens soon returned to the camp he found his friend was not alone all the way over into nevada dallas was arguing with two game wardens bill pogue and conley ellen [Music] stevens noticed dallas's shoulder holster was empty though the wardens rarely met with trouble few woodsmen were happy to see them they requested steven's gun following standard field procedure all right talk to me again are you up here with him yeah colgan dallas argued about the bobcat skins hanging nearby in idaho the season hadn't opened season started two weeks ago i know where they came from nevada those aren't from nevada dallas's temper rose as he fumbled for an excuse their argument intensified [Music] mentioned a citation further angering the trap [Music] then warden elms entered dallas's tent to look for more contraband [Music] dallas became furious insisting they needed a search warrant [Music] sir i said stop it warden pogba turned his attention to the tent suddenly dallas was firing a gun [Applause] he had drawn a 357 he kept hidden and emptied it into the unsuspecting wardens without a word dallas reached for his 22 rifle and carefully aimed behind the ear of bill conley elms met the same fate jim stevens was stunned dallas immediately claimed that pogba tried to draw his gun stevens had turned away just before the shooting began he wouldn't deny dallas you saw his hand on his gun i swore last time i was arrested i'd never go in but did you again to kill him but why would the warden have drawn and why was elms killed maybe his friend had gone crazy fearing for his life stevens decided it was best to cooperate he complied with dallas orders using one of dallas's mules they hauled bill pogue's body up to the ridge where stephen's blazer was parked they dumped the body into the truck and returned to the camp conley elm's body was too heavy for the mule to carry up the hill to the truck dallas first suggested they quarter him and haul the pieces in the end they dragged him almost half a mile across the rocky ground to the river that would be dallas's one mistake he didn't wake the body as it floated down river it was sure to be seen [Music] as a trapper dallas knew about leaving tracks he must cover his to make it hard on the investigators who would hunt him using kerosene he burned the bloody spots left by moving the bodies stevens had to help [Music] dallas then built two small fires to burn the ropes used to move the wardens and some of the wardens equipment he tried to get rid of anything with blood on it [Music] dallas never expressed remorse for the killings to steven's dallas seemed without emotion it was more reason to fear it dallas had to get rid of bill pogue's body he decided to go to a friend's house in nevada for help stevens didn't want to cross dallas and it might give him a chance to get away from the killer they would head for paradise hill nevada five hours away [Music] as they drove dallas tried to convince stevens that the killings were justifiable homicide the wardens had invaded his territory and threatened him he said he had only defended himself stevens couldn't understand how it was self-defense but he didn't argue there was no telling what dallas might do to him near the end of their drive dallas apologized for involvement they arrived at the home of george and liz nielsen in paradise hill nevada around 11 o'clock that night the nielsen's ran a small tavern out of their house and we're just closing for the night george george george george is called dallas told his old friend george he had just killed two fish and game officers he needed nielson's help with others around jim stevens no longer feared for his life but what he had seen and done still terrified him dallas told george and liz nielsen he had one body outside and that the other was in the river near his camp george nielsen shared dallas contempt for the law and he believed the claim of self-defense he agreed to help dallas told stevens he could go and asked to borrow the nielsen's pickup to take pog's body out and bury it the men went outside so dallas could move the body from the blazer to nielsen's pickup stevens could finally head home dallas went off alone to get rid of the body hours later he would return to the nielsen's to shower change clothes eat and pack the nielsens would give him food some cash around 5 30 am nielsen would drop him off 15 miles away where it is believed another friend picked him up in any case claude dallas had disappeared a few hours later jim stevens realized he had to go to the police after talking with george he visited liz nielsen at the local hospital where she worked she agreed they should contact authorities they were too involved they met with the county prosecutor stevens explained that he was there at the time of the shootings but had his back turned when dallas started fire we went down the river there he didn't see if pogue had drawn his gun so stevens couldn't verify or dispute dallas's self-defense story george and liz nielsen told how they had helped dallas disappear but they didn't know where he was all anyone knew was that for some reason he was unpredictable armed and out there somewhere [Music] if stevens were telling the truth there were two lawmen down and a killer on the run the prosecutor contacted owyhee county sheriff tim nettleman who called in state authorities i notified the department of law enforcement to gain some assistance because of the expertise that they could supply my department as nettleton prepared to investigate the crime scene to check steven's story the fbi was called in to track dallas special agent frank menzel then stationed in reno was assigned as the nevada case agent the fbi was called into the investigation of the murders of officers pogan elms because it was believed that dallas had first of all cold-bloodedly murdered these two officers and secondly that he had fled the state of idaho to avoid prosecution we have thick wooded areas we have water and we have some open terrain dallas knew the land and had a head start but the fbi had to find them sheriff tim nettleton led the investigation of the crime scene where claude dallas had killed the two game wardens he was accompanied by deputies and state forensics experts an investigator riding in a news helicopter spotted a body in the river he radioed to the team on the ground and they located the body of warden conley helms caught on the submerged tree branch at least one death was verified back in the camp officers approached dallas's tent with care on the chance he was lying in wait but only pelts and skins remain [Music] with the area secured sheriff nettleton and the forensics team could begin verifying the rest of stephen's story they couldn't rely solely on one witness's testimony they needed hard evidence that placed dallas at the scene and proved what happened beyond a reasonable doubt investigators videotaped and took photographs to preserve the placement of footprints and other evidence [Music] they were most interested in collecting ballistic evidence the examiners needed to retrieve the wardens guns and any spent bullets from them [Music] the question was whether the wardens had fired or even drawn their guns if they had dallas may be innocent of murder searches found 357 and 22 caliber shell casings which they hoped to be able to trace to determine who had fired [Music] although evidence had been burned much still remained the scorched twigs might yield powerful clues in the process we found where the the sagebrush had been piled on human blood later identified as bill pogues in conley helms blood and burned we assumed to destroy the evidence it was painstaking work but their meticulousness was crucial even the tiniest traces of evidence would be useful to idaho state prime lab examiner rick groff there was a number of blood spots that were collected off of plants off dirt around the campfire just in a number of locations the one eyewitness jim stevens cooperated fully his testimony would help the idaho department of law enforcement's harry ka paul reconstruct the killings we took the next day i believe it was we took stephen's and went back down to the crime scene and had him walk us through showing us where elms was standing where pogue was standing where he was standing where dallas was positioned and we acted it out and photographed it investigators were sure of what had happened but they didn't know where claude dallas was or where he had hidden bill pogue's body thank you all for being here today local and state officers and civilian volunteers would look for the body the news of the warden's murders galvanized the searchers most of them knew the two wardens and their families [Music] sheriff gary ayman then a dispatcher was part of the search for the body it was dallas being a cold-blooded cop killer it was it was scary searching but it was there was anger there that you wanted to help the family find the body so they could bury their loved one many of the searchers knew the 30 square mile wilderness that they'd be scouring but there were dozens of abandoned mine shafts and gullies in which to hide a body and claude dallas knew them all all right let's move it for burning daylight they would use high technology like infrared scanners but most importantly they would rely on their own patience and dedication they were very long days cold days we walked we rode horses flew in airplanes flew in helicopters the fbi's manhunt team was charged with finding dallas the trapper could be anywhere he was said to know every cave in gopher hole in the area where idaho oregon and nevada meet so the fbi wasted no time in blanketing the region with agents a specialized fbi force arrived in winnemucca this morning 12 members of the bureau swat team out of san francisco they'll be evaluating and following up leads from several areas there were about a hundred officers including swat teams from california idaho and nevada it was a posse ready for anything because no one knew what the dangerous woodsman might do while special agent frank manziel coordinated the nevada search special agent george kelly of the boise field office became the fbi's lead investigator the stories out on claude dallas early on seem to be that he was a loner he was one who was not too close to other people he was a person who could live all by himself could go off in the mountains and be totally independent dallas projected the image of a storybook mountain man to those around him it was a tale years in the making dallas was born on march 11 1950 in winchester virginia the second son in a family of nine [Music] when he was just a boy his father taught him to hunt and lay a trap line and that game laws didn't apply to them the fbi learned that dallas name was already in their files for a draft dodging charge more than 10 years earlier [Music] when he was 18 he had registered for the draft as required by law then left his family in hitchhike to california dallas found work as a ranch hand though he had no experience but he learned fast and soon became known for his hard work and for his distrust of the law after several years he moved on perhaps unaware the fbi wanted him as a draft dodger in 1973 the fbi caught up with claude dallas they arrested him for failure to report for induction but the draft board couldn't prove he had ever received his draft notices they dropped the charges it was his first victory over the government laws he despised dallas moved to paradise hill nevada he decided to trade ranch work for the life of a trap he wanted to be completely independent before long dallas was making his living solely as a trapper in the nevada wilds although he was licensed his traps often violated state game laws for illegal bait legitimate trappers had little respect for his operation sheriff nettleton knew dallas's reputation dallas was a tri-strapper he never took the time to go with a real trapper and learn how to trap as authorities investigated the man they were hunting for alleged murder they uncovered a history of conflict with the law in 1976 nevada game warden dale elliott came across some of dallas illegally baited traps dallas used birds and animal parts to lure bobcats whose skins brought a good price but this improper bait also attracts animals like raccoons and skunks and kills them needlessly elliot confiscated the traps and find dallas 100 two years later in 1978 another game warden gene weller came across more traps in dallas territory they were illegally baited with chunks of meat and had no tags dallas couldn't be found and since it was late weller decided to return the next day to look for him the following morning weller and the sheriff's deputy found dallas jeep but again dallas couldn't be located inside the jeep they found two weapons a rifle and a revolver it was against nevada law to keep a loaded rifle in a vehicle so they confiscated it they took the revolver too [Music] two loaded weapons in a possibly abandoned vehicle presented a dangerous situation anyone wandering nearby could take the firearms the officers left a note for dallas explaining where the guns would be held my name's claude dallas here to get my guns three days later a disgruntled claude dallas arrived at the sheriff's office in winnemucca nevada to claim his guns they were now unloaded and dallas argued that the shells that had been inside were spent the deputies couldn't produce evidence that the guns had held live rounds the weapons were returned and no fine was issued it was another dallas victory [Music] claude dallas was a man who rejected the rules of society but if his rules allowed for murder the fbi had to bring him in within days of the two game wardens deaths fbi agents gathered information about the killer claude dallas special agent george kelly led the investigation we realized that to find claude dallas we had to learn more about him the fbi talked with local trappers and ranchers many were reluctant to help the information on dallas came slow as it did the fbi pieced together the days leading up to the killing of the two game wardens [Music] in december of 1980 a month before the killing of the wardens dallas had made a winter camp in the remote stretch of wilderness in idaho's southwest corner he would spend the winter trapping alone but for a few visits from friends like jim stevens who promised to bring mail and supplies [Music] he chose bull basin for his camp it was perfect for him wild isolated country rich in deer and bobcat a place where a man could live by his own rules dallas's closest neighbors were miles away [Music] he knew whether trapper sometimes worked bull basin but he figured he could avoid them and the state's fish and game laws but one day his neighbor paid him a visit eddie carlin owned the 45 ranch 12 miles away he often trapped in bull basin and he wanted to know who was working his territory carlin saw illegal bobcat furs in the camp when he commented on them dallas said he didn't believe in man-made laws something about the trapper made carlin uneasy he nervously eyed dallas's 357 a more powerful weapon than a trapper needs uh carlin made it clear his family had trapped in bull basin for years finally they agreed to work separate areas of the basement squared away there okay they would stay off each other's turf for the moment eddie colin was more concerned about a couple of trappers poaching on his 45 ranch itself in the northwest working another man's land is like stealing directly out of his pockets carlin drove two hours to the nearest phone to alert the fish and game department it was 10 p.m on january 4th when carlin reached game warden bill pogue i just come back was known as a strict by the books carla knew he would help him clear his ranch of unwanted trappers all right look i'll see you in the morning understood carlin's concern that would be great the approaches needed to be caught before they moved on to new territory hogue told carl and he'd head out right away but he needed to find a partner he called two wardens who were unable to make the trip finally he reached conley elms what yeah it was late but when elms heard the problem he immediately agreed to go the wardens arrived at the carlin's 45 ranch at 3 a.m on january 5th after a few hours rest in sleeping bags outside the men joined eddie and joanne carlin for breakfast eddie described the poachers who were trapping on his land the wardens considered how to approach them then joanne added that there was another man named claude dallas trapping in bull basin he was bagging game out of season two eddie told him to watch out for dallas the wardens said they'd cover each other they left to confront the trappers on the 45 ranch first tim stevens arrived in dallas camp at mid-morning and went off to look for artifacts leaving dallas alone the wardens ended the camp to check on the possible trapping violations on dallas yep come out of the tent please bill pogue conley elms game organs dallas would later tell stevens what happened next [Music] the wardens asked dallas for his gun he surrendered one that the wardens had seen but kept the second 357 pistol hit 20-mile trap line goes down into nevada we've got a license let me see your licenses dallas said the argument began after the wardens checked his trapping licenses they asked about the pelts ahead hanging out hogue pressed dallas about the bobcat furs and dallas anger rules these pelts came from here no these are these are there attention quickly escalated you got a warrant he doesn't need a warrant this is my home and in an instance dallas temper turned deadly perhaps what was most horrible was the way the wardens were executed sheriff nettleton understood the implication of the shots to the head that shot behind the air was to finish him off and is is a common way of administering death by a trapper [Music] clearly dallas considered the wardens no more than animals stumbling into one of his traps the cold terrible nature of the crime didn't phase dallas unshaken he tried to cover his tracks intimidating jim stevens into assisting him then he vanished within 48 hours the hunt for bill pogue's body by local elm's body had been found and the story jim stevens recounted was proving to be true the other warden was still missing local and state authorities used every tool at their disposal including sheriff nettleton's airplane [Music] the aerial search allowed for initial sweeps of large areas to be conducted quickly it was necessary in such a vast expanse of territory freshly dug earth or other signs of claude dallas's actions may have been visible from the air but finding a body would require a slow careful ground surge too by a team that included sheriff gary ayman when we actually went down and searched for the body approximately 50 or so people went down we camped out near paradise valley and we would break up into teams and we'd go search a specific designated area that that we were assigned to and we would basically turn over every rock and look under every brush for for signs of of a grave or footprints bodies whatever any evidence that might be related to this case as local authorities search for pog's body the fbi hunted claude dallas he could be anywhere from the northwest to mexico or beyond dallas was on his own turf and the manhunt promised to be long and frustrating agent george kelly and the other investigators knew that to find dallas they'd have to narrow the search we had to contact the people that he had seen in the past and we began to get an idea of the type of person he would look up by those who had similar interests that he did and we really concentrated on who are his friends investigators knew dallas had friends in paradise hill nevada so they focused there checking homes barns and other buildings agents learned dallas kept many of his belongings in a converted trailer behind george nielsen's bar when agents searched it they discovered nearly 20 weapons and some combat training manuals it was further evidence they were hunting a man who was dangerous and knew how to heal [Music] inside nielsen's bar the fbi questioned everyone who knew dallas the nielsens were helpful telling the fbi the same information they had given the county prosecutor earlier but others in the bar were largely uncooperative not many locals appreciated federal intervention they gave agents few leads it was clear people were protecting dallas either because they liked him or because they disliked the law the federal agents weren't the only ones getting the brush off even local authorities like harry ka paul felt the frustration some of the anti-establishment type people said the two officers deserved to be killed they had no business being down invading this man's camp but there were quite a few people in the winnemucca area who really weren't too helpful and i think our investigation would have proceeded a lot faster and quicker had they have been more willing to come forward or if we did interview them tell us the truth the fact that dallas had a network of supporters in nevada and idaho gave agents the first glimpse behind his mountain man facade it seemed he was not the self-sufficient loner some made him out to be he was resourceful but he was also dependent on others the field work by agents like frank menzel slowly uncovered the truth about claude dallas he wasn't earning any money so he had to have some way to eat and sleep and that sort of thing a place to go to to hide so he was able to avoid us because he did have some friends not only in the state of nevada but northern california where he had relatives as investigators learned how dallas operated they figured out how to bring him out of hiding they'd make the reclusive backwoodsman the best recognized man in the west so he'd have to come home to hide they designed and distributed a wanted poster and put a 20 000 reward on dallas head sheriff nettleton called it the poster war i had requests from so many police agencies all the way from alaska all up and down the west coast they were in field and stream virtually every gun shop west of the mississippi had one hanging up and any place that mr dallas went he would see his face any of his haunts any of his friends would see it this would leave him only one place to hide back in paradise hill where most of his supporters were investigators kept the pressure on following every lead searching every day and waiting for dallas to resurface after 15 months agents noticed the people of paradise hill becoming uneasy they acted nervous when any law officer was nearby the agents worked their contacts and learned that claude dallas was coming back to town fbi agents persuaded a friend of dallas's to turn informant and notify them when dallas actually returned in april of 1982 the informant came in to talk he didn't want any trouble claude dallas had moved in with a friend he said he was at craig carver's trailer just outside of paradise hill there were plenty of weapons in the trailer within 12 hours the arrest team had assembled and was ready to raid carver's trailer they had to act fast there was no room for error on sunday april 18 1982 the fbi made their move on claude dallas they descended upon his quiet remote hiding spot with air and ground support the swat team quickly positioned themselves for the raid they knew dallas was an expert marksman and that he would be heavily armed special agent george kelly was at the rate and i well recalled the announcement that it was this is the fbi and clawed dallas come out words of this effect and he did he came out but not the way they expected dallas dived through the window of the trailer and went to a truck [Music] agents were momentarily helpless to stop him here's team mobilized and the chase was on the fbi had spent more than a year tracking the cockpit they could not let him get away [Music] cruisers from the helicopter stayed on his tail despite the danger dallas was shooting from his truck to sped along agents and officers returned fire as they chased him he seemed unstoppable even bulletproof [Music] but then his luck ran out his truck stopped dead the shooting stopped too dallas had been shot he slipped out of his truck and crawled away [Music] men on the ground couldn't see him through the tall brush but from the air nanzelle had a bird's eye view unfortunately with the agents out of their vehicle he had no means of radio contact with him so he was helpless to warn him when i saw that agent walking toward dallas this agent was a very highly trained special agent swat team leader named dave gillin out of las vegas i didn't think he saw dallas and i thought there could be i thought dallas could have killed him right there and it really scared me badly but as the agents approached to everyone's surprise dallas lifted his arms and gave up he was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment the fbi had their man frank manziel breathed a sigh of relief dallas told us he could have killed the agent that was walking toward him and i i said thanks for not killing him with claude dallas secured behind bars prosecutors began to build their case against him this morning investigators went through dallas belongings looking for evidence to help in prosecuting him items searched included traps pelt stretch boards clothing and eight guns believe there is a possibility that that we could have the homicide weapon but we don't know how many weapons are you are you looking for you're looking for one particular weapon but you're specifically looking for the gun that clyde used to shoot we're hoping it might be in this bunch [Music] at the idaho state forensics lab examiners tested the weapons confiscated from dallas's trailer they hoped to find the guns used to execute the wardens but the tests were inconclusive prosecutors would have to rely on other forensic evidence and the testimony of jim stevens to earn a conviction when claude dallas was released from the hospital he was booked at the humboldt county sheriff's office then flown back to winnemucca nevada when they had dallas and custody cut back to the airport in guanamaka it was just a feeling of relief hey it's over with now let's get him tried authorities were taking no chances security at the oahe county courthouse was bolstered for dallas arrival from the first day of the trial the courthouse was jammed with spectators split into pro and anti-dallas camps his most vocal advocates were the so-called dallas cheerleaders during the trial there was a group mostly ladies that were openly antagonistic towards any law enforcement that thought mr dallas was cute and being railroaded didn't mind telling anybody that we had no business prosecuting the prosecution expected an easy conviction on first degree murder charges they had a witness to the crime forensic evidence and a defendant who eluded capture for over a year but it wouldn't be easy whether it was the strong defense or dallas's charisma after seven days of deliberation the jury reached a shocking verdict instead of the maximum charge of first-degree murder they found claude dallas guilty of two lesser charges of voluntary manslaughter if the jury was beguiled by dallas the judge was not he gave dallas the maximum sentences he could a total of 30 years during the trial dallas finally gave up the location of bill pogue's body this provided some relief to the people who had searched the wilderness for months still many felt justice had not been done we were shocked that he would dallas got away with this because he had cold-bloodedly murdered two very fine uh idaho officers and uh not only murdered him but shot him in the back of the head like they were just animals that he caught in a trap and i thought that it was the worst decision there was no justice i felt bad for law enforcement but i really felt bad for pogan elms family i thought that was just tragic bill pogue's body was recovered from a shallow grave about 15 miles southwest of paradise hill nevada and claude dallas began serving his time at the idaho state penitentiary but the ordeal was not over [Music] after three years in captivity on easter sunday 1986 he once again became a fugitive agents believed a woman from reno who had befriended him brought him wire cutters on a visit he used them to cut through the prison fence it seems she also provided the getaway car dallas was now an escaped killer and the manhunt team responded with full force the fbi placed him on their list of 10 most wanted fugitives at the request of special agent george kelly we knew could be difficulty in finding them that that should get them on the top ten knew that getting this publicity not only nationwide but worldwide and are one of fliers that go out special agent nenzel welcomed the top 10 listing you have the backing of the entire fbi uh more so than you would in a just a regular case i mean we have all the equipment helicopters planes technical advice laboratory swat teams people that are able to do all kinds of things will help you on a solid lead on a fbi top 10 fugitive case the media also turned more attention to the case generating more leads the search was off to a strong start [Music] hopes were high when agents quickly located the car allegedly used in the escape forensics examiners processed it for prints it may lead them to the escapee but he'd left no trace of himself a few months after dallas's escape agents had a hot tip on his whereabouts he was hiding in the small mining town of eureka nevada under cover of darkness vegas and reno swat teams arrived for the raid they threw a device called a flashbang through the front door to stun anyone inside and send up a smoke screen to cover agents when they entered would the fugitive plot dallas finally be brought to justice swat team members searched the house for claude dallas but he had slipped away again maybe the agents had been in the small town too long and word had gotten out in any case dallas was gone it would be several more months before agents got their best break almost a year after his escape from prison [Music] they had been following another of his friends danny martinez who lived in the ranching community of riverside california martinez had a friend who looked a lot like dallas and he talked the friend into giving dallas his id the friend was uncomfortable with the arrangement meanwhile dallas fled to mexico using the id he cut his hair shaved his beard and got a nose job he had a new look but he hadn't changed his pattern as before he returned to where his friends were as agents predicted claude dallas returned to riverside martinez had the informant take dallas to a motel the friend quickly alerted the fbi knowing dallas was inside the swat team assembled at the convenience store across from the motel [Music] he was surrounded and he was unarmed so he could not fight back this time claude dallas was once again in custody he was transported back to idaho to stand trial the charge was escaping from a state penitentiary it seemed certain he would be found guilty but again he worked his magic on the witness stand he claimed prison officials had concocted an elaborate scheme to kill him because they saw him as a cop killer amazingly the jury bought his story baffling agents like frank menzel dallas was acquitted from escape which totally astounded every fbi agent i ever knew that worked on this case or any agent that ever heard about this case it just was beyond belief that dallas could escape from prison and then go to trial for that and then be acquitted claude dallas who admitted killing two law officers seemed somehow charmed when it came to prosecutions but this time he got off of his uh his uh draft dodging he got off a shooting two officers now he gets off of escape because the authorities are mean to this poor little boy that's been his defense every time but dallas was defeated he lost the year reduction in his sentence he had earned for good behavior and he was returned to prison to serve the remaining 27 years of his term sheriff gary aymond saw through dallas's false image claude dallas to me was a wannabe cowboy loner that wasn't near as tough as he thought he was harry kapol agrees i don't think ever earned the right to be called a mountain man or a trapper he was nothing more than a thief and a murderer [Music] following the game warden's deaths their widows initiated the construction of a memorial to idaho's fallen officers the monument stands as a testimonial to the true heroes of the west those men and women sworn to uphold and protect the law

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