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under a lock and key, and in due time they were all 

 killed off for being common thieves. About two 

 months before Mr. Razey caught his wolf, Col. 

 Parker's coyote broke her collar and made her escape. 

 She was seen a number of times before Air. Razey 

 caught the Potter County ''wolf," but never seen after. 

 The wolf that Mr. Razey caught was a female, and 

 as Mr. Razey said it was a small sized wolf he caught, 

 we will bet a bushel of frogs to a pint of cider that 

 the wolf Mr. Razey caught was Col. Parker's escaped 

 coyote. The writer was well acquainted with Mr. 

 Parker and had a number of talks with him about this 

 matter, and Mr. Parker told me that he had talked 

 with Razey about the wolf he caught, and he (Parker) 

 was dead sure that Razey's wolf was his escaped 

 coyote, and as Mr. Parker expressed himself, he said : 

 'T am damned glad that Razey caught that coyote, for 

 I was afraid I would have a bill of damages to pay for 

 her depredations." We both thought that Potter 

 County was better able to pay Air. Razey the $25 

 bounty than to have some poor farmer lose twice that 

 amount in sheep. Now, with due respect to Air. Razey 

 we must say that we believe that he was honest in 

 his opinion that he had caught a wolf, for the follow- 

 ing reason : Take a small size grey wolf and a large 

 coyote and we don't believe that Potter County has 

 got a man today that could tell which one was wolf or 

 coyote. There are only two points to judge from — 

 the coyote is not as strong or heavy through the butt 

 of the jaws, and his tail is two inches or more shorter 



