In 1884, Lawrence Harsin left his wife and daughter in the care of his father, John D. Harsin, in Osborne County, Kansas. He then headed to Kearney, NE where he intended to sell his horse. He was never heard from again. 37 years later a former sheriff called Robert Kirkendall, Lawrence's brother-in-law, to his death bed. He then confessed that in 1884 he and a posse were searching for a group of horse theives. When they caught up to the group they shot and killed them all. Before one of the men died he told the sheriff he was an innocent man. He had only met up with the others the day before and they had agreed to head for Kearney together. Lawrence Harsin had joined up with the wrong men, and he was mistakenly shot as a horse thief.
In 1884, Lawrence Harsin left his wife and daughter in the care of his father, John D. Harsin, in Osborne County, Kansas. He then headed to Kearney, NE where he intended to sell his horse. He was never heard from again. 37 years later a former sheriff called Robert Kirkendall, Lawrence's brother-in-law, to his death bed. He then confessed that in 1884 he and a posse were searching for a group of horse theives. When they caught up to the group they shot and killed them all. Before one of the men died he told the sheriff he was an innocent man. He had only met up with the others the day before and they had agreed to head for Kearney together. Lawrence Harsin had joined up with the wrong men, and he was mistakenly shot as a horse thief.
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