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Was Tom Horn Cruel Or Guilty

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Tom Horn was an old American West Scout, who was a detective but killed for hire. He was born November 21st, 1860 and weighed 200lbs. He is known to have convicted 17 murders, but he also murdered a 14yr old boy named Willie Nickel. He wa found in the morning dead with 60-70 sheep clubbed to death. He went to trial and was found guilty. During his time in jail he wrote an autobiography, Life of Tom Horn, and it talks about whether he was guilty or not for the murder of Willie Nickel’s. Tom as a kid suffered from physical and emotional abuse, in many way. He was abused by his father and the only comparison of a child was his dog. One day the dog was tragically killed by bullies who were beating Tom up and then killed his dog with a shotgun.

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