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That post came originally from 24 hour campfire and was posted on accurate reloading. What I know of Pogue was he was at one time an LEO in Winnemucca and tangled with some of the politically powerful in that town. He ended up in Idaho as a game warden. We had a very bad reputation as a bad a$$ hombre in Winnemucca with a rep of doing bad deeds to those he didn't like.
I knew Claude only in a minimal way. He sometimes took odd jobs in Winnemucca, and at least with me was a pleasant enough fellow. I hired him to help me put up a fence around my yard. he did a good job and struck me as a hard worker.
Pogue would come back to Winnemucca at times and party with friends and relatives. On more than one occasion, friends and I heard him spout off that if he caught Claude out in the boonies, he would kill him. LEO or not, I for one figure he got his just deserts.
Now I'm not saying that what Claude did was right. I was not there and was not in that situation. However, considering Pogue's reputation and the factr that he had made threats about Dallas, I'm not to sure I wouldn't have done the same thing if I were in Claudes shoes.
There must be something more to all this, becuase, if Claude was really the bad guy, why did over 300 people want to testify in his behalf against Pogue? Why did so many people in the Winnemucca, Paradise Hill and Paradise Valley area go out of their way to "harbor a fugitive" after he'd killed the two wardens?
I do feel that Claude probably thought he might be "shot while trying to escape.
So, was this a "rogue poaching mountain man" or a bad LEO that was considering doing his own kind of justice?
I don't know, you don't know, nor does anyone else that was not there.
I figure he did the crime, he did the time, leave him be.
Paul B.
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