From the July 16, 1904 edition of the Silverton Standard: RUSTLED CATTLE TRACKED TO SILVERTON AREA
Sunday William Otto, the largest taxpayer in Montezuma County, and Under Sheriff James Gawth made their advent to Silverton. They were hunting stock stolen from various ranches of that section. ... A lot of cattle were surreptitiously yanked off by moonlight July 4, upon which Ott...