The hooded riders did not return. When the Davis administration was voted out of office the need never arose. Try as he might, Dusty failed to obtain proof of what had happened the day Sheriff Waggets died. Before Wes Hardin could be brought to trial and cleared of the charge, he gained the reputation of being a killer. Driven beyond the law, he finally died, another victim to the stupidity and bigotry called ‘Reconstruction’.