March 19, 1886, nine U.S. Marshals from New Mexico, Colorado, Texas and Arizona were summoned to the Nevada State Prison in Carson City, Nevada. Shorty Thompson from New Mexico, Hopper Scranton from Arizona, Billy Hart, James Kilmer, Bob Betterton and Roy Denton from Texas. Then there was Larry and Jimmy Colman, along with Ron Hubbell from Colorado. The governor stood looking over these men. "Please, if my wife is alive bring her back to me. I wish you men luck and may you return safely.”