The Famous Killer Who—
By Humphreys, Ray
A garbled telegraph message sends a small Colorado town's sheriff and mayor into a frenzy of mistaken identity, culminating in a chaotic ambush of an entirely innocent stranger and a comic reminder that the quick-witted station telegrapher may be the sharpest one in town.
Publisher: Street & Smith Corporation
First published: 1927
Type: Short story
Setting / subject: Western