I te Hakihea 15, 1877, ka tohua e te Kawana o te rohe a John Milton Thayer a Murrin, Simon Durlacher, me Thomas Lanktree hei komihana whiu hei tirotiro i nga herehere i Laramie County, Wyoming. I te tau 1880, i whiriwhiria ia hei karere mai i Wyoming ki te huihuinga a motu Democratic
i Cincinnati, Ohio. I te tau 1885, i tohua ia hei tiamana mo te Komiti Manapori a Wyoming.