The Fitzgerald Law Firm: Butch Cassidy and the Law Firm

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In the popular movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Butch and Sundance kept asking each other, "Who are those guys?" According to the movie, "those guys" were a group of U.S. Marshals who tracked Butch and Sundance throughout the west. The Marshals' leader was Joe LeFors, the U.S. Marshal from Wyoming. Butch and Sundance talk about him in the movie. During his tenure as U.S. Marshal for Wyoming, Joe LeFors served with the Clerk of the Court and Court Reporter, C.J. Ohnhaus, who built the building in which The Fitzgerald Law Firm has its offices. Joe LeFors is pictured below as #11 The Clerk of the Court, C.J. Ohnhaus, is pictured as #8.

The historic C.J. Ohnhaus Residence and Carriage House were built in 1910 at 2108 Warren Avenue in historic Cheyenne. C.J. Ohnhaus was the Clerk of the U.S. District Court from 1909 until his death in 1952. At the time of his death, C.J. Ohnhaus was one of the state's best known men. He was a native of Cheyenne, born on May 29, 1878. He was the court reporter who took down Tom Horn's confession. Horn confessed to the murder of a young boy when Horn was working for Wyoming cattle barons who had hired him to "keep the peace" in cattle country. The confession was obtained in a most peculiar manner. A Deputy Sheriff met Tom Horn in a saloon one day and after a few drinks, he invited the gunman up to his room in the hotel. Unknown to Horn, C.J. Ohnhaus was listening in the anteroom, taking down the conversation in shorthand. C.J. Ohnhaus was accompanied by a Deputy who had two guns handy in case Horn discovered that they were listening outside of the hotel room. The jury convicted Horn of murder.

The historic C.J. Ohnhaus Residence and Carriage House were purchased by James E. and Sharon A. Fitzgerald in November of 1984. The new owners converted the residence into law offices. All of the renovations were inspected and approved by the U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service.

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