...While in California Helm killed a rancher who had befriended him and taken him in, sheltering him from the vengeance of the law. Helm had no understanding of the concept of gratitude. Helm then traveled to Oregon and resumed robbing people for a living, frequently murdering them. In 1862 after heavy drinking Helm gunned down an unarmed man named Dutch Fred in a saloon and fled. While on the run, Helm ate another fugitive who had been accompanying him. Captured by the authorities, Helm implored his brother Old Tex, one of Helms twelve siblings,[4] for assistance. With a considerable amount of money, Old Tex paid off all of the witnesses. Unable to convict Helm without witnesses, the authorities released him and he accompanied his brother to Texas.[3] Helm soon reappeared at many of the settlements mentioned before, killing many more men in the process. Finally Helm was apprehended in Montana. ...he murdered several men in various altercations, eventually committing premeditated murder. Forced to flee to avoid arrest and vigilante justice, Helm teamed up with six men with whom he confided that in his past Helm had eaten all or part of some of his murder victims. Manys the poor devil Ive killed, at one time or another... and the time has been that Ive been obliged to feed on some of em.[3] This boastful allusion is the first report of cannibalism on the part of Boone Helm. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boone_Helm
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