In 1910, perhaps due to the trauma of never having a place to belong, he became unjustifiably violent.
For whatever reason in November 1910, he shot and killed another Native American man named Bismark on the reservation.
He fled to Las Vegas to stock up on supplies.
While there, he argued with a merchant and then beat him with a pick handle, breaking the man’s arms and fracturing his skull.
From there, he escaped into the El Dorado Mountains on foot.
Meanwhile, a posse from Las Vegas followed him into the mountain.
Shortly after, a local woodcutter was found dead and was allegedly killed by Queho.
They followed the tracks into the El Dorado Canyon to a place called the Gold Bug mine.
There they found the body of a deputy, whose badge had been stolen from his shirt.
The trail of Queho was followed a bit further, but he was never captured.
A sergeant from the Nevada State Police named Newgard took a few Native American trackers and two experienced hunters into the El Dorado Canyon to search for Queho.
Over the next eight years, there were several mysterious murders in the area near the Colorado River where Queho had disappeared.
Naturally, he was blamed for these.
On the Arizona side, four adults and several children were found shot to death.
On the Nevada side, prospectors and shepherds would be found dead in isolated areas.
The victims’ shoes and food supplies were usually stolen.
Panic spread throughout the area and the name Queho became synonymous with “Boogeyman”.
If a prospector disappeared in the desert (a common enough occurance) or a miner spent too long at the bar or fell asleep on the job and didn’t come home on time, the name of Queho was mentioned.
Queho was also used as a threat to children who wouldn’t behave.
In January 1919, Maude Douglas was found murdered and her cabin ransacked in the El Dorado Canyon.
Police found Queho’s footprints leading away from the scene toward the Colorado river.
Two prospectors were found shot in the back nearby around that same time, and once more Queho’s footprints were found there.
A two month long manhunt ensued despite miserable winter weather.
They found the skeletons of two miners who had disappeared years before.
Queho was blamed for these murders, even though there was no evidence.
Throughout the search, the posse would occasionally find still-warm campfires and caves that might have been used as food caches.
Eventually, the weather made the whole thing too difficult and the posse gave up.
In March of 1919, the state of Nevada posted a $2000 reward for the capture of Queho, and Arizona chipped in an additional $500. After Clark County, Nevada and a few private individuals contributed, the total was over $3000.
However, by this point, the mysterious murders had stopped and Queho wasn’t ever heard from again.
