sentences:  Franc was suspected to be an active member of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, and is believed to have bankrolled part of the Johnson County War, a conflict between small cattle owners and large wealthy cattle outfits in 1892.Franc died from a gunshot on November 30, 1903, under still mysterious circumstances.Local newspapers reported that his double-barrel shotgun accidentally discharged while Franc was crawling under a fence on his property.