b'Curly Bill andLLeessssoonnssNNoottLLeeaarrnneeddseveral locals areHomicide by MisadventureJaJnaunaurayr y9 ,9 1, 818181drinking it up at the Alhambra Saloon October 28,1880: Fresh off the trail fromsays, I am an officer of the law, give me your (also known asJUMPIN JEHOSIPHAT!TEA CUP SALLYSanSimon,wheresomebelieveheandhispistol.AsCurlyBillreachestopullouthis CUCRULRYL YB IBLILLLS ST ATBALBEL EM MANANNENRESRSCorrigans)YOU YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPERSI painted this image utilizing pards treed the town and attempted to hijack apistol, Wyatt gets behind Curly Bill and wraps in Tombstone. TheThe worst trick II ever knew him totodo do wasworst trickever knewhimwas a Civil War era photograph that haslocomotive, Curly Bill Brocius bringshis arms around him to see if he isarestaurantonce, while the people to togogointo into a restaurant once, while the peoplebeen published many times. It usuallyhis mayhem to Tombstone.carrying anymore weapons.werewere atatdinner. He He was drunk and pulled outBecause of the Haysdinner. was drunkand pulled outis printed, along with a license forAfter a tall bucking at BrownsCode crackdown on risqu hishis two two revolvers revolvers and and laid laid them them beside beside his his plate, plate,Grabbing the barrel of Curly Bills After multiplecorral, the boisterous cow-boys retirepistol,MarshalWhitebarks,Now, prostitution, but the provenance isandand ordered ordered everyone everyone atatthe the table table totowait wait until untilimages and bad language in to Allen Street and land in CorrigansanHollywood films, 1934-1968, unclear whether that is accurate,he hwe aws atsh rtohuroghu,g ha,saist w u d dyou God damned son of a bitch, give drinks, the rowdyit aws ausn genngetlnetmleamnlayn layn crew spills out ontosaloon. The cow-boys are joined by a impolite totoriserisebeforeallhadfinished theirupthatpistol!Ashetriestojerk impolitebefore allhadfinishedtheiror not. What is clear is that thismany old-timers (especially photograph was taken by someonemeal. OfOfcourse, course, everybody everybody in thein the restaurant restaurant sat satus Boomers) are under the meal.local,AndrewMcCauley,cow-boythe pistol out of the cow-boys hand, Allen Street andandand waited waited until until Bill Bill got got done done eating, eating, but but hehewas was Dick Lloyd (the tall bucker), rancherit goes off. with a ribald sense of humor, moremistaken notion that the several pull theirso sofull full hehelaid laid down down his his head head upon upon his his arms arms an dand Frank Patterson, Ed Collins, AndrewI am shot! says White, as he falls. indicative of the times than thehumor in the Wild West was pistols and shootfelfl ealls laeselpee, pa,n dan tdh et hfeo lfkosl kwse wree rseosaof raafirda iodfohfi mhi mth atth atht etyh esyu psuppopseods ehdehe Ames and a Charleston miner namedThe muzzle blast sets his pants afire, humor that survives in print. tame. We tend to think of at the moon. waws ajus sjtu sth asmhammimngi nsgle selpee apsatsotgoe tg eat c ah acnhcaen cteotsoh oshoto otht et hfeir sfitr sotn oe nweh wo ho James Johnson. After several drinks, the partyand someone snuffs the flames.ol Gabby Hayes sidewinder rosreo sfero fmro mth eth tea btlaeb. leT.h Teyh eayl l awlla witaeidte udn utinl thile h aew aowkeo,k ew,h wenh ehnehpea ipda itdh et he spills out onto Allen Street, with one or moreWyattbrandishesaborrowedpistoland billb iflol rf othr et hcer ocwrodw adn dan lde flte.ft. euphemisms as being of the men pulling their pistols and firing sev- clubs Curly Bill on the head, knocking him to Fresh out ofofjail jailTucson, Curly BillSIDEKICK EXTRAORDINAIRE:authentic.Fresh outininTucson,Curly Bill ToTmo mTh Tohrtoornto, nh,o hteolt kele ekpeepr einr iGna GleaylveiyllveilleBrocius leads agroup ofofcow-boys backeral shots at the moon and stars. theground.WhathaveIdone?CurlyBill Brocius leadsa group cow-boys back GABBY HAYESWyatt Earp andCurlyBilltriestostoptheshooting,say- demands.Ihavenotdoneanythingtobe to tothe the San San Pedro Pedro River, River, where where they they take take his brother Morganingaccordingtoaneyewitnessthiswontarrested for.ititupstreamandstopatatachurch fourCurCluyr Blyi lBl i(lfl a(rf alerf lte )f tw )a ws aasr raersrteesdte tdh et hnee nxte xdta yd afyo rf ohri sh cish uchrcuhr ch upstream andstop achurchfourmiles shesnheaniagnaingsa nasn dan cdh acrhgaerdg e$d2 5$ 2f5o rf odri sdtiusrtbuirnbgin tgh et hpee apceea.c eC. urCluyr ly hear the illegaldo, boys, but the men continue their promis- Wyattgrabsthecow-boybythecollarand miles from from Charleston. Charleston. paipda,id D,e Dpueptyu tSyh eShrieffr iWff iWlliialmlia Bmr eBarkeeankerindrgideg re preoprtoerdt,e db, ubt usat isda id shooting and runandgoing inside, Curly cuous fuselage. As locals gather on the streetmarcheshimovertothesmallwoodenjail, Dismountingnon mo omreo rceh uchrcuhr cfho rf ohri mhi,m it,wita ws atos oto eox peexnpesinvsei.ve.Dismounting andgoinginside,Curly Bill,Bill, followed bybyhis his gang, demands theto see what all the shooting is about, three inmere feet away from the fracas. Wyatt and his to the scene.gang,demands the followed parson totostopstophistalkororCurlyCurlyBillthecow-boycrowd,includingCurlyBill,runbrothers Virgil and Morgan round up the rest parsonhistalk Billwillwill shoot shoot ananeye eye out. out. behind a building on the south side of the road. ofthepartyandarrestEdCollins,Andrew CuCrluyr Blyi lBl pilrl opcreoecdese dtos taou tnaut nant dan hdu hmuilmiaitleia the et heCurlyBACKWARDS FACING RIDER Town Marshal Fred White suddenly appears Curly Bill Bill and and pards pards shoot shoot upupFifth FifthAmes, Dick Lloyd, Frank Patterson and James pasptaosrt,o mr, amkiankgi nhgi mh imda ndcaen cliek eli kae f oa oflo ionl ifnro fnrto notf ofandand Allen Allen in Tombstonein Tombstone more more than than once. once.from around the corner. Several men run up,Johnson.hish hiso rhroifrireidfi ecdo ncgorneggraetgioatni.on. Cowboys (left) in the Wild West era loved to do goofy includingWyattEarp,justasthemarshal things on horseback and this is a good example.NineNine days days later, later, the the terror terror from from San San Simon Simon In an arroyo (behind andand his his pards invade Contention City, where pardsinvade Contention City, where the current location thethe cow-boy cow-boy devils devils begin begin to totree tree the the south south end end of the Birdcage) of ofthe the town. town. 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