b'Curly Bill andThe Strange and Mesmerizing Death of the Outlaw Jesse JamesLLeessssoonnssNNoottLLeeaarrnneeddseveral locals areHomicide by MisadventureJaJnaunaurayr y9 ,9 1, 818181drinking it up at the Alhambra SaloonThat man is Jesse James and we haveon JesseJamesdeath,intheFeb-March October 28,1880: Fresh off the trail fromsays, I am an officer of the law, give me your (also known askilled him and dont deny it. We feel proudissue of True West magazine. Look for it that we havesomebelieveheandhiswhere better magazines are sold.SanSimon,where killed a man who is knownpistol.AsCurlyBillreachestopullouthis Corrigans)CUCRULRYL YB IBLILLLS ST ATBALBEL EM MANANNENRESRS There is pards treed the town and attempted to hijack apistol, Wyatt gets behind Curly Bill and wraps all over the world as the most notorious in Tombstone. TheThe worst trick II ever knew him totodo do wasworst trickever knewhimwas desperado that has ever lived.locomotive, Curly Bill Brocius bringshis arms around him to see if he is a story behindto togogointo into a restaurant once, while the people carrying anymore weapons. arestaurantonce, while the people his mayhem to Tombstone. Bob and Charley Fordwerewere atatdinner. He He was drunk and pulled outdinner. was drunkand pulled outevery story.After a tall bucking at BrownsGrabbing the barrel of Curly Bills hishis two two revolvers revolvers and and laid laid them them beside beside his his plate, plate, Jesse James and his gang were the sub-corral, the boisterous cow-boys retirepistol,MarshalWhitebarks,Now, andand ordered ordered everyone everyone atatthe the table table totowait wait until until After multiplejects of hundreds of dime novels in the late , whoto Allen Street and land in Corrigansan Michelle Pollard he hwe aws atsh rtohuroghu,g ha,saist w u d dyou God damned son of a bitch, give it aws ausn genngetlnetmleamnlayn layn drinks, the rowdy19th and early 20th cen-crew spills out ontosaloon. The cow-boys are joined by a has uncovered compelling impolite totoriserisebeforeallhadfinished theirupthatpistol!Ashetriestojerk impolitebefore allhadfinishedtheirturies, which, not unlike new evidence in the death meal.local,AndrewMcCauley,cow-boythe pistol out of the cow-boys hand, meal. OfOfcourse, course, everybody everybody in thein the restaurant restaurant sat sat Allen Street andtodaysvideogames, andand waited waited until until Bill Bill got got done done eating, eating, but but hehewas was of Jesse James Dick Lloyd (the tall bucker), rancherit goes off. wereoftenaccusedof 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. corruptingAmericas 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, impressionable youth.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.Jesses body was taken 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 BOB FORD CHARLEY FORDspills out onto Allen Street, with one or moreWyattbrandishesaborrowedpistoland toWilliamSidenfaders billb iflol rf othr et hcer ocwrodw adn dan lde flte.ft.of the men pulling their pistols and firing sev- clubs Curly Bill on the head, knocking him to undertakingestablish- Bob Ford (left), age 20, poses with aFresh out ofofjail jailTucson, Curly BillToTmo mTh Tohrtoornto, nh,o hteolt kele ekpeepr einr iGna GleaylveiyllveilleFresh outininTucson,Curly Bill eral shots at the moon and stars. onice,theground.WhathaveIdone?CurlyBill Brocius leads agroup ofofcow-boys backmentandputColt Single Action Army revolver, which he Brocius leadsa group cow-boys backto tothe the San San Pedro Pedro River, River, where where they they take takeCurlyBilltriesstoptheshooting,say- alleged he killed Jesse James with. Charley Wyatt Earp andIn the last monthsto wherehundredsofpeo- demands.Ihavenotdoneanythingtobe Ford, at right, participated with Jesse and of his life, Jesseplecametoviewthe 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 achurchfour James grew aother gang members in the Blue Cut train miles shesnheaniagnaingsa nasn dan cdh acrhgaerdg e$d2 5$ 2f5o rf odri sdtiusrtbuirnbgin tgh et hpee apceea.c eC. urCluyr ly deadoutlaw.According hear the illegaldo, boys, but the men continue their promis- Wyattgrabsthecow-boybythecollarand miles from from Charleston. Charleston. beard and dyed itrobbery of September 7, 1881. He committed paipda,id D,e Dpueptyu tSyh eShrieffr iWff iWlliialmlia Bmr eBarkeeankerindrgideg re preoprtoerdt,e db, ubt usat isda id to a reporter, many in the shooting and runandgoing inside, Curly cuous fuselage. As locals gather on the streetmarcheshimovertothesmallwoodenjail, Dismounting andgoinginside,Curly Dismountingdark brown, butsuicide in 1884, possibly because of his non mo omreo rceh uchrcuhr cfho rf ohri mhi,m it,wita ws atos oto eox peexnpesinvsei.ve.crowdwereladiesand 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 intense suffering from tuberculosis, or, asfollowedhe couldnt hide schoolchildren,whose parson totostopstophistalkororCurlyCurlyBillthecow-boycrowd,includingCurlyBill,runbrothers Virgil and Morgan round up the rest parsonhistalk Bill those sparklingsome speculated at the time, from remorse willwill shoot shoot ananeye eye out. out. involuntaryexpressionsfor killing Jesse James.behind a building on the south side of the road. ofthepartyandarrestEdCollins,Andrew blue eyes. ofcondolencewiththe CuCrluyr Blyi lBl pilrl opcreoecdese dtos taou tnaut nant dan hdu hmuilmiaitleia the et heCurlyTown 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 ofunhappy fate of the out-andand 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. law,formedatouchingtributetothe includingWyattEarp,justasthemarshal NineNine days days later, later, the the terror terror from from San San Simon Simonmemory of the man. In an arroyo (behindContributing editor, Mark Lee Gardner,pardsinvade Contention City, where andand his his pards invade Contention City, wherethe current locationcow-boy devils devils begin begin to totree tree the the south south end endgives his take on the new evidence thethe cow-boyof the Birdcage) of ofthe the town. town. 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