b'Curly Bill andLLeessssoonnssNNoottLLeeaarrnneeddseveral locals areHomicide by MisadventureSAN SIMON BAD BOYSJaJnaunaurayr y9 ,9 1, 818181drinking it up atThe Chiricahua Mountains, San Simon Valley and the Bootheel of New Mexico areas were outlaw sanctuaries in the late seventies and early 1880s. Legendary cowboy bad boys likethe Alhambra SaloonCurly Bill Brocius (left) roamed freely. It was a rough country populated by rough men.October 28,1880: Fresh off the trail fromsays, I am an officer of the law, give me your (also known asSanSimon,wheresomebelieveheandhispistol.AsCurlyBillreachestopullouthis CUCRULRYL YB IBLILLLS ST ATBALBEL EM MANANNENRESRSCorrigans)TheTheDEATH BY SHAKESPEARE if he is in Tombstone. pards treed the town and attempted to hijack apistol, Wyatt gets behind Curly Bill and wraps worst trick II ever knew him totodo do wasworst trickever knewhimwas locomotive, Curly Bill Brocius bringshis arms around him to see to togogointo into a restaurant once, while the people arestaurantonce, while the people his mayhem to Tombstone.carrying anymore weapons.werewere atatdinner. He He was drunk and pulled outdinner. was drunkand pulled outNOVEMBER 22, 1880 Grabbing the barrel of Curly Bills After a tall bucking at Browns hishis two two revolvers revolvers and and laid laid them them beside beside his his plate, plate, corral, the boisterous cow-boys retirepistol,MarshalWhitebarks,Now, After multipleandand ordered ordered everyone everyone atatthe the table table totowait wait until until to Allen Street and land in Corrigansanyou God damned son of a bitch, give The victorious possegenngetlnetmleamnlayn layn drinks, the rowdyit aws ausnreturns he hwe aws atsh rtohuroghu,g ha,saist w u to thed d he again made off. The broken formation of the saloon. The cow-boys are joined by a impolite totoriserisebeforeallhadfinished their countryaidedhisescape,andwaitinghetriestojerk impolitebefore allhadfinishedtheir upthatpistol!Astillnight, crew spills out ontoTurner and Lindeman ranch with the stolenstock.Fromthere, meal. OfOfcourse, course, everybody everybody in thein the restaurant restaurant sat satthe pistol out of the cow-boys hand, meal.local,AndrewMcCauley,cow-boy under cover of the friendly darkness he succeeded Allen Street andandand waited waited until until Bill Bill got got done done eating, eating, but but hehewas was in reaching home, some ten miles distant. It was two of the posse members, Dick Lloyd (the tall bucker), rancherit goes off. several pull theirso sofull full hehelaid laid down down his his head head upon upon his his arms arms an dandaclosecall,astherewereseveralbulletholes GeorgeTurnerandBob Frank Patterson, Ed Collins, AndrewI am shot! says White, as he falls. pistols and shootDutch Martin, hit the trailthrough his clothes.felfl 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, waws ajus sjtu sth asmhammimngi nsgle selpee apsatsotgoe tg eat c ah acnhcaen cteotsoh oshoto otht et hfeir sfitr sotn oe nweh wo ho at the moon. to return an additional four James Johnson. After several drinks, the partyand someone snuffs the flames.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 headofstockrecovered spills out onto Allen Street, with one or moreWyattLOADED FOR BEAR and inthefight.Thesebelongbrandishesaborrowedpistol 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 Fresh out ofofjail jailTucson, Curly BilltoaMr.FitzgeraldofThis rare photo of three Fresh outininTucson,Curly Bill ToTmo mTh Tohrtoornto, nh,o hteolt kele ekpeepr einr iGna Gleaylveiyllveilleeral shots at the moon and stars. theground.WhathaveIdone?CurlyBill Brocius leads agroup ofofcow-boys backShakespeare,NewMexico,heavily armed cowboys Brocius leadsa group cow-boys backWyatt Earp andCurlyBilltriestostoptheshooting,say- demands.Ihavenotdoneanythingtobe to tothe the San San Pedro Pedro River, River, where where they they take takeandnodoubtthepossewas taken in Arizona ititupstreamandstopatatachurch fourmen are received as heroesin the late 1880s. It his brother Morganingaccordingtoaneyewitnessthiswontarrested for.CurCluyr 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 depicts Dunlap Greer miles 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. whentheyrideuptothe (center) flanked by two BOB MARTIN 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, Dismounting andgoinginside,Curly Dismountingranchcorrals.Martinandcompadres. All three non mo omreo rceh uchrcuhr cfho rf ohri mhi,m it,wita ws atos oto eox peexnpesinvsei.ve.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 followedTurner drop off their bounty and headare wearing shotgun parson totostopstophistalkororCurlyCurlyBillthecow-boycrowd,includingCurlyBill,runbrothers Virgil and Morgan round up the rest parsonhistalk Bill for home. As they traverse the Animaschaps, and two of them willwill shoot shoot ananeye eye out. out. sport the typical bib- Andrew behind a building on the south side of the road. ofthepartyandarrestEdCollins, Valleyandmaketheirwaythrough CuCrluyr Blyi lBl pilrl opcreoecdese dtos taou tnaut nant dan hdu hmuilmiaitleia the et heCurlyand pards shootup Fifthfront shirt. At the time this picture was taken these Town Marshal Fred White suddenly appears Curly Bill Bill and pards shoot up FifthmenareAmes, Dick Lloyd, Frank Patterson and James SteinsPass,thetwoposseAttackingduringtheandand Allen Allen in Tombstonein Tombstone more more than than once. once.pasptaosrt,o mr, amkiankgi nhgi mh imda ndcaen cliek eli kae f oa oflo ionl ifnro fnrto notf ofhombres were involved in a range war over grazing from around the corner. Several men run up, ambushedandtheirtwohorsesareshotfromJohnson.hish hiso rhroifrireidfi ecdo ncgorneggraetgioatni.on. fourrustlersrunrightshence all the hardware. Cowboy earnings night,under them. WyattEarp,justasthemarshal including NineNine days days later, later, the the terror terror from from San San Simon Simonwere generally low but when range wars were to In an arroyo (behindoff 22 head of stock fromAstheArizonaDailyStarlaterreports:The andand his his pards invade Contention City, where be fought they were often paid extraso calledpardsinvade Contention City, where the current locationthe Turner and Lindemanoutlawsevidentlydoggedthepartybacktothecow-boy devils devils begin begin to totree tree the the south south end endfighting wages.Also note that all three men are thethe cow-boyof the Birdcage)ranch near San Simon. Inranch, and from their eyrie in the hills observedwearing double cartridge belts.of ofthe the town. town. the morning, six settlersthereturnofthestock.AsMessers.TurnerWyatt Earp (center, with pistol) Wyatt, Morgane n Hand colorized Old West Photographs asbiunsgi negvtrailtheoutlawsBilland Martin returned from Shakespeare, they wereand his brother Virgil (at left, AftAefrt earb u ervyeornyeo nteh etyh ecyac afni nfdin, dt,h et he and Marshal Whiteby Rasmus Lagerqvist Holmberggangga nggr agvriatavtiteast etos toh et hneo rntohr tehn den wdh werhee rteh etyh egyogo Leonard, Luther King, Bill Stiles and Bill Smith ambushed in Stein Peak Pass by the outlaws, whowith shotgun) establish a attempt to disarm in iansato srteo,r reo, br otbh et hteil l toilfl o$f5 0$ 5a0n dan cdo mcommitm oitt hoetrh er down into the Cloverdale district (a 60-mile runwere concealed in the rocks. At first fire the horses outrages deadline around the jail and outrages like like shooting shooting at ata peaceable a peaceable citizen. citizen.Curly Bill with from the scene of the crime, see map on oppositeof the two men were killed under them, and at the Several brave citizens arm themselves andwarn everyone not to cross it. Several brave citizens arm themselves and tragic results.page). The posse gets into a running gunfight with come outthe streetconfront the out second round Martin was killed by a bullet throughThe Earps and others guard the come out on on the street totoconfront the out- - TRTEREEIENIGN GAAT OTWOWNN To learn even more about the thieves. Firing from horseback, the two sidesthe head. Mr. Turner then fled from the road andTombstone gunfights, laws,laws, but but Curly Curly Bill Bill and and his his men men pay pay them them no noHuHnutenrtse rcso ncosindseidr eitraitvai cvtiocrtyo rwy hwehn etnh ethire irTo Tleoa lrena rmn omreo raeb oabuot utht ethebang away from daylight to three oclock in theconcealedhimself,andobservingthehorsesofjail all night against lynching. At pick up a copy of attention.erupts on on bothdodgso gcsh acshea sgea mgaem a ru nru in uptar eter eaen dand23 2g3u gnufingfihgtsh btse hbienhdin tdh et hOe. KO K. attention. 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Fred Dodge later finally of oef xetrxetmreeme . is finally decide decide totodecamp decamp and and head head up up into into the thed isdaidsvadanvatangtea:g ec: orcnoernr.erT hTish gunfights behind the O.K. Corral killed an outlaw named King and wounded BillTRUEWESTMAGAZINE.COMbetter chance of escaping from what he conceiveddescribes it: This Lockup was hillshills toward toward Tombstone Tombstone where where they they intend intend totobecboemcoems eas f av foarvioteri tpea sptaimstiem oef othf et hceo wco-wbo-ybso ys Smith, but a later report confirms that no outlaws pick up Bob Boze Bells to be his last ditch. He succeeded in killing one ofabout 10 by 12 and made of treetree that that worthy worthy town town asaswell. well. as atsh etyh etyre ter eteo wtonws nasn dan sde tstelettmleemnetsn atsllaollv eorv er were hit by gunfire in the protracted fight. the horses, when the fight got too hot for him andTruTeruWeeWsteMstaMgagzianzein.ceo.mcomClassic Gunfights Vol. II theth Teo Tmobmstbosntoen Me inMiinngin Dgi sDtrisictrti.ct. 2x4one on top of the other and Each one spiked down to the otherit was quite Strong and 34 May 2023 TrueWestMagazine.com Secure for the ordinary purpose.'