b'Curly Bill andLLeessssoonnssNNoottLLeeaarrnneeddTHE VENDETTA RIDEseveral locals areHomicide by MisadventureJaJnaunaurayr y9 ,9 1, 818181drinking it up atA Deadly MARCH 21, 1882the Alhambra SaloonOctober 28,1880: Escape says, I am an officer of the law, give me your (also known asFresh off the trail from SanSimon,wheresomebelieveheandhispistol.AsCurlyBillreachestopullouthis CUCRULRYL YB IBLILLLS ST ATBALBEL EM MANANNENRESRSCorrigans)AfterkillingFlorentino Sais,WyattEarphadone pards treed the town and attempted to hijack apistol, Wyatt gets behind Curly Bill and wraps I ran straight for Stilwell, TheThe worst trick II ever knew him totodo do wasworst trickever knewhimwas in Tombstone. moredeadlyencounterat locomotive, Curly Bill Brocius bringshis arms around him to see if he is to togogointo into a restaurant once, while the people thearestaurantonce, while the people CottonwoodSpringsin Wyatt later recounted.his mayhem to Tombstone.carrying anymore weapons.Whetstone Mountains (news-werewere atatdinner. He He was drunk and pulled outdinner. was drunkand pulled outIt was he who killed myAfter a tall bucking at BrownsstateitGrabbing the barrel of Curly Bills papersoftheday hishis two two revolvers revolvers and and laid laid them them beside beside his his plate, plate, was at nearby Iron Springs). corral, the boisterous cow-boys retirepistol,MarshalWhitebarks,Now, After multipleandand ordered ordered everyone everyone atatthe the table table totowait wait until until brother. What a coward heDuringthatgunbattle to Allen Street and land in Corrigansan he hwe aws atsh rtohuroghu,g ha,saist w u d dyou God damned son of a bitch, give was. He couldnt shoot whenit aws ausn genngetlnetmleamnlayn layn drinks, the rowdyon March24,hemay,or saloon. The cow-boys are joined by aCurly impolite totoriserisebeforeallhadfinished theirupthatpistol!Ashetriestojerk impolitebefore allhadfinishedtheircrew spills out ontomaynot,havekilledRunning to their fallen comrade, the cow-boys unlimber their I came near him. He stoodmeal.local,AndrewMcCauley,cow-boywoundedthe pistol out of the cow-boys hand, meal. OfOfcourse, course, everybody everybody in thein the restaurant restaurant sat sat BillBrociusand Allen Street andothers. hardware and send a blistering return fire at the two horsemen andand waited waited until until Bill Bill got got done done eating, eating, but but hehewas was Dick Lloyd (the tall bucker), rancherit goes off. there helpless and tremblingWithseveralposseson(Wyatt Earp and Texas Jack Vermillion) on the ridge. Inseveral pull theirso sofull full hehelaid laid down down his his head head upon upon his his arms arms an dandthe Earp party, only Sherm McMasters is hit. As you can see Frank Patterson, Ed Collins, AndrewI am shot! says White, as he falls. pistols and shoottheir trail, Wyatt and his menfrom this perspective, the others are straggling behind on the for his life. As I rushed uponfelfl 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 namedArizonaThe muzzle blast sets his pants afire, made a plan to fleetrail, so the cow-boys cannot see them.him he put out his handswaws 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. bywayofSilverCity,New 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 Mexico. After a stop at Henry Clay HookersArizonaauthoritieswereunsuccessfulin and clutched at my shotgun.spills out onto Allen Street, with one or moreWyattbrandishesaborrowedpistoland ranch in Arizona, and a near miss withtrying to extradite the fugitives.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 I let go both barrels, and heCurly BillJohn Behans posse, the crew decampedDan Tipton stayed with the Earp party all Fresh out ofofjail jailTucson, Curly Bill ToTmo mTh Tohrtoornto, nh,o hteolt kele ekpeepr einr iGna GleaylveiyllveilleFresh outininTucson, eral shots at the moon and stars. theground.WhathaveIdone?CurlyBill Brocius leads agroup ofofcow-boys backfor New Mexico and, ultimately, Colorado.the way to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Brocius leadsa group cow-boys backtumbled down dead andWyatt and Doc Holliday had a falling Wyatt Earp andCurlyBilltriestostoptheshooting,say- demands.Ihavenotdoneanythingtobe to tothe the San San Pedro Pedro River, River, where where they they take takeout (allegedly over Doc calling Wyatt mangled at my feet. ingaccordingtoaneyewitnessthiswontarrested for.his brother MorganCurCluyr 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 ititupstreamandstopatatachurch fourajewboybasedonhisbudding 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. romantic relationship with Behans paipda,id D,e Dpueptyu tSyh eShrieffr iWff iWlliialmlia Bmr eBarkeeankerindrgideg re preoprtoerdt,e db, ubt usat isda id Dismounting andgoinginside,Curlyex,JosephineSarahMarcus).The 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.group split up, with Tipton and Doc 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 followedtraveling together to Colorado.parson totostopstophistalkororCurlyCurlyBillthecow-boycrowd,includingCurlyBill,runbrothers Virgil and Morgan round up the rest parsonhistalk Bill AsauthorCaseyTefertillerso willwill shoot shoot ananeye eye out. out. aptly puts it, The Vendetta that had behind a building on the south side of the road. ofthepartyandarrestEdCollins,Andrew FreshfromavengingthemurderofWyattSherman McMaster serving as hiCuCrluyr Blyi lBl pilrl opcreoecdese dtos taou tnaut nant dan hdu hmuilmiaitleia the et heCurly s translator, Wyattenthralled newspaper readers of the Town Marshal Fred White suddenly appearsAmes, Dick Lloyd, Frank Patterson and James Curly Bill Bill and and pards pards shoot shoot upupFifth Fifth Earps brother, Morgan, by killing Frank Stilwellasks them if they hav Allen in Tombstone are more than once. once. West had ended. The flow of blood pasptaosrt,o mr, amkiankgi nhgi mh imda ndcaen cliek eli kae f oa oflo ionl ifnro fnrto notf ofande seen any in Tombstonea thanand Allen horses in the morefrom around the corner. Several men run up,Johnson.at the train station in Tucson, Arizona, Wyattwith saddles ona sure sign of the Cowboys thewould quickly be replaced by a flood hish hiso rhroifrireidfi ecdo ncgorneggraetgioatni.on.andhisVendettariders,sevenoreightinall,includingWyattEarp,justasthemarshalof ink.posse is seeking. He again receives no help.NineNine days days later, later, the the terror terror from from San San Simon Simon return to Tombstone. Because of the bloodbath, Arizona In an arroyo (behindWyatt and his men ride off toward the main road andand his his pards invade Contention City, where WYATT EARPS VENDETTA RIDERS politicsturnedugly.Atthenextpardsinvade Contention City, where When Sheriff John Behan receives a warrantto Tombstone. Judah and a laborer start up a hill to the current location thethe cow-boy party for the Stilwell killing,see what Wyatt and his men are up to. We had notWere they law officers carrying out justice electionvirtuallyanycandidate to arrest the Earpcow-boy devils devils begin begin to totree tree the the south south end end of the Birdcage)gone 20 feet, Judah later testifies, before we heardor were they cold blooded killers on a revenge(read: Republican) aligned with the the sheriff tries to talk to Wyatt. Wyatt replies, I of ofthe the town. town.have seen you once too often, and quickly ridesshooting. We walked up the hill further [sic] andride? To this day, historians argueWyatt Earp (center, with pistol) Wyatt, Morgane n Earps, lost at the polls.AftAefrt earb u ervyeornyeo nteh etyh ecyac afni nfdin, dt,h et he asbiunsgi negv out of town with the others, never to return tosaw [the Earp posse] on the other side of the road, the contradictions. and his brother Virgil (at left, and Marshal White gangga nggr agvriatavtiteast etos toh et hneo rntohr tehn den wdh werhee rteh etyh egyogo Tombstone again. on top of the hill, and we watched them for aboutwith shotgun) establish a attempt to disarmVendetta riders set off tothree minutes.in iansato srteo,r reo, br otbh et hteil l toilfl o$f5 0$ 5a0n dan cdo mcommitm oitt hoetrh er On March 22, the outrages conspirator,PeteSpence,athisLaborers Manuel Acosta and Epimania Vegasdeadline around the jail and outrages like like shooting shooting at ata peaceable a peaceable citizen. citizen.Curly Bill with findthenextBOB BOZE BELL BOOKS THAT WILL wood camp braveSouth Pass arm themselves and(Florentino) Sais (aka Florentinowarn everyone not to cross it. Several in brave citizens of arm themselves andSeveralthe citizensthe Dragoons.see Philomenotragic results.The teamster at the camp, Theodore D. Judah,Cruz and Indian Charley) flee from the Earp party.TELL YOU THE ENTIRE STORYcome out on on the street totoconfront the out- - TRTEREEIENIGN GAAT OTWOWNN The Earps and others guard the come outthe streetconfront the outlaterdescribeswhathappensnext:WyattThepursuingpartyspreadout,someoneachYou can order all three of Bob Boze Bells Tombstone 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 ethejail all night against lynching. At immediatelyaskedwherePeteSpencewas side, and others immediately following, Acostarelated books and get them autographed personally byattention.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. Eventually, Eventually, gunfiregunfire erupts bothen dand tuitpahe also asked after Indian Charley [sic] a half- later says. Vegas adds, I saw the man that wasthe author at: the time of the White shooting, sides with neither side taking any casualties. sides with neither side taking any casualties. sursruoruronudn idt.iWt. eWbsetbesrtes rdse dfienfiitnioitnio onfotrfe terienegi ngCorCroarlr pali cpki cukp u Bpo Bbo Bbo Bzeo zBee Bllesl l sbreed,andItoldhimthathewasntthere.shot running and jumping from side to side. 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