Daily Republican., 1882-05-05
AN ARIZONA VENDET IA.
NEW GANG OF WESTERN CUT
AhAOATS-HOW THEY con.
DUCT THEMsELVES


The San Francisco Wa,n wo,dars
"hy the dramatist Of to-day does not
Iuin w Arizona Tor the materials of .
nel9drama that will rival the "Ten
buckets OF Gore or the knights Re-
Venge Is mystery. The recent his
tory OF the Mexican border Is q record
unparalleled in frontier crime, The
telegraph wires have meddled much
with the name of carp of late, and that
name Is becoming anonymous with
daring courage and life-taking az no
other has for years past. Your Cow
Roy ls an ugly customer 10 engage
Heavily armed, dead shot and rick
less OF his life to q foolhardy degree,
any encounter between members OF the
fraternity or their enemies Is sure to
result in one hole In the adjacent hill
SIDE, and perhaps more, while the hos-
pltal yawns expectant Tor all the rest
engaged in the encounter
The Etrp vendetta which Is attaining
such bloody prominence at present be-
gun tour months ago. Morgan carp,
the city marshal of Tom bstone, was
called upon to interfere with the reck-
| less ana lawless amusement of gang
OF COW bows, composed of the Clan ton
and LoWery brothers and some of their
friends. The cowboys hungered for
the fray and welcomed it whsn il came.
carp being lacked by his two brothers
and two other men. The sides we're
equal. Right in the main street of
Tom bstone thes short triggered rsvolvers
cracked like blazing pack of fire.
crackers. Wounded men lay on the
ground and shot till their breath left
them. Every body was wounded, and
Two of the Lowery gang were killed. Of
the carp crowd no one, fortunately,
was fatally injured. After the fray
the wounded were cared for, the dead
buried, and Tom bstOne resumed the or.
binary tenor of its way, pleasantly
stirred by the little mortuary breeze.
But the Clanton gang swore ven
gAance. -Four months pass, Qand
though they laid for their man, his ' igi-
lance and coolness battled them. How
ever, card party In Tom bstone sa-
loon was interrupted. The Interrupt
tion came in the shape of two pistol
balls through the window, and Morgan
Earp rolled ont of his char dead. His
assassins disappeared unseen, and his
took him to Tucson the next day.
While the funeral party were at the
station, one of the Clantor and William
Stillwell, member OF their gang were
observed short distance away, They
were suspected by the Earps Of having
the murder. Late that at.
ternoon six rife shots were heard down
The railroad track. The next morning
5he uead body of Stillwel was found,
riddled with bsllsts. And Stillwell
was reputed to be one of the bravest
and quickest shots in all
The two Earps and their four friends
vent back to Tombstone A coroner's
ury branded them as the murders OF
otillwell. They paid no attention to it
beyond lntimatlng to the Sheriff that
hey knew their own business best and
lid not propose to be intertsred with.
Heavily armed, they carelsssly and
gracefully rode out or the town, toward
benson. Rumor said they We're hunt
ng for Ike Clanton. L Everybody knew
what Clanton's tate would be if they
ound him. Then the sheriff and a
posse started after them, bnt consider
oosse was more successful. Curly
Bill, CO " boy aud friend OF the Clan.
ons, concluded he would take a hand
n the difficulty. "Cnrly Bill" it may
,e remarked, is the man who shot and
,illed sheriff White, in Tombstone, two
ears ago. He collected seven friends
md they started in pursuit. Findil g
heir game biding their time, they
harged the Earps just as the latter
lad alighted at spring. Riding down
m them they shot, and shot rapidly.
Cool and self poss essed the Earps,not
the surprise, whipped out
heir pistols and returned the ti-e.
The attackers fed-all but Curly Bill.
lie was dead The Earps fnisa ned
heir drink of Spring water and rode
inward. On the same evening they
topped train at the point of their re-
volvers. They walked quietly
hrough it but did not find their mau.
lad they found him he would have
,een shot in his seat, They rode cool
y away and the train sped on. To-
morrow or the next day, or the next,
he wires will bring news Of another
murder. The Clanton would have been
,illed or another OF the Earps sent to
lis last reckoning and the vendetta
viii continue until one side or tbs
ther is removed from the face Of the
arth.
And this is the unvArnished, una
orned history of to-day; the occurren-
es that freight the telegraph wires and
lrnish forth stimu a ting pabulum to
ca nrsakfast tn bles of the country,