Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-26

dino; ] Harris, M o Newmark, Mrs
l. nj Philip, w A Clinton, do; Mrs
v Popet, I 81 Onstott, Los Angelss;
~ VHunter and wife, Nevada; J
Barrett, Central America; j Hill
sssnger, Ell Paso; 3 P Schrontz,
Del Nerte; e M Conner, Merced;
p T Downing, Meyers District; ] Z
Barry, G Fitzgerald, Prescott; e
Saul, Tombstone; ] A Noyes, San
BsrnardiBo; A II Masgley, jack
son, Ill; r Elicit, San Antonio.
snOt Dead.
SAN RAFAEL, March 25.-A re-
port has just come In that r. r.
Warden, an old resident OF this
county and for some time past do
ing business in the California Mar.
ket, San Francisco, was shot dead
this evening by man in his en-
ploy. No particulars.
Ths Earp-Oewboy Eacounser-Far.
sher "Details of sne Fight from
an Eyewitness.
TOMBSTONE, March 25th.-The
Epitaph this evening publishes the
following, being the latest account
of the cowboys trouble: The town
has been full Of reports for the last
two or three days as to the where
abouts of the Earp party and. their
probable movements. No sooner
had one report got we'll under way
before another was started contra
dieting it. There has been march,
ing and countermarching by the
Sheriff and posse, until the COM
munity became 80 used to the ring
of the spur and tho clank of steel
that comparatively little attention
was paid to the appearance of
large bodies Of horsemen in the
streets. Yesterday afternoon the
Sheriff, with large force, started
do wn tho road toward Contention,
possibly to follow up the report
that the party had been seen in the
MILESTONE mountains, west of the
San Pedro river, with their horses
completely tagged out and the men
badly demoralized. This, like
many other reports, was as an base
less as the fabric OF a dream Yes
| tsrday afternoon, as the sun was
descending low down the western
horizon, had a person been travel.
Ing on the Crystal or Lewis Spring
road toward Burleigh Spring, as
our informant was, he would have
seen one OF the most desperate
fights between six men of the carp
party and nine fierce cowboys. led
by the daring and notorious Curly
Bill, that ever took place between
opposing forces on Arizona soil.
Burleigh Spring is about eight
miles south of Tombstone and
some four miles east OF Charleston,
near the mine of that name aud
near q short road from Tombstone
to Hereford. AS our informant
was going toward Burleigb,
and as he rose o slight elevation in |
the road about half mile south
thereof, he observed a party of six
men ride down to the spring, from |
the East, where they all dismount.
ed. They had not much more than |
got we'll upon their feet when there
rose up at short distance away
nine armed men, who took deadly |
aim and fired simultaneously at
the carp party, for such the elk
men proved to be. Horri fled at the
sight that, like lightning stroke
flashed upon his vision, he in
stinctively stopped and watch
ed for what was to fol-
lew. Not a man went
down under this vslIsy; but, like a
thunderbolt shos from the hand of
Jove, the six desperate men charg-
ed upon their assailants like the
light brigade at Balaklava and,
when within easy reach, returned
the fire, under which one man went
down never to rise again. The re-
naming eight fled to the brush
and rsgained their hofses, when
they rode away toward Charleston
as if the King of Terrors was 1T
their heels in hot pursuit. The six
men fired but one volley end from
. close range. 1t is supposed that
several ambushed cowboys are seri-
eusly if not fatally wounded. The
six men returned to their horses,
fading one dead. The party re-
msined at the spring for some time
refreshing Themselves and their
animals when they left in the di-
rection of Sonora. After the rosd
was clear our informant rode on
and came upon the dead man who,
from the description given, was
none other than Curly Bill, the
man who killed Marshal White in
the streets of Tombstone one year
ago last September. Since the
above information was obtained it
has been learned that. during the
night, the friends of Curly Bill
went out with a wagon and took
bis body back to Charleston, where
the whole sffair had been kept q
profound secret so far as the gener-
al public 10 concerned.
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