Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-07-01
BLOOD AND SMOKE.
A Shooting Affray at Charles tOn-TwO Men Seriously
 Wounded.
Runians Attempt to dun the Town

| Thursday evening rumblings of an ex.
 tensive row at Charleston reached this city,
 ana various versions of the affair were
 canvassed on every corner. A one time
 the report was Oruited around that one man was killed and five seriously, if not
 m2rtally, wounded. Another report had
 the ncmber of dead fixed at three and the
 wounded al ica. It was impossible to get
 correct account ct the affair, though the | fact of row being ;here was pretty well
 established. The telegraph wires were
 down and the electric current could not be | used for the transmission Cf news. Hopes
 were entertained that the break in the wire
 would be fled in time to get an account
 of the affair for the readers of tre EPITAPH,
 but about seven o'clock that hope was blasted. But the readers of the EPITAPH
 this morning could not be disappointed. | The people O)k to us for full and com-
 pletc history of the day, and they could
 ndobe disappointed. The telegraph wires
 might be down, but there were plenty of horses still in Tombstone, and an EPITAPH
 commissioner resolved himself into pony express, and at half-past seven departed
 for Charleston. The city on the San Pedro
 was found to be in an intense state of eX- citement though evidently cooling down
 after days contemplation.
 The shooting took place there sure enough, but happily was not so sanguinary
 as at first supposed. The facts of the case, so far as gathered, are as follows About week ago two men, named O'Brien and Lee, arrived in Charleston. They were re specially dressed, had fine horses. arms and equipments and seemed flush in coin.
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 outside the town, but went in every day to drink whisky and play cards. Wednesday another man, whose name our reporter was unable to learn, joined the party. O'Brien and Lee seemed we'll acquainted
 with him and expected his arrival. His coming was celebrated by general jam boree, the three men getting as drunk as
 billed owls, paracing the streets, hurling profanity on every side and pune tuating their remarks with pistol shots
 This continued for some tune until man named Starr managed to get their pistols away from them. He delivered the pistols up to Mir. Burnett, and comparative quiet reigned for half an hour. At the expira- ti0n of that time the three men went to Mir. Burnett and said they were going to leave town, and requested that their arms be delivered to them. They seemed sim cere in their assertions and the guns were given them. This was in front of Bur- nett's livery stable. When they got their guns they all mounted their horses and
 O'Brien gave hurroo. He announced himself to be a son of a blank from Bitter Creek and resided pretty high; that he
 lived whole seasons on rattlesnakes and scorpions; that the first shirt he ever wore was made of rawhide, and that he was born on the top of freight car when the train was speeding along at the rate of fifty miles an hour. He said that he. could out drink and out-shoot any sucker he ever met, and that he was darned son of sea COOK if he did not kill somebody right away and run the darned town. At the expiration of the last sentence he turned hls pistol loose and shots commenced to pop pretty lively. The newly.arrived member of the party was heard to say, Bob, don't shoot me-" and immediately after pulled his pistol and commenced to blaze at O'Brien. Then the sport began in dead earnest. About thirty shots were fired in as many seconds by the two men, Lee remaining passive spectator. O'Bren was heard to give yell and immediately wheeled his horse around and fled. As soon as the smoke cleared away the stranger was found lying in pool of blood and his horse dead by his side. He was taken up and cared for; he has serious wound in his hip.
 Yesterday morning O'Brien was found in stream about a mile from town. He said he had crawled some distance 10 water, and was too weak to get out of the stream when he had quenched his thirst He had three wounds, one in the back, the ball passing through and escaping near the left breast, another flesh wound in the arm, and third in the left side He was taken to town and placed in the same room with the other wounded man, and Dr. Peterson is giving med. ical attendance to both of them Lee is waiting on lem. O'Brien's wound is considered mortal, and it is almost miracle if he recovers. The other mans wound is serious, but not necessarily fatal | They came from Calabasas and all had magnificent horses It is the opinion of people at Charleston that they are gang of thieves and were making preparations to go on some rascally expedition No Ona in Nhar1actpp Gnou,c oh,,,,