Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-30
BIO0DSHED IN a.9lzONA.
One Man Killed and Two Woun> fed-Des-
perate Resistance of Cowboys-Sherin' S
fesse FINDER Fire-A Eraee OF Cattle
Thieves Disposed OF.

| Thieves Disposed OF.
| ESPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO rHs RsooRpuNIos.I
TOMBSTONE, March 29th.-Following is q
| condensed account from this evenings Epi-
| taph of a desperate fight which took place
| this morning eight miles from this city, in
| which one man was instantly killed and two
mortally wounded Last evening word was re.
ceived that two notorious characters, for
| whom warrants were lying in the Sherif's Of
| fee, named Billy Grounds, alias Billy, the
Kid" and Bewing Hunt. woul1 be within
eight or ten miles of town during the night.
Upon receipt of this information Deputy
Sheriff Breckenridge organized posse to
start at 2 o'clock, SO as to be On the ground at
an early hour in the morning in order to
make the arrests. By o'clock Breckenridge
had posse, consisting of Jack Yeung, f. Fl.
Allen and John A. Gillespie,
READY FOR ACTION,
And at the appointed hour started on their
mission. About $3.50 A. NJ. messenger ar.
rived in town, and reported to Chief of Police
Nagle that fight had taken place at Chan
dler's ranch, and that one man was dead ard
several wounded. About o'clock another
messenger arrived with a note. which read as
follows:
Send Coroner out to Jack Chandler ranch
One of our men dead Billy Grounds is dy.
ing. and Hunt also. Jack Young is shot
through the thigh. | got creased in the neck
L. IL. ALLEN.
Immediately the news spread through town
that Deputy Sheriff Breckenridge had been
killed by cowboys whom he was sent out to
arrest There was great excitement, which
was naturally intensified by the absence of
definite news of the encounter. There had
been warrants out for Hunt for nearly year,
but he had never been captured. The last
Grand Jury brought three or four indict-
ments against him for csttle-stealing. " The
Kid" or Grounds, is also under indictment
for cattle-stealing, having been engaged in the
same thefts with Hunt. About half-past IL
the Chief of Police returned to town, bring
ing in Young, whose wound admitted OF his
III StTlUub InCOH.
venience; also bringing in the 6rst
AUTHENTIC DETAILS OF THE AFFAIR.
Nsgle arrived at the ranch about o'clock,
found Gillespie dead on the ground, Hunt
shot through the head. the wound being
supposed to be mortal, by charge of buck.
shot received full in the face and upper part
of the head. Life was slowly but surely
ebbing away. Young was wounded through
the front of tire thigh. Allen had a slight
flesh wound on the right side of the neck.
Breckenridge escaped with no serious damage.
The Sherif's party arrived at Chandler's
milk ranch just at daybreak. 1t wa. the in
tention of the party to get as near the house
as possible without raising any alarm, then
attempt to arrest the parties. They were
frustrated in this by the barking of dogs.
Therefore, after their approach was thus
heralded, they determined to proceed to busi.
ness at once SO they rode boldly up to the
rear of the house, where they dismounted.
Onel Of the party raped at the door,
and when the summons was answered,
asked who was in the house. The
answer came Those who belong
here" They asked the man to get up and
get them some breakfast, when they were
told to go to the other house-a small build
ing about 100 yards below. Thinking that
possibly the parties they wanted might be at
the other house, Young and another started
down. When part of the way there, upon
boxing around. they found that the entire
party were on the way. It was decided that
the upper house ought to be watched, SO
Breckenridge and Gillespie returned. About
this time the door was opened, and man
named Lewis, teamster, who was stopping
over night there, walked out, and was imme-
diately followed by Hunt, who commenced
firing. Young is OF the opinion that as many
as two or three shots were fired before Giles.
pie was killed, but this is not certain, for as
soon as the battle opened the entire attention
of all concerned was too closely turned to
salfdefense to note consecutiyely how matters
did happen. OF one thing they are certain,
however, that it was Hunt who shot Gillespie
through the left temple, when he
FELL DEAD IN HIS TRACK.
He fred at Allen, the ball passing through
his coat on the top of the right shoulder,
causing slight crease on the side of his
neck. Allen then blazsd away and shot
Hunt through the breast, the ball coming out
of his back. Hunt must have fired several
shots at Breckenridge, who had to take
refuge behind large oak tree almost direct
ly opposite the door. Several bullet-holes
were found in the tree after the battle was
over In the meantime, and few seconds
after Hunt opened the battle. Grounds came
out, and Breckenridge blazed away at him
with his shotgun, and put full charge of
buckshot into his head, which laid him out. |
When Young returned from going toward |
the lower house, he started to go around the |
house, thinking there might be door or
window through which the cowboys might |
escape when the firing commenced. One of |
the shots, it is supposed from Aliens gun.
passed through the house. going through two |
board partitions and side of the house, strik. |
ing him as above described. John Gillespie, |
who was acting as special deputy, was |
miner. and is highly spoken of by all who
knew him, and his taking off in this manner
is deplorable event. That the whole posse
did their duty, unfiinchingly and bravely, is
evidenced by the narrative of the events that
occurred, and they are deserving the com.