, 1882-11-25
Editin4fn Ar,ssnA.


/ John p. Clum, until recently The editor
q The Tomt,tone. A. T., Ep'taph, IL In
T. he city, and tell, . highly inisressins
st1ryofa per.ona! adysntdte from which it
would appear iha, mex. ts RAINING q
faro han .iiting . paper in the uneivii-
/ ;zs3 pc. II, If the West il about . dan
serous undertaking - can b engaged
IN. lie vent to New Mexico in ls7l and
in 1874 ~s, appointed Indian Agent for
! the apache tribes q, San Carlos, L. 7. In
May. 1850 Mr.. Clum established the
Tombstone Epitaph IS weekly 1t 10
aog a hJur!shipg daily he VA frst
! uads postmaster aud then mayor. Al .
! pastmss,sr he had q hard tims OF Il, but
IS the chic: masssrs.s u the village,
/ brought. a, he r.s, into almost daily con-
! tact with the rougher and mos: dospsnse
elements. ne grsr scogsiomsd soss"riss HIS
editorials IN sight Of h. trs.ty Cols's si1-
shooter. II attempting to preserve order
he made enemies OF the! oowbOya This
was the irst step in long and pfotrscssd
warfare v hich lasted CT and on for more
! than siI months. First there occurred
drawn battl, At midday, between Mr.
| Clums Chief of Police sad thrss oficen,
and four corboya Three Of the officers
wers badly injured, and thres cowboys
wers killed outright The fourth who
happened not 10 be, armed rang away and
escaped After this Citizens Commit
tee VS., formed snd parsded thortroe.s day
and night, armed = gTith siI-shocters,
neeQ,e-gaa5 and Henry riaes- Mr. O,um
.s.siled the covboys vigorously through
rAe columns ot :he Epitaph, and every
time ons r.s brought before him -
magi,tra;s he ImFuesd heavy fines. Then
be corho,, l,id IN wait for hr Clum
uutiI he Wa compelled 20 60 heavily
armed, All dared nos s:ry out hf'cr
uigh,isu rithou; bong attended By .
body guard Every editorial added new
fuel to the flame The eosboYs rode into
town By night and triod to ssylAy the
editor ~ b, went to hin oiIes in the
morning. Luckily ho eacspsd ell thar
5ui5etc.
Esesy ordinary plan fsiiins, the eos-
boy. banded together, and camping fe"
miles from Tombstons, in deep and
Wild canon, .igncd dsash's-he:d agree
ment 70 kill Mr. Clum with psns dipped
N blood taken from convict's arm, and
aiierWzri drank from a cup OF warm
blood, diluted With pure rprins water.
THIS cs,ae 10 hi. esrs and he bought an
other SIX shooter snd another Henry rife
and never vent out into the street With |
out being accompanied by several men,
bees OF lie police force. The Chief Of
Police va. shot At ana nearly killed one
night Things''uersk;et,ing Tsry desper-
ate indeed, sad tha Epitdph hid great
difficulty in geJtins out without the death
Of compcsiror or an cdvsnturous neWs-
bog. A!r Clum sisps inc SOON guarded
hy ,osn srmsd to tbs teeth. Ha did not
remove HI, clothes but ieps hia eun snd
r,sf.: rh.-e he couls i-J Iis a.Das On
tLcrr instantly. Life nss now becoming
such burden tins. he de.crminsd 20 pull
up stake. and more to rOmo place where
rhe shotgun played less constant part
in the progress Of ciyili,stion. snd the
maintenance Of the pTsr,. TO lc.Te, how
ever, ws- not an easy ihin. to DO. for the
cowboys suspeoring some .ach rnovs, had
Iaj% thei- plsns accordingly, end nere
% .ted around the out.kir.s of the iorn
ii the bpshes, ready to choOt him 4, soon
a. - appeared.
Nr. CluIn determined TO re.eh Tucson
~ say c,s', and ons dirk night, ,bout
eight O'Clock, 60: in . ..ase coach and
drove cut into the p,siriS.. Il VS. bitter
cold, and shs horse, we're salloping .long
IN the Gsrm... s,.a snov, and MIR. Clum
-, sicsP.ng en.nsily, muiHsd up IN his
overco.t IL ,hs bottom of the coach,
dreaming CT the sooi thing. in etsrs for
~ ,dito- Hnen he gets to Heaven, when
| lsui voice outside cried Halt I" He
'ulrred to his f,.., ana tho horses sud-
! deniv reared back and stopped
The order to h.I, and the commence
! nent Of the firing we're simultaneous. To
/ the command Hold up" the driver re-
. -ponded IAN right" but the shots fright
ened the horses, and they broke into
, fua. After running ,bout mile one Of
/ %, horses fell dead, and the coach stop
/ ped. Upon examination il Va. found that
,he horse had been fatally shot While
/ this horse was being cut out Of the tra-
cas ,Er. C.um stepped tc one id, Of the
J rad 10 li.lcn, IS, second approach Of the
I a5szlia!''s = y Iears1- bsHS'HhE tHat tne
| .grro,e Of the attack va 20 ELL him, be
/ decided fo ls=Ye the oc.eh End t-ke his
/ chance. on foot, - h, sa- he had no
! sAa- ~; Dsking fish. IL the eoeeh- He
walked to the Grand CsEtral Eill, ebout
seven miie= distant, there Ia vss Kindly
provided f.r After sleep Of tro honrs
n. s.ag-e5 u,4 horseback for Benscn, ar
-.vsag here Tithou: aay 'ariher troutl.-
/ From here he preceded to Tuosnn, ard
iFan4 e,rly left for the East Er. Clun
/ has g,lA lis paper and viii probably not
return 70 TOmhstone.