The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1890-02-08


ing even chances in an exchange Of
! ioaden compliments with men like Jack
! Williams. Bill Burns. Cherokee Bob or
( Bill NaTGeId, known TO be dead shots,
. quick on the trigger and always ready.
, They could not get fight out of him,
and blacklegs as they were, they were
not willing to kill him in the way in
which he had dispatched his victims.
He was not the fearless man that many
thought him to be. He was easily an
gered and was regular thug as regards
the taking of human life, but he was
quick to see it if he was overmatched,
and he left that sort of fight to some
body else.
After the murder of Mckenzie, Brown
soon found the atmosphere of the Com
stock so disagreeable that he determined
to take up his quarters at Aurora, which
was then one of the liveliest and wild
est camps on the coast. Some time in
the afternoon of July 6, 1861, accom-
panied by Alex Henderson, he stopped
on his way thither at Lockhart's saloon
in Genoa, and remained drinking and
clustering for two or three hours, and
then galloped on to Vansickle's station,
where they found the proprietor, Henry
Vansickle, alone. Stepping to the bar, he
said in his course. blufing style: 'Set
out your best whisky for two, and
if you don't want the top of your head
sheared with bullet be darn quick
about it." Vansickle, very quiet but
very determined rancher, answered:
| GGVOu y rrat ub onu tbip0
else at this bar. You are not wanted
here; so you may as we'll travel on"
For a moment Brown looked in mute as
tonishment at the presumptuous station
keeper; then like a flash his hand
dropped on one of his sixshooters. Van,
being unarmed and knowing too we'll
what that motion meant with Brown,
darted through an open door into the
dining-room, Brown following close after
him, pistol in hand. There were about
fifteen men seated at the long dining
table, eating supper and as they all
jumped to their feet when the two men
rushed into the room the confusion
which cusued prevented Brown from
getting O. shot. So that Van made his
escape into another apartment
/ After relieving his pent-up feenng by
few oaths and the threat that he
would blow off the top of Vansickle's
head before he was done with him,
Brown remounted Betsy, who stood
quietly waiting for him at the door, and
galloped off on the Mottville road to-
ward Aurora, followed by Henderson.
Vansickle's first move, after getting
safely away from his assailant, was to
get his double-barreled shotgun and
double charge it with buckshot or pistol
bullets. Thus equipped for war he re-
turned to his bar-room. But the man
he was hunting for was gone. He could
see him and Henderson side by side
leisurely cantering up the valley. Five
minutes later Van was astride of his
best saddle horse, shotgun on his shoul-
der and in hot pursuit. Brown saw him
coming and knew perfectly well that he
meant fight; still, he did not quicken his
pace or try to get away, which he might
have done, for though he had ridden
Betsy thirty odd miles already, she was
good for many miles more if he would
urge her. Vansickle rode up to about
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