The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-26

sought refuge was no exception ThA
miners presented arms and announced
their readiness TO receive the attack Tho
Earps tainted them with shcltering a COW.
ard, who had to seek the bowels OF the
earth Ike a squirrel 10 cvade just pun
ishmcnt. Clanton sent back word that he
was ready 10 meet any OF the carp party
In single combat. The Earps held a con,
ference and Julian, the youngest and
bTavcst OF the tribe, volunteered to fight
Clanton 1t did not take long 10 arrange
the prcliminaries. The carp party were
required by the miners to move off about
quarter OF mile, and the miners In turn
obligatc tod themselves to remain in the tool
house from which the tunnel cut into the
hin.
When all was ready Clanton emerged
from the tunnel. pistol In hand. Julian
carp was awaiting behind an ore pile a
hundred yards away. The two men ap-
preached each other with pistols elevated
When they We're within ~ PAGES Earn
fired and missed Before the report OF hts
shot had ceased echoing Clanton fired and
lodged his bullet In the heart Of the enemy
Julian carp fell dead. Clanton retired 10
the tunnel, ana 40 miners. fully armed
turned out and served notice on the Earn
party that Clanton had proved his bravery
and sincerity ana they were ready 10 de-
fend him. The Earps buried their dead,
the good Or Hoge officiating at the funer-
al Then the miners held a meeting-noth-
ing can be formally done in a mining
camp without a meeting-passing resolu-
tionB sustaining Clanton and ordering tina
carp party to move out.
The Earps. understanding the miners
and the characteristics OF the people they
were dealing with, retired. When they
were ont OF sight Clanton and his wife
came out Of the mine and took their depar-
tnre In the direction Of Rico The Earps
though making a promise that they would
not return, merely made a circuit and rode
around San Miguel. striking the Rico road
about 10 miles from the former place. They
found fresh horse track. on the road and
concluded that those they were IN pursuit
of We're I'm front OF them. They followed
on with haste and overlook Clanton and
his wife al Rico. The Earps reached town
while Cianton and his wife were at supper
When they discovered them they fired a
volley through the window Of the hotel
One bullet struck the bride and the hus-
band escaped. He grasped his wife in his
arms, rushed to the back yard. and from
there to the corral, where his horses were
CHARTERED. He mounted the first saddle
horse he met, and, with his wife bleeding
and insensible in his arms. rode into the
night II was In October and already cold
I'm that latitude and altitude. He rode all
night, tenderly caring for the precious bur-
den In his arms. and at sunrise next morn
Ing she died.
Two years later Ike Clanton and Curly
Bill. a cousin Of the Earps, met accidental.
~ in gambling room at Socorro, N. NJ.
Two shots were fred simultaneously and
10 minutes afterward Curly Bill was a
corpse. Clanton was uninjured. About a
year and half ago Clanton went 10 Phoe-
nix, Ariz. There he met Virgil and Wyatt
carp. The moment the old enemies saw
each other they began to shoot Clanton
was killed and Wyatt carp was so badly
wounded that he is no longer numbered
among the desperadoes of the west