The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-23
BCRNlirr OF TOMBSTONE.
county Cut Down His Bill, and lie
fnn the Court to Suit Himself
Philauclphia 'rimrs

County Cut Down His Bill, and lie
Ran the Court to Suit Himself
Philadelphia Times.
~ stormy life it was that ended last
month when Old Jim Burnett WAS
KILLED in Tombstone by William Greene
"a lie full OF experiences of the
border kind that WOULD supply material
Tor 20 oil the most thrilil Z OF the vel
lo"-backCu novels. The end was in
Keeping with his life. Burnett, a
lustlcc OF the peace in Prarce Camp,
had te't his work in order TO go down
on the San Pedro river, 80 miles away,
ana olow out with giant powder the
lrfig"I'rg canal dan nf his enemy,
Greene. Below at the 3irlc, proba =
unknown TO Barnett, we're two youu 9
@ilis, OGc daughter of Greene, aucO
Is, and her friend from Rshcc. Thcv
were caught III the hood that followed
the explosion and were drowned. The
iatArr learned Of The presence Of hi,
loc, Saddic1 his horse. rode over tC
tombstone, found Bur nett on the main
street and sAOt him down. The tow u
| stood behind Greene in his deed. H..
has been admitted To light bail and
wal be acquitted if ever BROUGHT To
! trial.
Slncc Burnctts death many are the
'AicS hGinS raNCd up about him. Ills
WAS Il singular personality. Strong
"iI!eu ana violent in temper, he
especially shone in Il frontier camp.
II was, therefore, quite apDrOpr;ai e
that h" shuuIl have been ciccteG
JnStlc9 OF the peace in 1881 y: Charles
ton, on Shr san Pedro, wnCrc he rich
ores Q! Tombstone were q; that time
millcd
ChAricst0n was then a howlirg camp,
loI' 0i lrclShlcrs, miners, and the wool.
hest OF Cow boys. The whiskcv sold
wash at the milJcst brand, aud, con.
sIQucntiy tribuiatiou safe within the
community and the Justice court wa,
always open. Hurnvtt did IL rushing
business. At tNc cud Of three month .
| he duly reported, as by law required
! 10 INH county supervisors, sending in
| MS DIl Tor the amount due him from
| thc county. The county fathers cut
tn" bill down onc-haIf. burnett sworc
| vigorously when he got the returns,
bUi held no further communications
with the county scao. AuUlI CT three
months ctap$ ing, til" county treasurer
wrote burnett to furnish his quarterly
>V"t2mGnt. The reply came promptly.
IL Was Iho DiaH : with YOU: this
court after this will be scl!-sustain-
ing
And so it was, in great shape. Every
time a cowboy won'I get cXnilaru,e,t
aEc shoot MP The town the judge would
hho Ill II several hundred dollars ana
would pocket what remained after
paying MS cOnstablu5 Tor the arrest.
Ono day old mau Schwartz pOt cx-
c!t'd and killed - man. After the
Jnsjcn, Is "X-tlli+iO coroner, bad
mashed thc inquest he had Schwartz
h"ll@d before the bar, found MIN guilty
OF the crime, and fined him u thousand
dollars. Schwartz wanted to appeal
the cas", but Burnett would issue no
papers on appeal. So the defendant
sent up to Tombstone for Attorney
Mark ) Smith, now delegate to Congress-
from Arizona. Smith came down at
once and heard Gchwartz's tale of woe.
IL was clear case Of murder.
Pay the money, you ass" the
lawyer fairly shouted, land then go
nInry. yourself somewhere down in
Moxico.'
Schawrtz paid ard skipped, and the
case was never again heard Of in court.
Bat the county never received a1y
Of that coin. Those who figured on
the proposition said that Burnct; came
out $22 900 ahead en- his office in two
years.