The sun., 1899-03-05

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then Irish Jim, being mortally. wounded, wen
on the blizzard table, and died. One may ever
The shooting, common though such af
fairs we're In Tombstone. attracted the attep
some ran for refuge from stray buiiete. a iii:
| tie stage driver named Freeland, who had
so sfS Se III in Ss sb1pa 81 ms
| only weapon was n single. .barrelled. muzZle.
loading pistol, Taking this In his hand, he
| was going on. and. at the distance OF only a
few yards. shot him squarely between the
| shoulders, Then. without waiting to see the
result OF his shot. he dropped his weapon and
fed. Nelson. who, hapDened to be wearing Q
heavy ,oyerco1t, did not even know that he had
nothing had happened. After he had killed
Irish Jim. he took Off his overcoat. and his
andS bullet had stPasf his R bScR hard fs enough ts
to leave q small bruised spot. but not hard
from town the fleens FreeIand i d met D some 9 men men
and reported that he had killed Nelson. Then
he, continued his flight. and from that day TO
him. dead or alive.
Nelson was arrested and tried for his crime.
quittdI. The news Of the killing .of Irish jim
vas carried TO Phoenix. and an old comrade Of
Jlm,s from Denver; named Fanlgan. buckled
iron went to Tombstone. He reached there
ten days after the shooting at the Johnson
ant In, town and took half dozen stiff drinks
OF whiskey Then he started out 10 find Nell
Sp to the gambler. he tapped H him S cn the shouI %
50 YOU killed my old partner, Irish Jim.
:, At that he drew his gun like flash and shot
Nelson through the forehead The bartender
stranger from Phoenix was going out OF the
keno room he was shot Ia the back. but not
ese ra reachsd hyff for s in se as
hoor. expecting general discharge OF fire.
arms. But there was no more shooting. for
firing back at his assailant.
The sentiment In Tombstone was against
a 1here to gss
case OF Tombstone in those days It lasted
ten days and every man for miles around who
legal pie: The friends OF Fianigan. % who o was vas
P9puIaar aIa In his Part Of the Territory, rallied to
spent: One young fellow. who had been only six
months out of a st; Louis law school and had
Gument in defence OF Flanagan The upshot
Of it was that Flanagan was acquitted on his
The shooting that grew out OF the effort to
make class distinctions In Tombstone is re-
Re hy tcb one who LIVED there at
and Jake Jacobs. from somewhere In Texas.
opened the teo ELEPHANT saloon early in the sum
richer miners and citizens in town. the men @
who paid 80 cents for the cheapest drink and
81 for Or SooS Z R the ,S.i SHne
pense. An elaboratey carved bar Of Gaiifor-
MIA redwood ard Oregon white pine. some
OF the saloon. The front was embelshed with
ornamental carvings in colored woods At
glasses and Roes Of S hues G
OF mirrors that had been brought from New
Orleans at great expense. There were benches
on hardwood floor. forty by fifty feet in area.
the dancing was done in front OF the bar.
man to patronize the bar at the end OF every
dance At one.side were smaler rooms. where
faro. poker stud poker and roulette were
opening two coaches. containing seventeen
women varying in age from twenty to fifty
whole town turned out to see the new acquisl-
ti9ns to Tombstone society.
Everything went well for few daye Sud;
denly the dance girls struck and declared
that they would not lend their presence to the
keeper to permit none bnt good white men to
e9ter. eIl There MAS no serious trouble from
ing. when the miners had been paid off and
the town was unusually HILARIOUS. A dozen
men tnH a1Hempted TO enter the Eephant and
tion. That always meant in those days q quiet
talk as to their armaments. The next mo-
at the, time. The dance girls went shrieking
behind tho bar. The gamblers at the tables
snatched up their money and chips and hud-
died for protection behind ono another, while
the male dancers drew their shooting irons
the men on the inside. but one stray bullet did
kill bartender. The mirrors behind the bar
The lamps we're extinguished by bullets. The
fancy woodwork In front OF the bar was bat
tered by lead, and the big bass yiol in the or
chestra was shot through several times. The
scare was SO great that the Elephant never re-
gained its popularity. and the dancing went
The spring OF 1880 saw the greatest mum.
ber OF shootings in Tom bstone. At least
had the
carabIe Of holding 300 or 500 people, Every
day, night is not often Witnessed. "A
pace. Jack Trowbridse. and re- Requested @ d per. sme
mission TO hold divine services. It was grant
ed. and with every gambling table running and
Hahn stood up and told the, story. OF the Man
of Nazareth. Before he had finished his SER
mon quarrel arose at one OF the card tables
and man was shot.
The city election as to issuing s25 900 worth
o Ws the G 20 the
Several special constables wsre appointed by
the mine 9wners for ELECTION day. One Of
there was a quarrel between big fellow. who
went by the nome OF Flaherty. but whose real
result OF that quarrel was the killing OF OF three
men in the course OF the: next few weeks.
After the election was over Martin and Fla
herty met In the Lone Star saloon and renewed
the quarrel. proposition was made and ac-
cepted to go out on the street and settle It with
fists, Both men laid of their belts and start
ed for the street. Martin. however. had gun
hidden In his boot. and Just as the door was
reached he went down after it. intending to kill
the lrishman. but Flaherty was too quick
for him. and, tax ing the gun. shot him dead
Flaherty gave himself I'D and was acquitted
Martin had n host OF friends and his death led
10 what has always bee known as the big kill
Ing, in Tombstone. There were three dance
halls across the arroyo. in what was known as
In one OF them the big killing oc:
Cured. Faherty was a hanger-On at one OF
them. Martins friends swore they would kill
him and all who took his part. 1t was known
by both sides that an encounter was likely to oc-
cur on a certain night The engagement took
place according to programme Flaherty was
killed early in the fray. man on his side
novel way. knowing that the fight would oc-
cur. this man; Riley by name. went prepared
TO make himself felt, He had four six shooters
on him. AT the first POD Of a gun he delber-
atey walked up to h Texan and shot him In |
The eve; then running his two arms between
The arms and The body OF the dead man. he |
made human barrieade anu sho: at will from
went out. mounted horse and left. The dead |
we're speedily disposed of and the wounded
.nkan caIe OF.