Arizona republican., 1899-01-21

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 and they Were of frequent occurrence
 With the Earps Doe" Halliday
 struck up a strong friendship and in
 every battla he was always well Up in
 the front line Although weak physi-
 cally and the possess0r of hacking
 cough of a ccnsumptiye, Halliday never
 shirked in the performance Of his self
 imposed duties. No trail was too diffi-
 cult for him to follow, no act of bra
 very he would not smilingly peIform.
 He laughed at dsath, while cCurting It's
 embrace.
 The Bisbee stage. laden with treasure
 from the great copper camp in the
 Huackuca country, was attacked by
 road agents one day and after a run
 ming fight lasting for over threa miles,
 in which many wounds, but none seri-
 ous. were received by the attacking and 1 repolling farces, the brave driver sue ceeded in Outwitting them because O.
 the superior speed of his six trained | horses. When the stage arrived in Tombstone the time was only few minutes short of midnight. The news
 soon spread and exactly on the hour
 of 12 Halliday, attired in a complete suit of buckslzin and wearing a white fels sOmbrerO, emerged from the Cos
 mopolitan hotel, where he roomed.
 Wels-FIrgo's agent, Frank Ma.shall,
 who afterwards became an emDezzier,
 organized a pursuing posse at cnca,
 and among his picked me were Wyatt, 1 Morgan. Warren EaIp and Doe" Hal
 liday. In less than an hour they were
 on their way to the scene of the at
 tempted robbery. They suspected Tom and Frank lMcLCwry, Ike ClantOn and Billy Clanton, cattlemen and cowboys. 1 They rode direct to their favorit9 range l from the Bisbee road; made inquiries | in pertinent language as to their
 whereabouts, and did not conceal their belief that the cOWmen were the men
 who tried to rob the stage. The sought for men were over the line" in Mex icc, however, and the posse returned to Tombstone, disbandad and awaited de velOpments.
 A month later the Clantons and the McLoWrys arrived in Tombstone. All drank freely, and as the liquor rob bed them of their reason their tongues became lc0sened and they openly voiced their contempt for the posse and insinuated that the Earps and Hal liday were responsible for the numer- GUS train robberies. As City Marshal Virgil Earp warned thsm to restrain their tongues and to keep the peace. i they laughed at him. La.er, while he was engaged in Q game of poker, Tom | McLowry insisted on playing. Virgil i Earp met his bluff with an acQuies- l cence.
 For hours the game progressed. but | beneath a silk handkerchief which lay | on his lap Earp had a six-shooter ready | for use. At dawn MeLcwry quit los CT. He became "grouchy" and boi@- terous. He cursed the Earp gang as he termed the posse, and invited q fight. Ea~p placed him under ares McLoWry resisted and was felled to the ground by a blow from EarD's gun. He was dragged to jail, but at 10 o'clock was released on his IruInise to leave the camp. At l o'clock he and his crowd were still in evidence in the camp Virgil Earp sent word that if they were rot cut of the c31lp by 3 o'clock trouble would follow
 John Behap, then sheriff. knowing the temper of Earp, sought the cow boys and advised them to leave. At the appointed time the McL0wrys and Ci2ntOns were bidding acquaint2nces gOCdby when Virgil, Wyatt and Mor- gan E3rp and 'DCc" Halliday ap- preached them.
 Your times uD" said Virgil, and Frank McLowry began to barley.
 No time to talk!' interrupted Vir- gil, and ,hen, it was never known how It DeS1u, Uu6 UiIIle CO1M9uC9u.
 The first shot was fired by fDoc" Halliday His weapon was a cutoff shotgun. The first charge entered Tom McLomry's breast; the second went wild Tom sta ggarad around a corner only to fall dead in his , tracks. Frank McLowry, as he reach ed for his Winchester, slung to the saddle of his now frantic horse, was ! shot in the abdomen, and Billy Clar- ton received a bullet in his left breast Shot after shot rang out and in the midst of the smoke Doe" Halliday ankle deep in the dust of the road, a six shooter in each hand, could be seen firing at Frank McLowry , and Billy CIantOn, the later on the f ground, dying as braTely az ever a hero : lied |
 Now, it's my time,' Frank McLlowry 2 was heard to cry out. ''Pll get you l 1ow!"
 You'll be dandy if you do," re- l )lied Halliday, with a smile, and talk l ng deliberate aim he planted bullet l n his game adversary's forehead. c
 McLowry threw up his hands when ( he bullet struck him and fell over $ backwards. His finger c5nvulsively I pulled the trigger of the weapon he 1 still held and he last bullet of the | errible fight cf October 25, 1881. grazed v Wyatt Earp's hand, bringing blood. r
 The bodies of the McLowrys were d uickly gathered up, but Billy Canton, I with the dew of death upon his fea- i ures, resisted. His right hand was ', lse1ass, bullet having severed the +' endons at the wrist and with his left : le pressed the wound in a vain effort \ o fire parting shot. He was picked t ID and carried into Q nearby house, I where he soon expired, his last words ? eing: y T wonder what mother will think . p Shortly after the famous Tombstone II end5-ta began. It was fought on the II Id Mosaic principle t'2l eye for an II ye." No quarter was given or asked + or. Cowboys under the leadership ct B