The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-13
REMARKABLE DUEL
OF COLORADO MEN
IN asAiEgton 20

" dSlill 5LOn t~OSE.)
The mot alteci.ouate looking two
. handed gun Play Jn,tt L ever saw, saIa a
Colorado 5elJiemen in one O. me house
committee rooms, was tne one tnay 4 p
pcRed "a La JUnJa, ia my state, Dettv,--tl
bis DIVIDE jim BratOn and George
Cannon, as plzeLish Il pair o. Teai "a
men Of me type that has now passtd
away as ever -dnnCd 80 or twisted Il
DoWlc. Cannon was The proprietor OF the
Gilt Edge hOukatOna Ia Ii JIinta and
l. was 1T this place that ne had some
trouble With brattOn. The argum M
ended Dy BrattOu ba-Fing out OF tue dl)r
with MS hands up, Cannon having the
MS gun wasn't lOade0-he had been clean
Ing IL ana n..u TO- sotteu ~ t,.-..~, 49,.
cartridges. He'd nave killed Bratton
otherwise, as d matter of course.
That sdme night BTa ton sent word TO
cannon that he meditated shooting him
up some on the IOAOWIuB uLy- O5anuOn
WASH a man 10 take to the Gifts or the
cactus, having plenty OF nOtcheS on his
gun barrel himself, and he walked around
Ine next afternoon like Light battery OF
artillery. Big Divide jim BraIton
plugged MIN, however, by turning a corner
suddenly as Cannon paTaded down the
main street, ana then 1t was Cannon S
hahqs that went up Tor change. Brat
ton had two guns covering him and Gan
non knew his gait.
This, saIQ Bratton, Is where l get
an even break Tor my coin. Now YOU
IKE me so much, Cannon, that / want YOU
TO sort OF show your apprecia ton of me
Dy Walkln' around town linked arrus with
me for a while
II was Up 70 Cannon to comply with
TINS peculiar request. Big Divide Jim
BrattOn 5abbed his guns back into his
oeat, and then he clutched Gannon's lett
arm and passed il through his right The
disadvantage OF this arrangement accrued
70 BrattOn- 1t left GannOn'S gun arm
Tree, While in case of argument Bratton
would have TO use his Ieft gun. But Big
DIVIDE jim wasn't selfish
mo population OF La Junta was
amazed to see Big Divide jim Bratton
"a nh, h.
more OF less sore on each other and who
h9d mad a quarrel that meant the death
OF one or both of them on the night be-
l~lic' waking arm in arm up and down
Inc main street of the town
~ ioohed like 2 peripdtetic love feast
DelWeeh the two of EN-. But they were
watching edch other like cats. At the end
OF the street Bratton, still with his rignT
arm linked in GannOn.s left, stopped sud
denly and said:
George, L amt much on the blov
ABOUT any gun-suddenness that | may
POSsesS' out want to give you chance
AoL Jhrung 1t into me last night i'm
Hdy tHaI eat up so much of the atmOs-
pnere around here that there's not enough
ar leIt IN this neighbOrhOOd for both OF
Us US 20 breathe at one and the same time
-. II d Soln 10 count three, and when ! say
three, II 5 a break-aWay and a finish
1oQ We got a loose right arm but | amt
no hOS. One-twO-thTeei''
The event proved Big Divide Tim,
bTdIton the quicker man and the better
[InaIkSman- He got Cannon through the
BrattOn's right wrist Bratton hsd 10
suffer hiS right hand 10 be cut off that
The last time 7 saw him was about
seven years ago in Creole. He was Sit
ing on the edge OF bunk in his own
Tapil; close 10 claim he was workiu'
hand N i'0t MS
Jim. said ], it's too bad YOU should
nave lost that right hand. If the fellow
mat plugged YOU had gotten the left
on. don't know said Bratton. phil
Osophfcally- If I'd ha' lost nv left 7
, wou'dn nave been able to play the fiddle
H5 reached under mis- bunk ana
brought forth an old violin. Then he
rugged up an attachment he had for hold
ING the DOW IN his right stump. and he
Tor half an hour ~ me
r., couldn't have done no fngerin' If
L. y IA ma lost my left hook, you know he
away." OiU AUUie