Bisbee daily review., 1902-08-03
OLD TIME ROBBER
 AN ARIZONA TALE
JOHN p. ClUM TELLS ABOUT
 BILLY HAZzLETON
An interesting Reminesence of Former Oays.-A HoId-up on the Over land Stage in 1878.

land Stage in 1878.
 John P. Clum, former postmaster of Tombstone. and editor of the fa- nous Epitaph and now a post office inspector, is in Los Anegeles and has been telling things about old Arizona to the Herald:
 Sir said Mir. Cum, this Tracy business reminds me of old times. Sit down and let me tell you the story Of Billy BraZZleton, the lone highway man of Arizona One warm day in July, 1878, took passage on the west bound coach at Tucson for Florence. a little town in the Gila valley When Joe Converse threw of the brake and started down the Santa Cruz valley his way-bill contained the names of three passengers. My companion in side was a veterinary surgeon from Fort Lowell. He carried two army revolvers in his bell. My own gun. 45 Colts, dropped to the floor of the coach. The other passenger who was on the box. was Chinaman and neither he nor Joe had any weapons stronger than a jack-knife. We were travelling on the regular southern over land daily. running from Fl Paso to San Diego. and had with us t-.e United States mail and a Wells Fargo & Co. express box. The Apaches were quiet and no stage hold-Gps had occurred in that vicinity for several years Hence We were not anticipating any unusual incident
 About eighteen miles west Cf Tue son there is a rugged elevation known as the Point Of Rocks. The road there is very sandy, and Joe let his team walk. Suddenly the coach stopped and an old Spanish carbine 5O-calibre was thrust in the door and behind this weapon was a tall high wayman. He was siy-footeT. and athletic. He wore his coat vIon@ side out. and such part of his panta- looms as were not tucked in his boots were roughly covered with pieces Of sacking. He wore mask. and a Slouch hat He carried pair of siX-shooters a knife and two belts Of cartridges As the carbine came in at the stage door the hammer came back with d click and the man said: Up with them quick or I'll kill you deadrn h-il. Ii you felleTs want ter fight you can begin shottin any minute yer like; you may get me. but I'll get some of you first. and I'd just as soon die as not
 Our hands went up The knight of the road then ordered the driver to throw out the mail pouches and the Wells-Fargo treasure box and Joe obeyed without murmuring. Then he commanded us to move on. and we continued on to Florence, which We reached next morning. 4 deputy sheriff went back in the same coach. and within I-ciic vf the same place the same robber held it up and re- lieved the cficef- of all he had in- cluding his gun 4 poose was soon afrer organized and near the scene of the hold-ups found that the robber had ridden horse. and in following hish trail saw that peculiar impres- sion was made by the leftnlnd shoe Oi the horse. One Sunday afternoon all officer observed a young man riding through the streets oI Tucson. and the hoof prints of his horse were of the same peculiar kind. He was arrest ed and the usual preparation made foI lynching. The man confessed and said that he had taken no part in the robberies except 10 carry provisions to the hishwayman. and that the rob ber's name was Brazzleton.
 Charlie Shibell was sheriff Cf Pima county He took with him six men and commanded the informerto leaG the way 10 BraZZleton. BTazZletor was to meet him in chapparral thick et. about ten miles west Of the scs ns o- the robberies. When BrazZleton al peared next day he was commander A. give up. He made a quick move q; if 10 draw his gun when seven w5iD chesters let fly at him. and mutterin, something that was either prayer O. curse and swir eins half Way round fell Billy Brazzleton was dead. Tn body was taken 10 Tucson and buried l saw his grave about two years ago
 Billy Brazzleton was born in Sal Francisco. He was early left an or phan and made his home in an ol' boiler. the remains of wreck on tn 'Barbary coast. He attended the pub lie schools of San Francisco. became hoodIum and killed his first man in TOW when he was but 15 years old He robbed nine coaches in Arizoni and New Mexico single-handed. One he was closely pursued by poss near Silver City. New Mexico, when h. managed to separate them and kille' them one by one as they came up Fl was dextrous with firearms and ha m cfreak of ya1loW in him.