Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-15
STRAIGHT SHOT |S
 DEPUTY SHERIFF
John Bright Only Used Five Bullets to Fut Away Two Mexical1s. Officers Wound in Right Leg Impriving.

GLEASON, Aug 14.-John Bright, the deputy sheriff of Courtland, who
 was wounded in the fight with two
 MeXicans on Saturday near Courtlanu,
 is in the hospital here and this morn
 ing was resting easy. The wound in
 his right leg is doing nicely. The ball
 entered the fleshy part of the leg and just clipped the top of the bone.
 Dr. Stroud states that it will not be
 long before Bright will be able to be about.
 In conversation with your corre-
 spondent yesterday MT Bright made the following statement regarding the affair: 'I was notified about 9 o'clock that two MeXicans had been seen coming out of the back window of the Davis cabin. went there and found out that the place had been entered and that two sixshooters. a watch and a few other articles had been aaken. I also learned that the Mexicans had taken across the coun- try in the hills east of the Leadville property. I got my horse and started across the hills to try and locate them. I went up through the hills and finally saw them starting from the hills in the direction of the Mckinney ranch I started after them and had reached point about thirty to forty steps from them. I got off my horse and said to them in Spanish that l wanted them and for them to come to me one at a time and give up the guns that they had Tho 7agrer of the two Mexicans started toward me and had come a distance of about ten steps when he threw coat which he was carrying over his left arm and at the same time drawing his six shooter and saying. 'ves, you Gringo, have got a gun Just at this mo- ment I fired at him and he fell. The smaller Mexican fired just as his partner fell and he hit me in the leg. I fell. and rolling over, fired at the other and he fell. hut rolled over and began to shoot at me again. | emptied my gun at him and then started to Pet away. I walked little ways and then fe;l and as fell the little fellow had reloaded his gun and shot at me twice and | then managed to get un and walk little further away. went toward the LePdville camn for assistance. I tainted two ar three times while on the way uD there and if took me ahort an hour. | should cuess to make the mile. | met some man who asked re who shot me and I told him and told him that the Mex jeans were down there and both down cr tho qrourd hut was not sure they were dead and to be careful. | was then brought over here to the hos pital"
 The bodies of the two NeXicans i, vare brought into Courtland and 7 coronor's mrv emnaneled and they brouoht in 9 verdict that thev came !, to tho'r deathe at the hands of Depntv Sheriff Jobn Pright while in the rer- ro,-,,,,nce of his duty An examination i cs tbs bodies of hoth of the deceased i ~bov,ad that they wore hnth battle soorrod veterans The smaller one | had ro less than four old bullet marks on hiq hndv. while tho older one Had |, numerous tnifo wounds on various ! .~-.- ,e bi, ,odv Tho Novic@,e wora !. etranoers in that locHlifv a"d eo fnr no one has been able 10 identify htem. l. Pic.ures have heen taken of the | bodies and an effort will be made to : identify them. They were buried in Courtland yesterday afternoon.