The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-07-14
Rifles and Pistols Brought Into
 Play With Deadly Effect When Cowboys Clash Near Carlisle

Sidney Fulcher. brothers of the two dead men.
 One version of the fatal fray is that the Cranberry brothers were the agressors.
 Another version equally as positive is that the Butcher brothers opened fire on the Bradberry brothers
 The two sets of brothers had been in the same vicinity for several days The Bradberry ranch. at which Bate Bradberry and Mart Cranberry were staying, is located at Cottonwood. about four miles east of Steeple Rock The Fulcher brothers were camped on the range about ten miles dis tant There is a rumor that bad feeling existed between the Butchers and the Bradberrys growing out of recent sale of horses by the Fuleh- CTS. It is alleged that in making the transfer Fulcher horses were round ed up by Cranberry in excess of the number sold.
 On Monday shortly after noon Sheriff John Bradberry received a long distance telephone can from Steepie Rock. N M The can .<2s from Johnny Fulcher who requested the Greenlee County sheriff to come to Carlisle. One account of the tele- phone conversation is that Johnny Butcher told the sheriff that his pres ence there was needed to keep down trouble, as Mart and BatS Cranberry were burning brands oa horses in that section. Another yer sion of the telephone conversation is that Fulcher invited John Bradber~ ry, sheriff, to come to Carlisle as hs him, and that he could not deal with Bate or Mart Cranberry. Be that as it may, John Bradberry left Clifton about one o'clock Monday afternoon o'clock. There he and Johnny Full cher had conversation believed to be regarding the i'll feeling that had been created over the horse transae- tion in which conversation Brad berry acted as peace maker. John Bradberry asked the Butchers to ac- company him to the Bradberry ranch and there smooth over all the seem ing difficulty The story is to the effect that the Fuicner boys wonii Tot go to tn, Bradbs " ranch that evening but agreed to meet all parties concerned the next morning on Cherry Canyon.
 Sheriff Bradberry. states that the conversation he had with Johnny Fulcher was in relation to a trade of some cattle for horses.
 John Cranberry returned to the Bradberry ranch that evening and on the following morning the Green lee county sheriff, Bate Bradberry Mart Bradberry and young man named Jordan, who was staying at the ranch, set out on horseback for Cherry Creek canyon. John Brad berry the sheriff. was unarmed- Bate Cranberry carried a rife in his scabbard. Mart Bradberry carried 45 cal. six shooter. Jordan was un- armed
 Riding along towards: the appointed meeting place the quartet came to a spring. Mart Cranberry and B&to Bradberry dismounted to get a drink while John Bradberry and Jordan rode on ahead. At this point the two stories regarding subsequent hap penings diverge widely.
 One version is that after drinking at the spring the two Bradberry boys mounted and started to overtake their two companions in the lead. who were then two are three hun dred yards in advance. when the Fulcher boys. Johnny and Sid. rode out of a side canyon behind them and opened fire after they had dis mounted. Bate Bradberry called t0
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