The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-07-14
TWO MEN KILLED IN GUN BATTLE
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his brother, HOOK out, Mart, ana dropped from his horse. pulling his rifle from his scabbard as he did so, and returned the fire, killing Johnny Fulcher, as he was sitting down, and turning his rifle on Sid Fulcher, wounded him in the right arm. In the meantime Mart Braberry had emptied his six-shooter while in the saddle trying to manage an unruly horse. After being wounded Sid Fulcher advanced on Bate Bradberry and killed him with his six shooter.
 Another version of the fatal shoot ing is that the Fulcher brothers rode up to the spring where Mart and Bate Cranberry were sitting. As they ap- preached. Bate Bradberry. with a laugh, called to them to throw up their hands. They did so in the be- lief that they were the victims of a practical joke With their hands up. so goes the account, Bate Cranberry opened fire on them. shooting John ny Fulcher, fatally, at the first shot and with the next shot wounding Sid Fulcher, who ayers that both shots were fired by Bate Cranberry while their hands were up.
 The only particulars upon which both sides are agreed is that Bate Bradberry killed Johnny Fulcher and wounded Sidney Fulcher with his rifle, 3O-40, and that Sidney Full cher charged Bate Bradberry and kill led him with six shooter held in his left hand
 Arriving at the scene of the shoot bodies and John Bradberry and Mart Bradberry took up the trail of Sid -Fulcher. who was on foot and over took him at the Rayburn ranch where his wounds were being dressed
 MT. Rayburn was dispatched to Carlisle with the news and the authorities in Silver City were noti- fed.
 The q ,ad bodies of Cranberry ;.nd Fulcher r4-..a,;.ed where they wHre until the arrival of Sheriff Casey of Grant county who came by auto shortly before midnight. An examina tion of the ground and the bodies of the dead men were made that night by the sheriff and deputies and fol- lowing the examination the bodies were brought to Clifton by Under taker Pascoe.
 Briley of Duncan dressed the wounded arm of Sidney Fulcher and he was sent to the hospital at Lordsburg in charge of a deputy sheriff Mart Bardberry was placed under arrest and taken to Silver City by Sheriff Casey where his bond has been fixed at $5,000OO pending a preliminary hearing.
 The surgeon at Lordsburg took \ ray pictures of the shattered arm O: Sid F'ulcher and hopes to save the arm by setting and afterwards bone srafting.
 A representative of the ERA saw Sid Fulcher in the hospital at Lords burg and sought an interview When the reporter first saw Sid he said: Yes. I'll tell you the Gods truth about the whole thing; just how it happened" But acting upon the ad- vice of a friend who was present. he decided it would not be to his ad- vantage to give anything to the pull lie at present, in which h. father, Tom Fulcher, who was present, ac- quiesed Sid Fulcher added how ever, ~r only wish there had been two witnesses to the shooting
 Word was received of the shooting hsortly afternoon on Tuesday in a telephone message from Howard Mix, store keeper at Steeple Rock, to the sheriff's office here.
 Chief Deputy Joe McAllister. Hol- land Bass, and Dr. Thompson left by auto immediately for Steeple Rock. 
 Holland Bass returned to Clifton Thursday evening. He remained in that vicinity as a Ranger in company with cattle inspector from Deming and Cattle Inspector Vernon Martin, of Clifton, rounding up horses in the vicinity. Bass reports that no ire gularities were found in the horse brands in that section.
 Bass accompanied Sheriff Casey and deputies to the scene of the killing upon their arrival in Carlisle Tues day night. He states that he, in with others, made an ex imitation of the scene and the dead bodies. He states that the distance between the dead bodies of Fulcher and Bradberry was approximately thirty five feet That from blood stains on the ground he judged that the distance between Bate Bradberry and Sidney Fulcher, when he was