Saturday, February 15, 2014

The Old West: Gunfights and Chaos



At True West magazine, editor Bob Boze Bell gives the details of 10 gunfights. An excerpt:

Across the street, the Globe Restaurant doors blow open, and Marshal Dallas Stoudenmire emerges with a pistol in each hand. Close behind him is his brother-in-law, Doc Cummings, toting a shotgun.

As he takes in the scene on the fly, Stoudenmire steps lively into the street and snaps off a quick shot at Hale, who ducks behind an adobe pillar. Unfortunately, the marshal’s shot misses Hale and hits a Mexican citizen who has just bought a sack of peanuts.

Hale pokes his head around the pillar. Stoudenmire’s second shot hits him in the head; he collapses, dead.

2 comments:

LA Grant said...

Reminds me of this story in the NYT. Explains why all those law-abiding citizens always ran for cover when the shootists stepped into the street.

Michael Wade said...

Larry,

Some of those stories could have come out of an episode of "Justified."

Michael