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.
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.
ReplyDeleteLarry,
ReplyDeleteSome of those stories could have come out of an episode of "Justified."
Michael