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Burt Alvord, Biddy Doyle and the Bisbee Caper

by | May 16, 2017 | True West Blog

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Burt Alvord was a big strapping, swarthy-looking fellow with a bald pate and an IQ that was said to be considerably less than the size of his waist, which was somewhere around forty. He did have a few positive attributes. He was usually cheerful, had a sense of humor and was a popular guy around Cochise County during the 1890s. He worked for a time as a deputy for Cochise County Sheriff John Slaughter. Rumo


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