On the evening of Saturday, April 8th, 1905, two cowboys, John Shaw and Bill Smythe walked into the Wigwam Saloon in Winslow, bellied up to the bar and ordered a couple of drinks. They noticed a dice game going on and a few hundred dollars on the table. They pulled their guns took the money and ran towards the train yards leaving a trail of silver dollars.
The two badboys jumped a train bound for Flagstaff but a posse caught up with them at Canyon Diablo. Smythe was captured but Shaw resisted
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