Did Clay Allison get in a gunfight with Deputy Sheriff Charles Faber?
Butch Kelly
Lamar, Colorado
Yes. On December 21, 1876, in Las Animas, Colorado, Clay Allison and brother John were on a glorious drunk, harassing partiers in the Olympic Dance Hall. Deputy Sheriff Charles Faber asked them to check their guns, but they refused.
Faber grabbed his shotgun and deputized two men. As the lawmen entered the hall, someone hollered, “Look out!” John turned around just in time to catch a l
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