Arizona Ranger Lieutenant Harry Wheeler took part in one on the West’s most unusual gunfights when a shootout turned into a contest of mano a mano. It all happened in the railroad town of Benson, Arizona on February 28, 1907 when a lover’s triangle turned violent.
J. A.Tracy, agent for the Helvetia Copper Company, was stalking his estranged wife and followed her to Benson where he threatened to kill the lady and her new beau D.W. Silverton.
The couple sought the help of Lt. Wheeler who
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