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The Revenge of Bat Masterson
I was very interested to read Marshall Trimble’s article on Bat Masterson in the June 2022 True West. I was however surprised to find that Marshall Trimble unequivocally stated that Ed Masterson shot the two men responsible for his death in April 1878 and dismisses the many stories appearing after 1881 that have Bat arrivin
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