On a cold night in March of 1881 outlaws tried to rob the Tombstone to Benson stage. When one of the highwaymen yelled out "Halt!" the shotgun messenger Bob Paul barked "I hold for no one!" and in the same breath unlimbered his shotgun and fired. The outlaws opened fire as well and the driver Bud Philpott was hit, fatally, and fell forward onto the wheel horses, who panicked and set off at a dead run. A rumor became extant that Philpott and Paul had trade places before the robbery. Where did


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