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Ask the Marshall

by | Sep 10, 2019 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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Did any Western lawmen have a reputation for shooting first, and asking questions later, when it came to suspects? Pete Rizzo Wichita, Kansas It was said that Cochise County, Arizona Territory, Sheriff John Slaughter brought more than one bad outlaw in strapped over the back of a horse. Usually, the guy was so unsavory folks were glad to be rid of him. But that was Slaughter’s reputation, not necessarily the normal reality. In some of the Texas feuds, lawmen (on either side) frequently sho


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