1873 TULARE CAL EL DORADO SALOON SIX SHOOTER DESPERADO JAMES McCRORY MURDERER

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NOT A REPRODUCTION------------A complete 4 page issue of JAN. 23, 1873 THE TROY DAILY TIMES with a detailed 22 column inch report (from the TULARE, CALIFORNIA TIMES)-----CHARLES ALLEN- ONE OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE EL DORADO SALOON WAS SHOT DOWN IN COLD BLOOD BY JAMES G. McCRORY- ONE OF THE MOST FIENDISH DEVILS IN HUMAN SHAPE THAT EVER DISGRACED THE EARTH- ABOUT 5pm HE WENT INTO THE EL DORADO SALOON AND DREW A SIX SHOOTER- HE HAD A GRUDGE AGAINST THE MEXICAN WHO WAS A BARTENDER- ALLEN CAME OUT OF THE BACK ROOM AND SAID JIM DON'T BE CHILDISH- McCRORY TURNED AND CURSED AND SAID I MIGHT AS WELL KILL YOU AS ANY OTHER MAN- SHOOTING HIM IN THE ABDOMEN- SHOOTING HIM TWICE MORE, AND THAN PLACED HIS PISTOL ALMOST AGAINST HIS HEAD SHOOTING HIM THE FOURTH TIME THOUGH THE FOREHEAD- HIS BRAINS OOZING, ETC, ETC.- HE WAS ARRESTED BY DEPUTY SHERIFFS- WALKING HIM THROUGH THE STREET THE CROWD YELLED HANG HIM, ETC, ETC.- HE WAS DRAGGED TO HIS DEATH AND HANGED- THE CROWD RAISED TWENTY DOLLARS TO BURY HIM, ETC, ETC.------------removed from a bound volume- there is minor edge chipping and wear to the spine edge- minor blemishes and wear overall--------with horizontal and vertical folds------------very good condition---------U.S. SHIPPING .75