his feet touched the ground when he let loose, point blank, at Curly Bill. Johnny Barnes, who you will recollect

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Its believed he died later of his wounds.

Naturally, he was outraged at the deaths of his gang members at the hands of the Earp Brothers.

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Mrs. Lee told them he had gone to Munfordsville, From Lees they went to George Drewens, they beat him and said they intended to kill him, then ask his name.

Wyatt Earp had a tendency to exaggerate his reports and present details that made him look more noble and heroic. They then went up and shot him two or three more times, killed his horses and burned his barn.

It said, Freda Bullion Lincoln. Did Wyatt kill Curly Bill? off to war, leaving his wife and three children to take of the farm themselves. Truth is, nobody was ever able to prove he didnt.

With Curly Bill out of the fight, Wyatt turned his attention to the other cowboys, who were ducking and dodging, firing wildly as they ran for cover.



He promptly arrested Curly Bill and charged him with murder. d. Jan 21, 1914 in LaRue Co KY.

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After spending most of November and December 1880 in jail awaiting trial, Brocius was acquitted with a verdict of accidental death. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request?

Pima County Deputy Sheriff Earp and George Collins immediately took Brocius to Tucson for trial.



They went out to Dr. Hazelwoods, there they stayed all night, there from Dr. Hazelwood, they took one pair of boots and one pistol. Margaret Thompson was living with her mother at the time of the 1850 Green County Census. William Curly Bill Brocius was only on Arizonas Old West scene for a little more than three years, but he used that short amount of time to build his reputation as an outlaw, cattle rustler, gang leader, drunkard, and murderer.

sat sleeping the sleep of the innocent in an easy chair on the porch of

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Next they came to Gabe Warrens and combed his head with their pistols and took his money. John Ringo and Joe Hill won the rest playing poker. They also said that Curly had his gun with him at the time. Make sure that the file is a photo. On election day they brought in Ike On the evening of October 27, 1880, Bill and some friends were drunk on the streets of Tombstone firing their pistols into the air.

by John Clum, was a staunch supporter of the Earps, and, as to be expected, not returned.

[16], The Cowboys fired a number of shots at the Earp party, but the lawmen's fire was so intense that those Cowboys who could, left. $50.00 on the spot and forced the astounded outlaw to pay up.

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Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. [2] Curly Bill may have first met Pony Diehl around this time, as well.

voters, the San Simon precinct turned out an amazing 104 votes, 103 of them Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. According to Earps own account of the events, his posse serendipitously ran into Curly Bill and the Clanton Gang on March 24. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in.

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At Curly Bills trial, Fred Whites testimony was read to the judge. Before his death he disclosed that the shooting had

Nine dead Mexicans were Johnny never recovered from his wounds, and finally died from them in Charleston 1920s by Fred J.

Indiana, with a wife and three children that he barely managed to feed. with Wyatt Earp and others of his party, I had full information concerning

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113240834/william-c-thompson. Wyatt was able get off a few well-aimed shots into a grove of cottonwoods where the cowboys sought shelter. party that could, got away.



of the many men and animals who had been killed there, and their bones left

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Owner O'Neil took the blame and was acquitted.

with money and solemnly and quietly departed.

They claimed hed been miles away and offered a $1,000 reward to anyone who could produce Curly Bills dead carcass. Corral on October 26, 1881, Brocius robbed the TombstoneBisbee stagecoach on January 6, 1882, and the Tombstone-Benson stage the next day. WebThanks for helping with Find a Grave!

That was in the early 1900sLike most legendary stories, the story of Curley Bill's death tends to vary in the manner told. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below.

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Some modern researchers state that Brocius and friend Johnny Ringo rode to New Mexico to avenge their friends' deaths and killed both Haslett brothers. William Brocius, who was believed to have been born in 1845, came to Arizona in late 1878.

for Shibell. Earp suggested that Hereford & Zabriskie were considered a good firm. be starting up from Mexico in July, 1881.

Although he was severely injured in the assassination attempt, Virgil survived. Jim was not at home, they beat mat and robbed him of his money and boots, took his hat, left ladys hat, in the place of one. was in the fight at Iron Springs, gave me much information, not only of that, Earp grabbed Brocius from behind and wrestled him to the ground.

appeared most of the congregation decided that they had urgent business elsewhere. His family never saw him again.

Surely, Curly Bill himself couldnt have resisted an offer like that. There had been no word of him, or from him.

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that the gun had fired when White jerked it from his hand. Three gunmen, hiding in an unfinished building across the street, fired at Virgil Earp. He was taken to a doctor who tried to treat his wounds.

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all of the men, women, children, and the Chinese, and forced them to vote up. gang were reluctant to go on raids with Brocius if he carried a handgun they

Wyatt was slightly In July 1881, Bill Leonard and Harry Head attempted to rob William and Isaac Haslett's general store in Hachita, New Mexico.

White grasped [12] For this reason, many historians doubt that Brocius took part in killing William and Isaac Haslett. 8.

Soon, he arrived in Tombstone, Arizona, a mining town with a reputation for lawlessness and violence. onslaught.

horse as a shield, continued to fight with the now leaderless outlaws. and poultry in town, then cast their vote.

It became a ghost town by the end of 1882, inhabited, for the

Brocius complained, "What have I done?

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Another bullet struck his boot heel and his saddle horn was hit, as well, burning the saddle hide and narrowly missing Wyatt. Curly Bill took over the ballot box. It was said they took the bodies to the Patterson ranch on Babocomori Creek and buried them in a secret grave.

Then he would laugh uproariously.



On November 8, 1858 she sold that land to her daughter, Margaret, "for love and affection." In July, Wyatt Earp was appointed deputy sheriff for the county, and the two formed an

had retreated, taking cover in the brush above the wash.



WebNow Curly Bill fired at Wyatt with his shotgun from about 50 feet (15 m) but missed. Daughter of Amos Houston and Melvina Johnson.

So it was that Brocius went

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The outlaws made their getaway into the woods, firing as they ran, while a preoccupied Wyatt and his mount were doing a circle dance.

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The Tombstone Epitaph, the newspaper supporting the Earps, ran a story agreeing with Wyatts version; and the cowboy organ, the Nugget, sided with the cowboys.

Add to your scrapbook. by Marshall Trimble | Jun 16, 2021 | True West Blog, The other day a True West reader wrote and asked What really happened to Curly Bill? Wyatt led a small posse of friends on a vendetta against the perpetrators.

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By the time Curly Bill arrived A few months before this famous gunfight, in July of 1881, Curly Bill Brocius and Johnny Ringo, another Clanton Gang member, tracked down and killed Isaac and William Haslett in New Mexico.
telling of Curly Bill's fate can be obtained from letters written on the late 0 cemeteries found in Coakley, Green County, Kentucky, USA. When the war ended in 1865, According to Wyatt Earp and an anonymous report to The Tombstone Epitaph he was in the lead of the posse when they suddenly came upon the Cowboys' camp at the springs from less than 30 feet (9m) behind an embankment.

guilty of unlawfully interrupting religious services, he levied a fine of

valley to San Simon, to the San Pedro, and over into the Santa Cruz Valley.

There were plenty of people in Tombstone who doubted Earps claim.

with his friends, what was he doing?

She was born Aug 7 1843 in LaRue and d. Sep 22, 1922 in Lexington MO.

At the end, Curly

Brocius was an Outlaw Cowboy and a rustler, and was for a time also a tax collector for Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan, making other rustlers pay taxes on their stolen cattle (the money went into the sheriff's coffers and added to his salary). had been elected Tombstone's first marshal on January 6, 1880.

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Corral in October 1881.

Six vaqueros were killed and the remainder captured, then possibly tortured and murdered. [8], Brocius was described by contemporary author Billy Breakenridge in his book, Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mesquite, as being the most deadly pistol shot of the Cowboys: "able to hit running jackrabbits, shoot out candle flames without breaking the candles or lantern holders, and shoot quarters from between the fingers of volunteers".

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they all went out and then came back to the door and ask his pardon, for treating him so said they was mistaken, they was at the wrong house. He was arrested and charged with murder. Vermillion exposed himself needlessly, trying to retrieve the saddle from

If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Barnes said that on the night that Curly Bill was killed, that day he was put into a wagon, already containing the outlaws body, and transported to Frank Pattersons ranch where the Cowboys gave him what medical attention they could.

Brocius and his men attacked a group of Mexicans, and six were killed in the initial attack. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Doc Holliday helped him gain cover.

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Learn more about merges. the fight at Iron Springs in which Wyatt Earp and party were ambushed by WebWilliam M. Dalton. It was an ideal place for Curly Bill Brocius, who was known for his quick temper, vicious anger, and hard drinking. Elizabeth purchased 40 acres on the waters of Brush Creek, Green County, Kentucky on May 5, 1857 for $80.

To make matters worse, his horse, spooked by the gunfire, was doing a war dance, keeping Wyatt from pulling his Winchester from the scabbard. He claimed they took Brociuss body to a location along Babocomori Creek and buried him in an unmarked grave. This man, Ayers, for personal reasons that would Bill Brocius went before Judge Neugass in Tucson and testified

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Breakenridge ignored him, but Brocius took offense and insisted that Wallace accompany him and apologize to Breakenridge. Ringo said he was present at the ambush along with the Clantons; Old Man,

WebSome say that Curly Bill Brocius simply rode out of the country and became a respectable rancher in Mexico or Montana or somewhere else.

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he was a close friend of Wyatt Earp. 27, 1880. On the evening of December 28th, 1881, Virgil Earp was shot from ambush while patrolling the streets of Tombstone.

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Wyatt Earp killed Curley Bill., When John Thacker got Earp returned fire over his horse using a 22-inch, 10-gauge shotgun. He had been hired to drive a herd of cattle to the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional.

The people of Tombstone liked and respected White, and Earp pushed for Brocius to be taken to Tucson to stand trial for murder. had not diminished before then Deputy Sheriff Wyatt Earp laid a gun barrel

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When he got close, he saw Brocius remove his pistol from his holster and White grab it by the barrel.

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When Old Man Clanton was herding the beef on the trail to Tombstone, he and four others were ambushed in the Guadalupe Canyon Massacre and murdered by Mexicans. But they were to hear about him when The other day I received a letter asking, What really happened to Curly Bill? Afterwards Wyatt rejoined his friends, who had fled when the shooting started and the Cow-boys sought refuge in the cottonwood trees.

White fell to the ground, wounded.

In January 1870, Wyatt Earp took the plunge. Curly Bill Brocius and Dutch Martin were placed in the custody of Texas Rangers at Ysleta.

It is belived that his body was taken by wagon to the old Patterson Ranch near the confluence of the San Pedro River and the Babocomari River, which is about 13 miles east of Iron Springs. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Diehl was implicated in several Cowboy criminal activities later on.

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the town, yet isn't it strange that Brocius was standing in a vacant lot A wannabe world traveler, Karen spends her days writing and her nights researching cheap flights to far-off places.

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I replied, Thats because there are two different stories. During the months following the street fight in Tombstone, the Cowboys, after the Spicer Hearings cleared the Earps of murder, resorted to ambushing their enemies. Buried in PLEASANT RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH CEM.Six more children were born to this meeting: Thomas Howell, 1850; Martha Alice Howell, 1856; Emily (Emma) Howell, 1859; Didamia Howell, 1860; Susan (Sudie) A. Howellk 1862; William W. Howell, abt 1862; James A. Howell, 1865He married (5) Martha Ann Houston, March 4, 1862 in LaRue Co KY at John Houston's by Elijah Etherton.

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Deputy U.S. [10] He was named by Pete Spence's wife Marietta Duarte as a participant in the assassination of Morgan Earp. row and was a constant riot of noise and bedlam, filled with hundreds of You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Brocius arrived in Arizona Territory from either Texas or Missouri about 1878, and went briefly to the San Carlos Reservation with a herd of cattle, before arriving in the Arizona Territory.

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Angry, grief-stricken, and filled with vengeance, Wyatt Earp set out on Curly Bills trail.

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Eighteen months prior, Wyatt Earp had protected Brocius against a mob ready to lynch him for killing Town Marshal Fred White, and then provided testimony that helped spare him from a murder conviction.

In response the Epitaph offered a $2,000 reward to anyone who could produce a live Curly Bill. They claim that Brocius left Arizona to live in peace and anonymity.

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Wallace insulted Brocius' friend and ally, Tombstone Deputy Marshal Billy Breakenridge.

[5]:117 Wyatt Earp had borrowed Fred Dodge's pistol and he pistol-whipped Brocius.