(WEST ARIZONA) Issue of the Tombstone Daily Nugget publishe

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(WEST--ARIZONA.) Issue of the Tombstone Daily Nugget published shortly after the O.K. Corral, with a mention of Jesse James. Volume 3, #980. 4 pages, 24 x 17 1/2 inches, on one folding sheet; edges and fold tastefully conserved; subscriber's name and address in pencil in right margin. Tombstone, AZ, 25 February 1882

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This newspaper was issued in Tombstone just four months after the famed gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Justice of the Peace A.O. Wallace, who played a supporting role in the drama leading to the gunfight, is mentioned at least three times. He placed a running notice in the paper on 3 December, just a few weeks after the gunfight, reminding the townsmen that "all persons convicted of a violation of ordinances prohibiting carrying weapons and discharging firearms within city limits will be visited by severe penalties. All persons finding it necessary to carry weapons must get permission from the Mayor." A directory of officials names Wallace as well as Sheriff John Behan, who had attempted to arrest the wounded Earps shortly after the gunfight. O.K. Corral experts will likely find many other references to connected people and places in these pages.

An editorial on the wonders of Tombstone living admits that "as at all frontier spots, the people are bizarre and heterogeneous. . . . The companionship and artificial hilarity of the drinking saloon are rapidly succeeded by the delirium of gambling. . . . They rarely intrude their depravities in violation of the decency or peace of the town." Outlaw Jesse James never made it to Tombstone, but this newspaper includes a report on the St. Louis arrest for train robbery of Wood Hite, "a first cousin to the notorious bandit Jesse James," and key member of the James-Younger Gang.