The story of the killing as told above from…
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

ent Sheriff Whitehill and Judge Jones. Hines was a poor Irishman who has been in this part of the country for some time. He for- merly worked on a section for the Southern Pacific company. Birchfieid and Bradshaw were arrested near Chase & McCabe’s ranch, in the lower Animas. The story of the killing as told above from the Liberal, is probably not correct. The Enter- prise learns on what it considers fairly good authority, that Hines was in the shaft house, was called to the door and shot. He was only hit by one bullet. It is said that Devine claims that Hines shot at him and powder burned his face, and that Walter Birchfieid picked the powder out, but this story is not accredited by those who are somewhat familiar with the cir- cumstances. The citizens of Hachita stated to the offi- cers that Bradshaw was not drunk, and did what he could to keep the boys from shooting up the town. Bradshaw was then turned loose. It is also stated that King had left town before the killing occurred. It seems that Pat Devine, who has made good his escape into the Sierra Madre, is accredited with doing most of the shooting. Sheriff Whitehill did not expect to find Pat Devine in Tombstone, but strange to say, he ( 2 )