An Enterprise reporter was on hand as a…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

-shooter, a Colt’s 45, leveled it at the Marshal’s breast. Cantley then pulled his gun in self protection, when Rodriguez fired at him point blank; the two men were not more than four feet apart when the firing began, and it is a mystery that both of them were not killed. An Enterprise reporter was on hand as a matter of course, having followed Cantley into the saloon ; he stood outside the bar, within six feet of the men when the trouble commenced. He did not wait to draw his note-book to take items, as he was too busily engaged dodging bullets. The music of the playful six-shooter filled the air for several minutes, shots being exchanged about as lively as it was possible to pull the trigger. The room was cleared in short order immediately, no one remaining to see what was going on but the two principals and the ubiquitous reporter.