What is Clayton associated with?

Documented relationships include: killed_by, occupation, sentenced_to. 3 claims extracted from primary sources.

What sources cite Clayton?

3 primary sources cite this place, including: Bob Campbell, of Doming, fell into a 65-… (1891); Sandy McCorkle, foreman of the Key, met… (1891); The Way It Should Be Done (1891).

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Clayton place

id: p_clayton_a3d032

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Summary: A town where Frank Garst delivered steers.

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Claims (3)

killed_by

Clayton and Doc Bolton

cited from Sandy McCorkle, foreman of the Key, met… (1891)

Grant county; Espiridion Tafoya, W. C. Purple, F. P. Seiglitz, James Kennedy, Jose L. Montoya, of Sierra county; Felipe Candelaria, Henry Bignell, Margarito Perez, E. D. Litzey, Reuben Richards, E. A. Herron, Jacob Wer- thein, W. J. Ward, Jr.…

occupation

cattleman

cited from The Way It Should Be Done (1891)

itt, Clayton and Bolton were all cattlemen and a misunder- standing about a big deal in Mexico caused the shooting; Doc Bolton, who was in jail awaiting sentence for the killing, escaped several months ago, and is now somewhere in the United …

sentenced_to

death by shooting

cited from Sandy McCorkle, foreman of the Key, met… (1891) · +1 more

Sources (3)

Bob Campbell, of Doming, fell into a 65-… ↗

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Sandy McCorkle, foreman of the Key, met… ↗

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

The Way It Should Be Done ↗

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details