he  bar  as 
usual.  The  victim  was  the  railroad  man  who 
had  testified  against  the  rustlers.  He  had  been 
shot  in  the  back  of  the  head.  No  one  knew  who 
did  the  shooting,  and  no  arrests  were  made. 
It  was  the  way  the  rustlers  got  even  with  men 
who  dared  testify  against  them.

On  the  following  day  the  writer  renewed  an 
old  acquaintance  with  Heath  and  Kelly,  saloon- 
keepers, who  had  sixty  odd  indictments  against 
them  in  Dallas.  Through  them  he  met  several 
of  the  gang  and  was  introduced  as  an  old 
friend,  which  under  the  circumstances  was  very 
pleasant,  as  it  would  prevent  any  accidents  or 
misunderstandings  in  the  future.  Shortly  after 
that  time  Heath  organized  a crowd  and  held  up 
the  company’s  store  at  Bisbee,  killing  several 
persons,  including  a woman,  and  secured  con- 
siderable cash  and  plunder.  They  were  after- 
wards captured,  and  Kelly,  Big  Dan,  Red 
Sample  and  Texas  Howard  were  given  a judi- 
cial hanging  in  Tombstone  for  the  crime.  Heath 
was  lynched  by  a mob  in  Tombstone  for  the 
same  offense.  He  was  considered  one  of  the 
hardest  men  in  the  southwest.  He  died  game.