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The Lincoln County War

HISTORY This Week

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The First Man Out of the Door, Shot to Death

The first man out o the door shot dead enly, leaps over his body, pistol in each hand, lit by firelighte blazes away and manages to escape into the safety of the forest. The housemen celebrate. They had tet all night drunk. That's what they did the next morning. You can still smell the remnants of smoke in the air. Terrified residents emerge from their homes to get water feed their animals. In fact, missus mc sween talked about she saw birds pecking at their eyes. And can you imagine this? The regulators have lost this battle decisively. Mc sween, in his broken state, is left behind. He leaves the building,

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