Volume 7 , Issue 11

Al Updegraff's Letter - Ford County GLOBE, May 10, 1881

"THE TRUE STATEMENT OF THE SHOOTING AT DODGE CITY - MEDICINE LODGE INDEX - Dodge City, Kansas, April 21, 1881 -- "Editor Globe: There having been several statements published relative to the shooting that occurred here, in which I (UPDEGRAPH) was wounded, and as my relatives and friends live in your city, I desire to make a brief statement of the affair for the purpose of correcting the erroneous statement heretofore published, that all concerned may know that I am not entirely to blame for it all. When I arrived here from Medicine Lodge I went into the employ of Peacock & Masterson, as bar-keeper....."

The Peacock mentioned as the owner along with James P. Masterson (later a deputy U. S. marshal down in Oklahoma, former city marshal of Dodge City and brother of Bat Masterson) was said to be Updegraff's brother-in-law. Peacock was a long time resident of Dodge City and a county commissioner for a number of years. Maybe this connection to Updegraff can help sort it out." -- Roger   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

---