Bob Cash
CORRECTED SUBJECT: Why Tom and Joyce are wrong about almost
Mon Aug 22, 2022 14:20

...everything. I will admit a slight error on my part in a forthcoming post.

  • No SubjectBob Cash, Mon Aug 22 2022 14:16
    I was hesitant to move my debate with Tom and Joyce up here because I don't want anybody to miss the excellent and informative interview with Chuck Parsons. Anybody interested in learning new and interesting... more
    • A subject or two, maybeTom Gaumer, Tue Aug 23 2022 3:13
      Bob "Wyatt said a special branding iron was there that was specially made to make US into D8 in one burn. Most rustlers knew to use a running iron because it would do a cleaner job and making a complete... more
      • Just a point hereButch Behan, Sun Sep 25 2022 15:17
        about Wyatt. He was attempting to fleece J. Y. Patterson out of $2,500 in the early 1900s in Los Angeles. Los Angeles police arrest Wyatt and, I believe, two other guys for a "bunco" scam. Wyatt was... more
        • About IdahoTom Gaumer, Tue Sep 27 2022 14:09
          Howdy Butch I believe in Idaho Wyatt was testing a law that required the person claiming some land for a mineral claim to actually be there. The idea was you could not claim land under another person's... more
          • With all due respectButch Badon, Fri Sep 30 2022 16:53
            I do not believe Wyatt's intentions were to test any law. The victims of Wyatt's claim-jumping scheme had to file law suits against him. By the time the court got around to separating the wheat from... more
      • Re: A subject or two, maybeBob Cash, Wed Aug 24 2022 9:06
        Tom, you say, "That is the point. Wyatt didn't know and thought the D8 would do the whole job." Hurst's "card" in the EPITAPH was actually a reward poster seeking informants as to the whereabouts of... more
        • Bob/ this is interesting...Joyce A. Aros, Wed Aug 24 2022 10:10
          ...because, once again, Hurst does not explain his position very well in his reward post. He says "...it is believed that they were there branded on the left shoulder over the Government brand, U.S., by... more
    • Bob/ sources...Joyce A. Aros, Mon Aug 22 2022 17:59
      Well, first I appeal to any actual working cowboys that are on this board to jump in and correct me if I am wrong on any of this branding thing. Tom's source for the examination of the branding iron... more
      • Re: Bob/ sources...Bob Cash, Tue Aug 23 2022 9:56
        Lt Hurst's card to the EPITAPH was basically a reward poster. He knew he was addressing it to a non-military audience, so he would have had every reason to describe two brands on the still missing mules.... more
        • Bob/ sources again...Joyce A. Aros, Tue Aug 23 2022 10:38
          The Pattersons appear to be the ones Hurst was dealing with according to his post. He claimed other names too but does not indicate whether or not he actually had contact with them. Perhaps I was... more
          • Why so het-up, Frank?paul j, Thu Aug 25 2022 8:49
            Joyce - I'm very impressed by your interpretation of events. It's confusing which "Frank" was approached or offered to help Hurst. When you wrote this: "It looks like Hurst waited, got no response... more
            • Paul/was there another Frank?...of course.Joyce A. Aros, Thu Aug 25 2022 10:23
              ....Well, sometimes I run ahead of myself when I am wound up on these things, but I should have differentiated between Frank Patterson and Frank McLaury. Of course, I am sure you realized I was referring... more
              • just clarifyingpaul j, Thu Aug 25 2022 10:47
                Joyce - I didn't think you were confused. The confusion between Frank Patterson and Frank McLaury has come down through the many times this 'mules incident' has been reported and written up by others... more
                • Re: just clarifyingBob Cash, Fri Aug 26 2022 8:15
                  Paul, since you have studied this entire situation probably more than any other researcher/author, what is your opinion on whether the stolen mules had a second brand unmentioned by Hurst or Wyatt, the... more
                  • Bob/Wyatt's whopper....Joyce A. Aros, Fri Aug 26 2022 8:53
                    Bob, if you go back and look at my original posts on this subject and also in my book when you get it, you will see that Wyatt's story about tracing the McLaurys to the ranch is indeed full of holes. There... more
                    • I don't remember allButch Badon, Fri Sep 30 2022 17:03
                      but somewhere in Parsons' diary he mentions being at the McLaury ranch (and this could have been during the mule search incident, but I am not sure) when Virgil Earp "greeted warmly" the outlaw Curly Bill.... more
          • Re: Bob/ sources again...Bob Cash, Tue Aug 23 2022 15:13
            Ioyce, you still did not answer my question, In light of your previous post: Do you think thee were any mules stolen and broght the McLaury or Patterson ranch?
            • McLaury responseButch Badon, Fri Sep 30 2022 17:10
              Didn't Frank McLaury, following Hurst's "card" in the newspaper, challenge Hurst's account of the mule incident. As I recall, Frank was not happy about Hurst's allegations. Butch
    • CORRECTED SUBJECT: Why Tom and Joyce are wrong about almost — Bob Cash, Mon Aug 22 2022 14:20
      • Point of ClarificationBob Cash, Mon Aug 22 2022 14:29
        For those not familiar with this board, I just want to point out that Tom and Joyce and I are good friends and I consider both exceptionally fine human beings. I'm fairly certain they are better than me.... more
        • In support of a clarification...Joyce A. Aros, Mon Aug 22 2022 16:54
          Thank you for assuring everyone that we have been having a great time haggling these points for years, and that we are indeed good friends and will manage to get you straightened out somehow or other... more
          • We are all friends just exercising ourTom Gaumer, Tue Aug 23 2022 3:26
            Bob and Joyce considerable intellects. LOL I have known Bob a long time and respect his considerable ability to research and present the results I think the two references he found about Wyatt... more
            • Clay Allison in confrontation with Wyatt (nm)Sharon Cunningham, Tue Aug 23 2022 8:36
              • Clay Allison & Wyatt???Sharon Cunningham, Tue Aug 23 2022 8:42
                Sorry for the short post; got so excited about SOMEone's finding a confrontation between Clay & Wyatt in 1902 & 1905, I hit the wrong key.... In FACT, Clay Allison died in a horse-drawn wagon accident... more
                • The info from Bob came from 1902 and 1905Tom Gaumer, Tue Aug 23 2022 12:47
                  Sharon if I remember right? It was 25+ years before Lake thus pretty much confirming the confrontation took place, Bob will likely put the info up again if you missed it. Keep Laughing To... more
                  • Re: The info from Bob came from 1902 and 1905Bob Cash, Tue Aug 23 2022 14:59
                    Here's a thhread on different Wyatt and Clay (and Bat) articles. The most important is the one discovered by Chris Penn written by Judge Ed Colborn and published in 1896 before Wyatt's article of the same... more
                    • The original articleSteve Gatto, Wed Aug 24 2022 12:49
                      Bob, The original article for the Colborn account was published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on March 3, 1896. The Chicago Chronicle published the account on April 26, 1896. The account Chris Penn... more
                      • Re: The original articleBob Cash, Wed Aug 24 2022 18:43
                        Thank you, Steve. Are there any additions to the text appearing in the Enquirer?
                        • Re: Re: The original articleSteve Gatto, Sun Aug 28 2022 14:51
                          With the exception of minor changes to the heading, they're more or less the same story lines.
                        • DeArment's Bat bookerik hewitt, Thu Aug 25 2022 22:09
                          If DeArment's research is correct neither Bat nor Wyatt were in Dodge when Clay "treed" the town. Bat was in Kansas City and Wyatt was 4 miles off fighting fires with other deputies.
                          • Re: DeArment's Bat bookBob Cash, Fri Aug 26 2022 14:56
                            Thee's been a lot of research done since DeArment wrote Bat's bio, and a lot of it was done by people who learned how to resarch Western characters by emulating DeArment's methods. I don't have DeArment's... more
                            • Re: Re: DeArment's Bat bookerik hewitt, Fri Aug 26 2022 19:27
                              DeArment has the date as Sep. 17 or 18, 1878. Did the "Rogers" factor the Cheyenne renegade activities into their timeline? DeArment sets his dates for the event and Siringo's arrival on this and... more
                              • Re: Re: Re: DeArment's Bat bookBob Cash, Mon Aug 29 2022 9:55
                                Erik, Roger Myers has not passed on. I said he "is now absent" as in absent from this board. It is my understanding that he recently had an article published in the WWHA Jornal. I wish he would begin to... more