Ross Woods
In 1879 a killing occurred at the Stratford Hotel in the nearby town of Shakespeare. Bean Belly Smith shot Ross Woods in a quarrel which started over an egg. The two men did not like each other (gossip hinted at woman trouble) and that morning, Ross being the son of Annie Woods who ran the Stratford, was served the last egg. Bean Belly Smith objected to this and used some language that Ross could not, in honor, take. Ross went upstairs and got his gun, came down and shot from the doorway. However, he missed and Bean Belly did not. Ross Woods has the first marker in the Shakespeare Cemetery. (Info obtained from Shakespeare Ghost Town, P.O. Box 253, Lordsburg, New Mexico 88045) Photo by: C. Fahey.
In 1879 a killing occurred at the Stratford Hotel in the nearby town of Shakespeare. Bean Belly Smith shot Ross Woods in a quarrel which started over an egg. The two men did not like each other (gossip hinted at woman trouble) and that morning, Ross being the son of Annie Woods who ran the Stratford, was served the last egg. Bean Belly Smith objected to this and used some language that Ross could not, in honor, take. Ross went upstairs and got his gun, came down and shot from the doorway. However, he missed and Bean Belly did not. Ross Woods has the first marker in the Shakespeare Cemetery. (Info obtained from Shakespeare Ghost Town, P.O. Box 253, Lordsburg, New Mexico 88045) Photo by: C. Fahey.
Ross Woods
In 1879 a killing occurred at the Stratford Hotel in the nearby town of Shakespeare. Bean Belly Smith shot Ross Woods in a quarrel which started over an egg. The two men did not like each other (gossip hinted at woman trouble) and that morning, Ross being the son of Annie Woods who ran the Stratford, was served the last egg. Bean Belly Smith objected to this and used some language that Ross could not, in honor, take. Ross went upstairs and got his gun, came down and shot from the doorway. However, he missed and Bean Belly did not. Ross Woods has the first marker in the Shakespeare Cemetery. (Info obtained from Shakespeare Ghost Town, P.O. Box 253, Lordsburg, New Mexico 88045) Photo by: C. Fahey.
In 1879 a killing occurred at the Stratford Hotel in the nearby town of Shakespeare. Bean Belly Smith shot Ross Woods in a quarrel which started over an egg. The two men did not like each other (gossip hinted at woman trouble) and that morning, Ross being the son of Annie Woods who ran the Stratford, was served the last egg. Bean Belly Smith objected to this and used some language that Ross could not, in honor, take. Ross went upstairs and got his gun, came down and shot from the doorway. However, he missed and Bean Belly did not. Ross Woods has the first marker in the Shakespeare Cemetery. (Info obtained from Shakespeare Ghost Town, P.O. Box 253, Lordsburg, New Mexico 88045) Photo by: C. Fahey.
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