We are favored by Mr. James Gilchrist with a copy of the Arizona Miner, giving account of the killing of Sion Bradley, formerly of Philipsburg, Montana, by Hiram Lightner, in a saloon at Prescott, Arizona. The shooting occurred June 29, from a quarrel over a game of cards. Bradley was drunk and unarmed; Lightner sober. The latter shot at him four times, three taking effect. He died July 5th. He was a native of Crawford county, Missouri, has been on the Pacific coast many years, and was an expert pistol shot. Lightner is in jail.
The New North-West, Deer Lodge, MT, 5 Aug 1870
Occupation: Saloon Keeper
We are favored by Mr. James Gilchrist with a copy of the Arizona Miner, giving account of the killing of Sion Bradley, formerly of Philipsburg, Montana, by Hiram Lightner, in a saloon at Prescott, Arizona. The shooting occurred June 29, from a quarrel over a game of cards. Bradley was drunk and unarmed; Lightner sober. The latter shot at him four times, three taking effect. He died July 5th. He was a native of Crawford county, Missouri, has been on the Pacific coast many years, and was an expert pistol shot. Lightner is in jail.
The New North-West, Deer Lodge, MT, 5 Aug 1870
Occupation: Saloon Keeper
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