By: Neal Du Shane

 

History of the tragic day - August 22, 1922

 

Back wall of ill-fated home where William S. Bourne was shot - Photo Dec. 2005

Fifth Edition

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

TUSSOCK SPRINGS, ARIZONA.. 3

EDITORS NOTE – SPELLING: 4

MYSTERY FEUD BEGINS & ENDS IN QUICK EXCHANGE OF SHOTS; TWO FRIENDS DIE. 4

HAD BEEN NO QUARREL. 5

PRESCOTT IS NOTIFIED.. 5

SAYS McCLURE SHOT FIRST. 6

AT TINY OASIS. 6

MYSTERY AND TRAGEDY. 6

PRINCIPALS IN THE SHORT-LIVED FEUD.. 6

MOUNTAINEERS CARRY BODIES OF FRIENDS. 7

THE VERDICT. 8

NIGHT DRIVE THRU STORM FOR STUKEY. 8

Praised Bourne as a Fine Man; 8

McClure’s Strangest Behavior Before Shooting. 8

POINTS UNEXPLAINED.. 9

A GOOD MAN AND MINER.. 9

DEATH CERTIFICATES. 11

EURALIA “SISTER” BOURNE. 13

Bourne Family Photograph. 13

MAP TO TUSSOCK SPRINGS. 14

TUSSOCK SPRINGS, AZ IS LOCATED AT: 14

TUSSOCK SPRINGS MAP. 15

December 2, 2005 – Tussock Springs, AZ - by: Neal Du Shane. 16

DOWNTOWN TUSSOCK SPRINGS 2005. 17

TUSSOCK SPRINGS CEMETERY (picture) 17

CHILDS GRAVE AT TUSSOCK SPRINGS. 17

Remains of stone house. 18

CISTERN. 18

TUSSOCK SPRINGS 2005. 19

Tussock Spring Picture. 19

TUSSOCK SPRINGS Cemetery. 20

Novermber 26, 2007 – Tussock Springs, AZ by: Neal Du Shane. 22

Events Explained By The Lone Survivor 27

McCLURE’s – Were they married?. 27

LOCAL LEGEND.. 34

ADDITIONAL THEORY – Fourth grave. 35

Independence Mine. 37

Bourne’s Son’s by: Pat Ryland. 39

CREDITS. 40

INDEX. 41

 

 

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