Gunslingers
08 15 2007My great-great-grandfather was one of the most feared gunslingers in the Old West.
Not feared by other gunslingers so much, but innocent bystanders would run for cover whenever “Blind Johnny” van Wert came to town.
My great-great-uncle “Cross-Eyed Billy” van Wert was also greatly feared.
In 1882, a family squabble forced the two of them to face-off in the town of Doomsdale, TX. Fifteen people were killed (and twenty-two severely wounded) before they ran out of bullets. Afterwards, Johnny and Billy sat down for some pie and worked out their differences.
It was a great day for peace in the Old West.
