Heritage

Slaughter's my name, Luke Slaughter. Cattle's my business. It's a tough business. It's big business. I've got a big stake in it. And there's no man west to the Rio Grande big enough to take it from me.

Luke Slaughter of Tombstone. Slaughter of Tombstone. Civil war cavalryman turned Arizona cattleman. Across the territory from Yuma to Fort Defiance, From flights to after the Wachukas and below the border through Chihuahua and Sonora, his name was respected or feared depending on which side of the law you were on Man of vision man of legend

Luke slaughter of tombstone Became the seat of the newly formed Coaches County in 1881 The old town marshal became the new county sheriff And he discovered that it's hard sometimes for a man to assume added responsibilities Hey, Luke, here comes the sheriff.

He sure scally- Well, what kind of trouble you got yourself in now, Wichita? Why, I ain't you know. I'd have your advice, Luke. How did that, Sheriff? Can I wait till we say good morning?

No. Well, yeah, I guess again. Good morning. Morning, Sheriff. Hey, Luke. The old and Ford renegade Apache's over at St. David. We're in the farm, murdered a man and a woman. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

Yeah, but the posse ran him down all right. Well, that posse better string than mentions of the men. That's why I came out here. Instead of letting the posse left just to take its course, the law says I got a hole of four of them into tombstones to stand trial.

That is just as, Sheriff. If the Apaches can be identified in court, they'll hang legally. They got identification. And for Redskins, it was born bad. I don't think anybody's born bad, Sheriff. Well, I haven't time to debate the point.