James Patton was known to like his alcohol, and on occasion pull his pistol and fire it after he had been drinking. In 1909, he was working as a ranch hand in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, when he and Ephram Kelly decided to go gambling and drinking in town. While riding in a mule drawn wagon on the way back to the ranch, the two friends got into an argument, got off on either side, and James Patton was subsequently shot in the neck and jaw.
Ephram would later state in court that James pulled his gun first, but there was no evidence of that. The jury found Ephram not guilty, mostly based on the fact that James had a reputation of fighting and pulling his gun while drunk. The body of James Patton was sent back to Adrian, Missouri, and his widow and children moved back to that area where they were from previously.
Joining them in moving back to Missouri was daughter Esther's boyfriend John A. Marolf, who lived in nearby Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. They would later marry in 1912.
Ephram would later state in court that James pulled his gun first, but there was no evidence of that. The jury found Ephram not guilty, mostly based on the fact that James had a reputation of fighting and pulling his gun while drunk. The body of James Patton was sent back to Adrian, Missouri, and his widow and children moved back to that area where they were from previously.
Joining them in moving back to Missouri was daughter Esther's boyfriend John A. Marolf, who lived in nearby Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. They would later marry in 1912.
James Patton was known to like his alcohol, and on occasion pull his pistol and fire it after he had been drinking. In 1909, he was working as a ranch hand in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, when he and Ephram Kelly decided to go gambling and drinking in town. While riding in a mule drawn wagon on the way back to the ranch, the two friends got into an argument, got off on either side, and James Patton was subsequently shot in the neck and jaw.
Ephram would later state in court that James pulled his gun first, but there was no evidence of that. The jury found Ephram not guilty, mostly based on the fact that James had a reputation of fighting and pulling his gun while drunk. The body of James Patton was sent back to Adrian, Missouri, and his widow and children moved back to that area where they were from previously.
Joining them in moving back to Missouri was daughter Esther's boyfriend John A. Marolf, who lived in nearby Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. They would later marry in 1912.
Ephram would later state in court that James pulled his gun first, but there was no evidence of that. The jury found Ephram not guilty, mostly based on the fact that James had a reputation of fighting and pulling his gun while drunk. The body of James Patton was sent back to Adrian, Missouri, and his widow and children moved back to that area where they were from previously.
Joining them in moving back to Missouri was daughter Esther's boyfriend John A. Marolf, who lived in nearby Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. They would later marry in 1912.
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