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Law Practice

Jun. 6, 2001

Eye Witness

We have all seen Wild West saloon scraps in cowboy movies. An argument begins over a card game, and the feathers hit the fan with everybody joining in the mud and the blood and the beer. Well, the Wild West is still with us, and the stuff of which movies are made is still being played out with real people, not actors. The following is a scene from a real-life saloon scrap.

        By Mark B. Vezzani
        
        We have all seen Wild West saloon scraps in cowboy movies. An argument begins over a card game, and the feathers hit the fan with everybody joining in the mud and the blood and the beer. Well, the Wild West is still with us, and the stuff of which movies are made is still being played out with...

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