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. . . . . . On the twenty-second day
of September in 1887, Sheriff William Mulvenon of Yavapai County Arizona,
along with a posse sprinkled with Tewksbury sympathizers set about
the total destruction of the remaining Grahams and Blevins. As John
Graham and Charlie Blevins approached the unfinished Perkins store,
Mulvenon stepped out to demand their surrender. In Pleasant Valley
at that time, he was lucky they didn't shoot him on sight. Instead,
they turned their horses to get out of range of the perceived threat.
Within seconds a hail of bullets sent their way by the posse, hidden
behind half built walls, ended both their lives. John's brother, Tom
Graham, escaped to Phoenix only to lose his life half a decade later
at the hands of Ed Tewksbury.
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