September 12th, 1876 – Pedro the Mexican horse thief stole two horses from Sidney and 3 of Con McCarty's Deputies formed a posse and pursued him. (As usual Con was out of town "on business".) When they caught up with him he opened fire on the posse which returned fire with the end result that Pedro was killed and later buried on Boot Hill.
Source: THE WICKED BURGH, WILD WEST IN SIDNEY NEBRASKA
September 12th, 1876 – Pedro the Mexican horse thief stole two horses from Sidney and 3 of Con McCarty's Deputies formed a posse and pursued him. (As usual Con was out of town "on business".) When they caught up with him he opened fire on the posse which returned fire with the end result that Pedro was killed and later buried on Boot Hill.
Source: THE WICKED BURGH, WILD WEST IN SIDNEY NEBRASKA
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