▁dead ▁or ▁alive , ▁and ▁they ▁assumed ▁the ▁T ew ks bur ys ▁knew ▁something ▁about ▁his ▁disapp earance . ▁The ▁group ▁included ▁five ▁men ▁and ▁was ▁led ▁by ▁Ham pton ▁B lev ins , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Mart ▁and ▁the ▁half - bro ther ▁of ▁Andy ▁Cooper , ▁who ▁killed ▁the ▁Bas que ▁she e pher der . ▁Three ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁men ▁were ▁the ▁Hash kn ife ▁cow bo ys ▁John ▁Pay ne , ▁Thomas ▁Car r ington ▁and ▁Robert ▁Glas pie . ▁The ▁final ▁man ▁was ▁another ▁cow boy ▁named ▁Tom ▁T ucker . ▁There ▁were ▁six ▁men ▁occup ying ▁the ▁Middle ton ▁R anch ▁when ▁B lev ins ' ▁party ▁arrived , ▁three ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁T ew ks bur ys . ▁At ▁first , ▁B lev ins ' ▁party ▁approached ▁the ▁ran ch ▁house ▁and ▁requested ▁food ▁for ▁the ▁night ▁but , ▁at ▁some ▁point , ▁they ▁rode ▁off ▁and ▁began ▁shooting ▁towards ▁the ▁house . ▁However , ▁other ▁accounts ▁say ▁that ▁the ▁first ▁sh ots ▁were ▁fired ▁from ▁the ▁men ▁inside ▁the ▁house . ▁What ▁is ▁known ▁is ▁that ▁Ham ton ▁and ▁John ▁Pay ne ▁were ▁dead , ▁without ▁loss ▁to ▁the ▁T ew ks bury ' s ▁side . ▁T ucker ▁and ▁Glas pie ▁were ▁also ▁wounded ▁and ▁Car r ington ▁" es cap ed ▁with ▁his ▁cl othing ▁per for ated ▁by ▁a ▁bullet ." ▁A ▁clear ▁defeat ▁for ▁the ▁Graham ▁fa ction , ▁the ▁war ▁turned ▁into ▁a ▁long ▁series ▁of ▁reven ge ▁kill