▁T unst all ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁fatal ity ▁in ▁what ▁has ▁become ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Lincoln ▁County ▁War . ▁ ▁On ▁April ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 8 7 8 , ▁Reg ul ators ▁Jim ▁French , ▁Frank ▁Mc N ab , ▁John ▁Middle ton , ▁Fred ▁Wa ite , ▁Henry ▁Newton ▁Brown ▁and ▁Billy ▁the ▁Kid ▁amb ushed ▁Br ady ▁and ▁four ▁of ▁his ▁deput ies ▁on ▁the ▁main ▁street ▁of ▁Lincoln . ▁They ▁fired ▁on ▁the ▁five ▁men ▁from ▁behind ▁an ▁ad obe ▁wall . ▁Br ady , ▁aged ▁ 4 8 , ▁died ▁of ▁at ▁least ▁a ▁dozen ▁gun shot ▁w ounds . ▁Deput y ▁George ▁W . ▁H ind man ▁was ▁hit ▁twice , ▁fat ally . ▁▁ ▁Once ▁the ▁shooting ▁stopped , ▁Billy ▁the ▁Kid ▁and ▁Jim ▁French ▁broke ▁cover ▁and ▁dashed ▁to ▁Br ady ' s ▁cor pse , ▁either ▁to ▁get ▁his ▁arrest ▁war rant ▁for ▁Mc S ween ▁or ▁to ▁retrieve ▁Billy ' s ▁rif le ▁which ▁Br ady ▁had ▁kept . ▁A ▁surv iving ▁deput y , ▁Billy ▁Matt he ws , ▁wounded ▁both ▁men ▁with ▁a ▁rif le ▁bullet ▁that ▁passed ▁through ▁each ▁of ▁their ▁legs . ▁They ▁still ▁managed ▁to ▁escape . ▁▁ ▁Br ady ▁was ▁first ▁replaced ▁by ▁John ▁Cop eland ▁as ▁sh er iff . ▁Cop eland ▁refused ▁to ▁take ▁sides ▁in ▁the ▁conflict . ▁Dol an ▁used ▁his ▁influence ▁to ▁have ▁him ▁replaced ▁by ▁George ▁Pe pp in . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁for ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁Br ady ▁that