Just came from the AHAF meeting where Lynn Monroy did another of her presentations on Tombstone, Az. So far she has introduced us to Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, Ike Clanton and Johnny Ringo. She has done a lot of research on each of them, gotten samples of their handwriting and thrown in the history of Tombstone making for some interesting meetings.
Tonight we learned much about Sheriff John Behan and some time later we will go over Virgil and his wife. Wyatt was married when the sheriff traveled to San Francisco to bring to Tombstone Josephine (Sadie) Marcus. However, when they arrived and she met Wyatt they fell in love. It wasn't long before Wyatt left his common-law wife Mattie and Wyatt and Josephine lived openly together.
What a blow this must have been to Behan who was already in competition with the Earps over control of Tombstone. The sheriff was an elected official but Wyatt was a marshall, an appointed position. So Behan sided with the "Cowboys" who's voting power could keep him in office. Now understand at this time the Cowboys were not just men who worked on the ranches but a fairly lawless bunch who would rustle cattle, raid into Mexico or come into town and shoot it up when they got drunk. In fact, the former sheriff was shot trying to take the gun from a cowboy who was "shooting at the moon" while drunk.
Someone asked how Wyatt came to be the most know of the Earps when actually Virgil was the elder of the two but we could see from his writing that Wyatt was a quick thinking man who had a "my way or the highway" attitude. The Earps, Doc Holiday and Sheriff Behan were educated men who were intelligent, analytical and fast thinking. There the resemblance takes a turn into other directions. Doc, maybe because of his pain and definitely because he had no fear of dying often provoked others just because he wanted to do so. Sheriff Behan misused his authority not only because he could but also because he did not know how to properly handle it. Each of the Earps also had divergent styles and opinions which show up in their writing but we have not finished looking at all of them as yet.
All I can say is , "Well done Lynn, we look forward to the rest."
About Me
- hwexpert
- Tucson, Arizona, United States
- In 1993 I asked a graphologist to tell me what he saw in my writing and I was hooked. Within the week I had signed up for his weekly lessons. and have been studying ever since. Once I got my certification I made a cruise around the Hawaiian islands as a guest-lecturer. It was my first such trip and I was gratified when one of the passengers who had studied graphology was very flattering about my expertise. Ocassionally I do a job that uses my skills and I have written 2 books that started out mainly for my use. Later I put them on sale at Mostly Books, here in Tucson, that specializes in graphology books. The first was a "Trait Directory" that features nearly 300 character traits, tells the main signs found in the writing that indicate this trait in a person's writing, and has room for the reader to write out the sign so they fix it firmly in their mind. The second book "The Alphabet Speaks" shows an example of each letter of the alphabet and what that particular form would indicate. I am available as a speaker, teacher or analyst.
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