George R. Matthews
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318 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
George R. Matthews’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The conflict is over a monopoly business.
The Santa Fe Ring wants to continue their monopoly on the cattle trade, supplying cattle to the army.
They want to continue their monopoly operating the store in Lincoln.
And John Henry Tunstall buys land and purchases cattle to put on his ranch to counter the Santa Fe Rings cattle operation.
And so they're in direct conflict.
It's a mercantile war and they're in conflict with the two stores in Lincoln.
And people are not going to the Santa Fe Ring store.
They're going to John Henry Tunstall's store.
And then John Henry Tunstall is a partner with Alex McSween, an attorney in Lincoln.
And Alex McSween has worked for the Santa Fe Ring before Tunstall arrives, but has a falling out with the Santa Fe Ring when he is representing...
one of the original Santa Fe Ring members' life insurance policies.
And he cheats the Santa Fe Ring out of that life insurance money.
A little bit more than that.
What happens is because of this conflict, the Lincoln County War begins –
With the killing of John Henry Tunstall.
The Lincoln County War begins with the killing of John Henry Tunstall on February 18, 1878.
After he's killed, Alexander McSween, his partner, has Dick Brewer commissioned as the constable of Lincoln.
And Dick Brewer and the other deputies, including Billy the Kid, Billy the Kid becomes a deputy constable.
They are lawmen, officially appointed by the Justice of the Peace in Lincoln.
They go after the killers of John Henry Tunstall.
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