The Jerome Incident Short Story

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Andrew Rodriguez 9/12/13 P.1st The Jerome Incident This old story takes place at a bar in a small little town called Jerome, Arizona in 1886. After getting off work a young miner manager, by then name of Jeff Jerome, headed over to the bars. Now, Jeff is a slim but toned guy, he’s got dark brown hair, blue eyes, and an attitude to get things done. His hobbies consist of: working, drinking at bars, sleeping and or with woman, and playing poker with his employees. Jerome was built on Cleopatra Hill above a vast deposit of copper. Native Americans were the first miners, seeking colored stones. The Spanish followed, seeking gold but found an abundance of copper. Anglos staked the first claims in…show more content…
Then the Bartender said.” Alright sir, coming right up”. So, then the bartender gave him the shot, and right as soon as Jeff was going to drink it, he was hit from behind, and pushed off the stool as he hit the ground it gave him a miner concussion. Struggling to get back up to see who or what had just hit him, he was being hit repeatedly, causing for his nose to bleed, and getting two black eyes, with the concussion. All the commotion in the bar had ceased as the sheriff strolled in. There are two things that you don’t do or mess with in Jerome, one don’t ever mess with fire around the mining camps. Second, don’t mess with the sheriff. As soon as Sheriff Joe walked in the guys who had originally started the fight (Tom and Bob), stood there not knowing what to do because of the wrong doing that they just caused. Back in the old days you get hanged or shot for doing something like this, unlike now a day where it wouldn’t even cross anyone’s minds. Tom and Bob were known as the “trouble makers” in town, so it did not surprise the sheriff to see what Tom and Bob had done. They finally broke out of there freeze mode and began to talk, both at the same time. The sheriff got annoyed with the two and raised his voice and told them both to “shut up!” in doing so the bar got
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