Mystery? "Now this here place," said the bandy legged little guide " is Dead Man's Creek, being so named for?

the tragedy in '98." Dr. Haledjian and the other dudes on the Wild West Tour gazed blankly upon a muddy stream. " Doc Holloways's cabin stood right there," continued the guide. " I guess Doc was the most popular fellow in these parts. " Well one afternoon Doc is patching up a peddler when Jim Sterling busts in. Jim says he was in town when a lone desperado with a pair of fancy six-shooters cleaned out the bank. In all the fuss and shootin', Jim is mistaken for the gunman and has to hightail it to save his hide. " "The bandit done dropped one of his sixes, says Jim. If I ever see the mate, I'll have me the real culprit." " There was no time for playing detective just then. A posse was coming. Doc believed Jim was innocent, so he puts on Jim's shirt and hat. Doc figures to lead the posse off long enough for Jim to escape. After getting his patient, the peddler to keep his mouth shut, Doc cuts a length of rail about 6 feet long from his bamboo fence. " He tells Jim to sit in the creek and breathe through the hollow bamboo, which is maybe as big as a two - bit piece. " Then Doc rides Jim's horse away, and the posse. Later, Jim is cleared, but it ain't no good. Jim is dead - drowned in the creek. " The peddler fished him out an hour after Dic decoyed the posse. Doc reckoned poor Jim panicked underwater and drowned." " He didn'tt panic," corrected Haledjian. " He was murdered!" How did Haledjian know?