Sheriff johnny behan biography of mahatma
Sheriff johnny behan biography of mahatma
Westport's Tarnished Star: In Defense of Johnny Behan-First ....
The Lost Grave Of Johnny Behan
By Ben T. Traywick
World Renowned Author
At three o’clock in the morning of June 7, 1912, one of Tombstone's most colorful pioneers peacefully and virtually unnoticed ended a career of action, excitement, and controversy.
John H. Behan died in Tucson’s St. Mary’s Hospital from hardening of the arteries and acute Bright’s disease.##M(READMORE)##
Behan, Cochise County’s first sheriff, had held numerous other prominent political offices. He was survived by four sisters, a brother, and one son.
They buried him and promptly forgot him, as did everyone else for seventy-eight years.
Early in 1990, I had just published my book, The Chronicles of Tombstone, and had begun work on a sequel, which was to include a chapter on John Behan.
I wanted a photo of Behan’s grave to illustrate the chapter, and since most of the area’s pioneers sleep the long sleep in Tucson’s Evergreen Cemetery, I began my search there.
Evergreen Cemetery had no record of Behan’s burial