On the evening of May 13, 1906, Crawford�s city marshal, male, Arthur A. Moss, walked into a tense scene on the west edge of town near the city park. A beer party of soldiers from Troop B of the Tenth United States Cavalry�stationed nearby at Fort Robinson�had drawn complaints, and Moss was sent to quiet the disturbance or break it up. What began as routine peacekeeping quickly escalated. The long-simmering friction between Moss and Sergeant John Reid of Troop B�dating back to an argument after
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