Hot-Tempered Gunman Pushed His Luck

The surprising thing about the Apr. 7, 1902 death of Barney Riggs was not the violent nature of his demise but that the West Texas gunfighter managed to live so long. There is no telling how many notches Riggs had on his six-gun before moving to Arizona in the early 1880’s. Not that he was a professional killer, just an amateur with a fast draw and a bad temper. The fact that Riggs always…