Interesting tidbit on Sheriff John Behan

[Buffalo Creek Law Dog]

My brother-in-law gave me a book on John Behan for my birthday.  Interesting that it was written by a Canadian who just happens to reside 14 miles from our place.  It is called "Westport's Tarnished Star" by Annette Gray (320 pages) and is in defense of John Behan, as she was tired of all the miss-truths about him.  She spent a lot of time on researching it as she lists 6 1/4 pages of sources.  Most of her time was spent in Arizona and Missouri researching it.

Now, the tidbit is that Kurt Russell (Wyatt Earp) always called Behan, "Sheriff Be-han" when it is correctly pronounced 'Bean or been' and that the H is silent.  If interested, the book can be obtained from

Singing Winds Book Shop

Box 2197

Benson, Arizona

85602

(502) 586-2425

[watab kid]

i gotta check that out , its always interested me 

[Joke 'um]

Maybe Wyatt was prodding the sheriff.  Mispronouncing a name repeatedly can be a very irritating back door insult.

[Chicken Rustler, SASS #26680]

Didn't he pronounce it that way when he introduced himself?

Now I'm gonna have to watch the movie again!

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

 

 

[Rye Miles #13621]

Behan was shacking up with Josie so maybe Wyatt was trying to get under his skin!

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

So are you saying he is related to Mr. Bean?

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

Six and a quarter pages of op. cit. ...

Now that's an awful lot of work right there!