Behan Moves To Tombstone
Behan arrived in Tombstone in September, 1880. Josephine Sadie Marcus returned from a visit to San Francisco in October and was ready to end the relationship, but Johnny persuaded her to continue. They lived together as husband and wife.
When Behan first arrived in Tombstone, he worked as bartender in the Grand Hotel, a favorite of the outlaw Cowboys. He also bought part interest in the Dexter Livery Stable with John Dunbar. The Dunbars through their home town in Bangor, Maine, were "close family friends" of the powerful Senator James G. Blaine, one of the most powerful Republican congressmen of his time. The Dunbars used their influence to help Behan get appointed Sheriff of the new Cochise County, in February, 1881. Behan had already served two terms in the Territorial Legislature and was more politically connected than Earp. When the state created Cochise County, Governor John C. Frémont appointed and the territorial legislature approved Behan as Sheriff on February 10, 1881.
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