Show jim marshall former dead shot y Is dead denver colo three fingered jim marshall who won his title ty by quick trigger in the gold camps in the stagecoach stage coach days of the west died in the general hospital here after having served the last ten years of his checkered career as a deputy sheriff in the booming days of the famous cripple creek mining camps whose only law was that which stern faced men carried in leather holsters conveniently swung on cartridge belts at their hips three fingered jim won and lost several fortunes in gold across the green cushioned gambling tables in those days when men risked sacks of gold dust on the turn of a card marshall was at his best frequently after a successful night at gambling tables lie he would go into the streets and give away a small fortune to those less fortunate than himself later marshall la Is said practically to have controlled the gambling enterprises terp rises in el paso texas and in del norte new juarez N tl AL still later when the west was dropping some of its frontier habits I 1 marshall bought a string of race horses and invaded the tracks of the east ile he was a familiar figure for several years in louisville and in eastern track circles |