IIC - Staking Claims
Cooper reaches Lincoln just as the first shops on the Main Street are beginning to open their doors, shopkeepers opening their doors and sweeping their porches. The scent of fresh made coffee and tobacco smoke wafts from the door of the nearby Ramsey Restaurant. Walking past the eatery, on his way to the Courthouse, is a tall, barrel chested man that Cooper recognizes as Sheriff William Brady. The lawman nods in greeting as he passes.
Lantern light burns in the windows of the nearby Thornton-Curry Saloon, as well as inside the neighboring Wortley Hotel. Across the street, in front of the saddlery, Cooper spies a woman with blonde hair, dressed for the range, speaking with a dark haired bearded man that Cooper immediately recognizes as Javier Sanchez, the saddle shop owner. The woman, Cooper notices, has a deputy’s star pinned to her shirt.
Glancing further down, Cooper notices that there are already four individuals loitering on the porch of Wilson’s Saloon. He also catches sight of Dr. Earl Wood, the town physician, heading east down the Main Street at a brisk pace.