Clarence L. Maxwell

Clarence L. Maxwell (1860 – August 23, 1909), known as Gunplay Maxwell, was a late 19th-century Old West gunfighter and businessman from Boston, Massachusetts.

Born the son of a hotel manager, Maxwell was often involved in fights even in his youth. He received a good education, but in 1875 he was involved in a bar room brawl that resulted in his shooting and killing a friend of his. Maxwell fled to Texas, and later Montana, to avoid being arrested for the murder. While in Montana and working as a cowboy, Maxwell began selling his gunman skills during the cattle-sheep wars.

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