<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://gunsofold.com/marshal_badge_silver_balltip.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Date:</strong>May 3rd, 1876<br/><strong>Time of Day:</strong>Morning<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Gomorra<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Open<br/><hr/><br/>Across Gomorra, the church bells of St Martin's tolled.  The sun had risen for only a few hours, but the tolling of the bells demanded a meeting of the citizens of Gomorra - an emergency meeting.  The early edition of the Gamorra Gazetta was being tossed on doorsteps, dropped in large stacks inside hotels and casinos, and the younger boys of the town had been hired to hawk the headlines to the citizens.<br/><br/>"Extra extra!  Sheriff Coleman murdered by Blackjack's Raiders!  Read all about it!"<br/><br/>Outside the stately town hall - one of the few buildings in Gomorra made of brick, citizens were already gathering by the dozens.  The mob that formed was already a buzz of news and rumor, yet the town hall's doors remained closed while its most influential citizens convened privately.  A few laborers had begun to set up a small podium so the Mayor could offer a speech, but the crowd harassed them with questions, only to be met by shrugs and apologies.