Editing Lincoln County War (section)

=== The Fritz insurance policy ===
The main event that resulted in the beginning of the Lincoln County War was controversy over the disbursement of Emil Fritz's insurance policy. Emil Fritz was a partner of L. G. Murphy. When he died in 1874, the executors of the estate hired Alexander McSween to collect his insurance policy. After collecting the policy, McSween refused to give the money to the executor of the estate because The House claimed that the money was owed to them as a debt and McSween suspected that the executor of the estate would give the money to them. McSween also knew how badly needy for cash The House was and as a business competitor was likely loath to have the money go to them, whether their claim was legitimate or not.{{sfn|Nolan|2009|p=107}}

During February 1878, in a court case that was eventually dismissed, they obtained a court order to seize all of McSween's assets, but mistakenly included all of Tunstall's assets with those of McSween.{{sfn|Nolan|1998|p=368}} Sheriff Brady formed a posse to attach Tunstall's remaining assets at his ranch 70 miles from Lincoln. Dolan also enlisted the [[John Kinney Gang]], [[Seven Rivers Warriors]] and the [[Jesse Evans Gang]], and their job was mainly to harass and rustle cattle from Tunstall's and Chisum's ranches, as well as being the faction's hired gunmen.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dchieftain.com/2012/09/01/cowboys-and-cattle-rustlers |title=Cowboys and cattle rustlers |publisher=DC Chieftain |first=Paul |last=Harden |access-date=April 3, 2015 |date=September 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213023/http://www.dchieftain.com/2012/09/01/cowboys-and-cattle-rustlers |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-outlawgangslist4.html |title=Outlaw Gangs |publisher=Legends of America |access-date=April 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406042124/http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-outlawgangslist4.html |archive-date=April 6, 2015}}</ref>