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What role did Lawrence G. Murphy and James Dolan play in the Lincoln County War?

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What role did Lawrence G. Murphy and James Dolan play in the Lincoln County War?

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Murphy & Co. Lincoln County was formed that same year, and Murphy had political ambitions. He soon was commissioned a District Probate Judge in the new county seat at nearby Lincoln, New Mexico. In May 1873, a hot-headed James Dolan attempted to shoot and kill a Fort Stanton Captain named James Randlett.

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