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recruited Alvord as a deputy in 1886. The same year, Alvord's mother died. Alvord served primarily as the muscle behind
Slaughter's operations; he made several decisions which revealed his lack of experience and finesse in law enforcement. He was reportedly "not noble, temperate, far seeing, or
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and other outlaws between 1886 and 1889, but his reputation suffered when his alcoholism became increasingly apparent. Alvord continued to frequent saloons and eventually began to associate with
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