ANN ARBOR–It’s not often that legends are made and from Wild West shootouts between outlaws and lawmen, but history records an incident taking place in a Midwest town known by the residents as Depot Town, where a roving band of brigands known as the Stag Party (led by brothers Kyle and Ben Stagg) terrorized the small town that served as a stop along the way to Chicago in the mid to late 1800s.
Sutton (left) stands with Ruination members just moments before his famed shot defeating the Stags at Depot Town
After several failed attempts to rid the town of the outlaws, nothing less than a shootout took place in a small corral simply called “The Stadium.”
After several shots from either side, Sheriff Chris “Six-Gun” Sutton was able to make good the final shot, defeating the Stags and preserving a win for the lawmen affectionately titled “Ruination.”
Archived records found recently revealed a ballad to Sutton and his extraordinary work bringing peace and law back to the region:
Come and listen to mah story ’bout a man named Chris
Pretty sure he’s not of Jewish origin but if he was, he’d have had a bris,
Then one day he was a skatin’ and a shootin’ around
the disappointed goalie for the ol’ Depot Town…
Stags, that is. Hockey team, like the Dallas Stars.
Next thing you know ol’ Ruination won.
Folks said, “Chris, yer a real sonofa six gun”
Said, “In the finals is where you oughta be!”
So, he loaded up his hockey bag, and went to the C-League…
Finals, that is. With Ruination, Though still eligible for D1.