Back in his town of Charleston, Arizona, Jerry Barton was a bartender and the local constable. He was known for his stuttering manner of speech and his stuttering trigger, which became his moniker. Stuttering Trigger was a man quick with the ladies, fast with his fists, and faster with his guns. The fact he stuttered didn't slow him down from beating men to an absurd degree, and shooting them to death at the drop of a hat. The local jury system in Charleston seemed rigged in his favor when he shot a man with a knife in the back.