Earle wrote of the experience, “I remember having lunch with Chink aboard his ship in the Hudson River upon his return from the Mexican War and listening to his tales of picking Mexicans off the roof tops at Vera Cruz.” As the modest Lee said to him, “Oh, I guess I got a few of them.” The would-be snipers were silhouetted against a bright sky. “He said he drew a bead on a Mexican at perhaps eight hundred yards, pulled the trigger, and then watched as the man crumpled into the street below.”
