Shot in the back while playing billiards on March 18, 1882. Here is how those involved in the Gunfight at the OK Corral were affected afterward. The judge, by the way, was a relative of the Earps. Three days after the shooting, Ike Clanton filed murder charges against Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and Doc Holliday.Ĭochise County Sheriff John Behan, who said he saw the shootout, took them into custody.Ī month later, Judge Wells Spicer dismissed the murder charges. Rather than rehash the specifics of the gunfight, I’ve listed a few resources from authors with different perspectives.
This post deals with the fate of those involved in the gunfight. In reality, the event came about because of a nose-to-nose, belly-to-belly dance of power and politics between the two sides. Most reports say the gunfight started with the Earps’ decision to arrest the Clantons and McClaurys for carrying handguns within city limits without a permit. Depending on which account you read, the two sides fired between 14 and 30 shots. The shootout lasted about thirty seconds. The Earp brothers-Wyatt, Morgan, and Virgil-accompanied by good friend John “Doc” Holliday, exchanged gunfire with Ike and Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne.
The gunfight took place behind the OK Corral on a vacant lot located at the end of Fremont Street in Tombstone. The shootout-still surrounded by myth, misinformation, and mystery- has survived on life support through a series of feature films, books, novels, plays, television shows, and documentaries. While most stories focus on the gunfight itself, the aftermath of those involved is equally fascinating.
For some, the event triggers imagination. The story about the Gunfight at the OK Corral has been told in different ways and biased perspectives and often clashed with fictional facts. MYTH, MISINFORMATION, AND MYSTERY - On a cold Wednesday afternoon, October 26, 1881, two groups of men faced off in a small corner of Tombstone, Arizona Territory, in the most legendary gunfight in frontier history.
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