In March 1882, a Clanton supporter shot Morgan in the back as he chalked his cue at a pool hall in Tombstone.
That December, an unknown gunman shot Morgan in the arm as he walked down the street one night. He demanded more cartridges and tried to cock his gun again, but a bystander took it away from him.īy the end of the day, Frank, Tom, and Billy were dead, Virgil, Morgan, and Doc were injured, but recovered, and Ike and Wyatt had escaped unscathed. He and Wyatt shot at Billy, who took a shot to the stomach and slumped over, dying. As Holliday yelled, " I'm shot right through!", Morgan shot Frank in the neck and exclaimed, " I got him!"Īs Frank fell to the ground, near death, Billy shot Morgan in the shoulder. Frank shouted, "I've got you now!" and Holliday replied, "You're a good one of you have!" Doc and Frank shot at each other-Holliday missed, but Frank scored a flesh wound on Doc's hip. He shot at Holliday once and missed, prompting Doc to drop the shotgun and pull out his pistol. Tom had been hiding behind Frank's horse, but after it bolted, Holliday emptied both barrels into Tom's chest, killing him.īilly, still in the fight even with bullet wounds in his chest and wrist, shot off-handed, hitting Virgil in the thigh and knocking him to the ground.ĭespite his belly wound, Frank was also still going. Holliday pocketed his pistol and pulled out his shotgun. They grappled with each other for a moment before Wyatt shouted, "Go to fighting or get away!" Wyatt fired his pistol without hitting anyone, and Ike ran away. Wyatt shoved his pistol into Ike Clanton's stomach and said, "Throw up your hands, you son of a bitch!" Ike grabbed Wyatt's pistol with his left hand and Wyatt's shoulder with his right. Frank, holding his stomach wound, staggered into the street, leading his horse. Morgan shot at Billy, hitting him in the right wrist, and Doc shot Frank in the stomach. I don't want to fight."ĭoc then walked up to Frank and stuck his pistol in Frank's stomach. I am disarmed." Billy added, "Don't shoot me. I want your guns." Three of the cowboys raised their arms, and Tom opened his coat to show that he had no weapons, saying, "I haven't got anything, boys. Frank was holding the reins of his horse, with a Winchester rifle in the saddle scabbard.Īt that point, Virgil Earp shouted, "Boys, throw up your hands. Billy and Frank had revolvers, while Ike and Tom were unarmed. The Earps and Holliday each carried a pistol, and Holliday was concealing a double-barreled shotgun under his coat. The sheriff hurried up the street to stop them, but they brushed past him, stopping about six feet away from the cowboys. The Earps and Holliday appeared, approaching the group at a slow walk. Around 2 p.m., the local sheriff, fearing violence, stopped the Clantons and McLaurys on Fremont Street near the O.K. On the morning of October 26, 1881, the Earp faction argued with the cowboys and pistol-whipped two of them. In fact, Billy once rode around Tombstone on Wyatt's stolen horse. On the other side were: Ike and Billy Clanton and Tom and Frank McLaury, a group of cowboys from local ranches who occasionally rode into town to raise hell and sell their rustled cattle.
On one side of the battle were: Virgil Earp, the marshal in Tombstone, Arizona Wyatt Earp, the assistant marshal Morgan Earp, a part-time policeman and John "Doc" Holliday, a friend of Wyatt's, a bad-tempered dentist and gambler. The most famous gunfight in the Wild West.
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