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Earp's pallbearers were William J. Hunsaker (Earp's attorney in Tombstone and noted Los Angeles attorney), Jim Mitchell (Los Angeles Examiner reporter and Hollywood screenwriter), George W. Parsons (founding member of Tombstone's "Committee of Vigilance"), Wilson Mizner (a friend of Wyatt's during the Klondike Gold Rush), John Clum (a good ...
Obverse of pocket watch given to Wyatt Earp by Tom Mix. Mix became friends with Wyatt Earp, who lived in Los Angeles and occasionally visited Hollywood western movie sets. [13] He was a pallbearer at Earp's funeral in January 1929. [14] The newspapers reported that Mix cried during his friend's service. [15]
The O.K. Corral hearing and aftermath was the direct result of the 30-second Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, on October 26, 1881. During that confrontation, Deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone Town Marshal Virgil Earp, Assistant Town Marshal Morgan Earp, and temporary deputy marshals Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday shot and killed Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury.
Holliday had saved Wyatt Earp's life at one time and had become a close friend. He had been living in Prescott, Arizona Territory and making a living as a gambler since late 1879. There, he first met future Tombstone sheriff Johnny Behan, a sometime gambler and saloon owner. In late September 1880, Holliday followed the Earps to Tombstone. [43]
Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905) was an American lawman. He was both deputy U.S. Marshal and City Marshal of Tombstone, Arizona, when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881.
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Clanton reported in his testimony afterward that Wyatt Earp cursed him. He said Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp offered him his rifle and to fight him right there in the courthouse, which Clanton declined. Clanton also denied ever threatening the Earps. [13] Clanton was fined $25 plus court costs and after paying the fine left unarmed.
After the Earps were exonerated, Deputy U.S. Marshal Virgil Earp was maimed in an ambush on December 28, 1881, and assistant deputy Morgan Earp was killed by assassins on March 18, 1882. The outlaw Cowboys named as suspects in both shootings were either let go on a technicality or were provided alibis by fellow Cowboys.