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Late that evening a ranch hand, who is a Peeping Tom, is caught by Luke looking into a window at his wife. The two have a knock-down fight and the ranch hand grabs hold of a rock and bashes it against Luke's head, killing the man. When Luke's wife telephones for help several ranch hands show up, assume MacKintosh is responsible, and go after him.
Frank McLaury born Robert Findley McLaury (March 3, 1849 [1] – October 26, 1881) was an American outlaw. He and his brother Tom allegedly owned a ranch outside Tombstone, Arizona, although this ownership is disputed, that cowboy Frank Patterson owned the ranch.
Virgil requested the assistance of his brothers Wyatt and Morgan, along with Wells Fargo agent Marshall Williams, and they found the mules at the McLaurys' ranch. McLaury was a Cowboy, which in that time and region was generally regarded as an outlaw. Legitimate cowmen were referred to as cattle herders or ranchers.
The Clanton Ranch grew into a successful enterprise. During his testimony after the shootout at the O.K. Corral , Clanton claimed to have raised and purchased about 700 head of cattle during the past year, [ 4 ] and the Clanton ranch was one of the most profitable cattle ranches in that part of the country.
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Horn wandered and took jobs as a prospector, ranch hand, and rodeo contestant, but he is most notorious for being hired by numerous cattle companies as a cowboy and hired gun to watch over their cattle and kill any suspected rustlers. Horn developed his own means to fight thieves: "I would simply take the calf and such things as that stopped ...
Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who was linked to nine murders: four for which he was solely responsible, and five in which he may have played a role alongside others.
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted lawmen against members of a loosely organized group of cattle rustlers and horse thieves called the Cowboys on October 26, 1881. While lasting less than a minute, the gunfight has been the subject of books and films into the 21st century.