Page 66 - All About History - Issue 12-14

WYATT EARP’S WILD WEST

6. Tom and Billy bleed out
By the time the shooting stopped, Ike
Clanton had fled the scene, Frank McLaury
lay dead and Tom McLaury and Billy
Clanton were wounded. Despite being
moved to a nearby house, both Tom and
Billy would bleed out from their wounds.

1. A threat too far
In the preceding days and
weeks running up to the
gunfight, dangerous outlaw
Ike Clanton had repeatedly
threatened the Earp family and
their close friend Doc Holliday.
Tired of threats, the Earps
moved to bring the cowboy
and his gang in to jail.

When and where
did it take place?
Wednesday 26 October 1881 in
Tombstone, Arizona.
Who was involved?
On one side were the Earp
brothers Virgil, Morgan and
Wyatt and Doc Holliday. They
went up against Billy Claiborne,
Ike and Billy Clanton as well as
Tom and Frank McLaury.
Who died?
Billy Clanton along with both Tom
and Frank McLaury.
What happened next?
The fight led to a bitter feud that
set in motion the events which
would end with Wyatt Earp’s
vendetta ride.

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