I just got one question; how're you planning on gettin' back down there? Corral Gunfight, O.K. Which is where Ike and his crew got into trouble with the Earps and Doc Holliday or the other way around, depending on who you asked. Corral, but it was Ikes specific threats and actions the night before and in the morning of October 26 that led to that days events. So he threw himself at Wyatts mercy, affirming that fight was actually not his racket. Clanton said he feared that Wyatt wanted to kill him because he knew of Wyatt's role. Will update later. Company Credits : Claiborne, who was also unarmed, fled the gunfight. Ballot-stuffing was about as cool back then as it is now, so Paul sued for election fraud and eventually won the office, which he took over in April 1881. Corral Postscript: The Death of Ike Clanton, I will be ready for all of you in the morning., You must not think I wont be after you all in the morning., The damned son of a bitch has got to fight., You may have to fight before you know it.. Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton were killed. After the gunfight in Tombstone, during which the McLaury brothers and Billy Clanton were killed, Ike Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday. The next morning Scotts agent Thomas R. Bard, later a major figure in the Union Oil Company and a United States senator from California, armed himself with a Winchester rifle and called Ike from his shack. Wyatt Earp [27] During May and June 1887, several grand jury indictments were brought against the Clantons and their friends. Corral.Ike, the braggart leader of the outlaws, fled at the first sound of gunfire with Billy Claibourne hot on his heels.His brother William "Billy" Clanton was killed in the shootout along with Frank and Tom McLowry. Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan, a friend to the Cowboys,[19] later testified that he first learned of the trouble while he was getting a shave at the barbershop after 1:30 pm, which is when he had risen after the late-night game. These and other inconsistencies in Clanton's testimony lacked credibility. All right then, I guess you can just get back on your horse and ride back down there to your new friends. But business took precedence, and some of the riffraff actually contributed to commerce in their own unruly way.. They also hired Jonas "Jake" V. Brighton as a secret service officer. Role: Ike Clanton, second in command of the Cowboys Also known for: Also worked with Elliott in "Gettysburg" (1993) and appeared in "Gods and Generals" (2003) and "Avatar" (2009). Wyatt shot and killed Frank Stilwell, who was lying in wait at the Tucson, Arizona rail yard. Johnny Ringo [27], In late June 1996 a Clanton family descendant, Terry "Ike" Clanton, along with former Citadel professor and grave expert James A. Browning, searched the area near Eagle Creek in what is now Greenlee County, Arizona, where Ike was reportedly buried. : [gives a Cheshire cat smile] Depending on the account, Ike either turned to flee, reached for his rifle, or both, but in any case, Brighton shot him when he refused to surrender. In films, he played Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett in Gettysburg (1993) and the lead role of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in the Gettysburg prequel Gods and Generals (2003), both from director Ronald F. Maxwell. They then walked a block north to an empty lot next to C. S. Fly's boarding house where Doc Holliday lived. Milt Joyce (owner It also angered Earp. Wyatt Earp Virgil Earp went to find Judge Wallace so the court hearing could be held.."[14], Clanton reported in his testimony afterward that Wyatt Earp cursed him. Curly Bill Brocious Robert John Burke Frank McLaury Dana Delany Josephine Marcus Sam Elliott Virgil Earp Stephen Lang Ike Clanton Terry O'Quinn Mayor John Clum . Take a good look at him, Ike 'cause that's how you're gonna end up! By the end of 1880, there had been enough run-ins between the Clantons, McLaurys and Earps to set the stage for their epic standoff in October 1881. Bullets fly behind the OK Corral. The morning of the gunfight Ike, drunk and angry, went around, saying he was going to kill the Earps. : Directed by John Sturges Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by Dimitri Tiomkin Cinematography by Charles Lang . : Spicer ordered the release of the defendants, and in December, a grand jury decided not to pursue murder indictments against them. : According to Earp, the plan was foiled when the three suspects, Leonard, Head and Crane, were killed in unrelated incidents. Angrily, Frank said he would not drink, and he and Billy left the saloon immediately to seek Tom. | Cast . Several days after his release, he filed first-degree murder charges against Virgil, Wyatt, Morgan and Doc, and a hearing under judge Wells Spicer began on Monday, October 31. Johnny Ringo D.T. A man named Coleman told Virgil that the Cowboys had left the Dunbar and Dexter Stable for the O.K. Curly Bill Billy and Frank stopped first at the Grand Hotel on Allen Street, and were greeted by Doc Holliday. ["In wine is truth" meaning: "When I'm drinking, I speak my mind"]. If fight was his racket, its fitting that more than 100 years later, a fight however small or one-sided still endures to determine Ike Clantons rightful reputation in American West history. [placing a shotgun to McMaster's head] What's wrong with him? : Wyatt spoke of his brothers Virgil and Morgan as the "marshals" while he acted as "deputy.". Immediately after the fight, Ike Clanton was kept in the Tombstone jail as rumors swirled that hed be lynched by the towns growing vigilante mob, townsfolk who tired of dealing with the cowboys and their violence. [2], In the summer of 1881, Clanton got into an argument with gambler "Denny" McCann. Ike Clantons testimony and the diverging stories he included eventually swung the verdict toward the Earp side, and on November 30, Spicer reported that he cannot resist the conclusion that the defendants were fully justified in committing these homicides, according to The Last Gunfight. [28], A conflicting source stated that his body was left where it fell for several days until nearby Mormon ranchers buried him in an unmarked grave in the Mormon cemetery southeast of Eagar, Arizona on what is today called "The 26 Bar Ranch". who played ike clanton in tombstonefastest supra tune code. Frank Stillwell Doc Holliday : Clanton also claimed that Doc Holliday and Morgan, Wyatt, and Virgil Earp had separately confessed to him their role in the Benson stage holdup, or else the cover-up of the robbery by allowing the robbers' escape.[4]. Corral Gunfight. A restaurant has been opened by Mr. Ike Clanton.. [4], Clanton backed up Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan's testimony that Holliday and Morgan Earp had fired the first two shots and that the next several shots also came from the Earp party. Apache warriors had engaged the U.S. Army near Tombstone just three weeks before the O.K. Release Dates By 1885, each had a 160-acre ranch 10 miles east of Springerville near the New Mexico border. : When they got there, a tense standoff left all the mens nerves frayed. It wouldnt look good to voters if he was known to collude with cowboys, much the same way current sheriff Johnny Behan had. But not everyone was cool with their shenanigans, including townies from the Northeast, Republicans who wanted to clean things up in Tombstone and make it a respectable place to live. Official Sites Mr. Wilson, at whose ranch the shooting occurred, notified the nearest neighbors and four men came over and identified the deceased and assisted in giving him as decent a burial as circumstances would admit. Morgan and Virgil were also shot, Doc Holliday was grazed by a bullet, and Wyatt came away unharmed. If you were to ask Tombstone locals at the time, many didnt consider rustling cattle from south of the border all that much of a problem. It's the story of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) and focuses on his time in Tombstone, Arizona, battling cowboys alongside his brothers and best friend, the former dentist turned poker playing gunfighter Doc Holliday. More than a year later, probably sometime in December 1880, Earp was told the horse was being used near Charleston, and Wyatt and Holliday were forced to ride to the Clanton's ranch near Charleston to await ownership papers in order to legally recover it. Clanton, about age 34, and his 19-year-old brother, Billy, were among the five cowboys confronted by the Earp brothers and a dentist that fateful day. Joseph Isaac Clanton was born in Missouri in 1847, to Mariah Kelso and Newman Old Man Clanton, who we can only assume looked like an old grizzled cattle baron from birth. Right behind you, Stillwell. Age quod agis. Wyatt claimed that Ike was present when Stilwell was killed at the Tucson train station, but that he ran to escape when he saw the Vendetta posse. McCann slapped Clanton, who left and fetched his pistol. In this particular telling, Ike Clanton is described not as a mindless killer but rather a man with . Doc Holliday That's real good. Listen, Mr. Kansas Law Dog. Earp later said that on June 2, 1881 he offered the Wells, Fargo & Co. reward money and more to Clanton if he would provide information leading to the capture or death of the stage robbers. The family moved to Tombstone, Arizona in 1877. "OLD MAN" CLANTON . Joseph Isaac Clanton (1847 June 1, 1887) was a member of a loose association of outlaws known as The Cowboys who clashed with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp as well as Doc Holliday. You retired too?