That's how Joseph Isaac "Ike" Clanton managed to get through at least part of the O.K. By June 1881, the three outlaws were still on the lam, so Wyatt concocted a plan that would kill a bunch of birds with one stone: he would try to convince Ike Clanton, Joe Hill and Frank McLaury to lure the murderers into town, and when Wyatt captured them, he would offer the combined $3,600 reward to his three informants. Within days, Wyatt would kill Frank Stilwell and Curly Bill, though Ike escaped his vengeful grasp. : Having successfully built a career as a lawman in the Old West, Wyatt Earp arrives in the town of Tombstone to enjoy a much-deserved retirement with his two brothers, Virgil . 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. . Today, youll find armchair historians on both sides of the story: those who think the Earps murdered cowboys in cold blood, and those who think the cowboys presented a legit threat that had to be dealt with accordingly. The Clantons had been suspected for some time of rustling cattle, taking livestock from the Blue River down to Eagle Creek the Springerville area to Clifton and southern Arizona by . 'Doc': Dirigido por Frank Perry. Ike Clantons allegiances had always been to the ranchers and rustlers of the region, but it was now clear that he and his partners would do whatever was necessary to keep things business as usual for local cattle rustling rings. Not after shootin' at the Earp's women. D.T. Ike reeled in his saddle and fell on the right side of his horse, his rifle falling on the left. At about 1:00 pm, Virgil and Morgan Earp surprised Clanton on 4th Street where Virgil pistol whipped him from behind. [5]:193 However, the Clantons never registered a brand in either Cochise County or Pima County which was required to legally raise cattle. : Curly Bill : Shut up, Ike. Ike Clantons hat was found at the scene of the shooting, though the suspects ran through the night and were never clearly seen. Release Dates I went down to Wyatt Earp's house and told him that Ike Clanton had threatened that when him and his brothers and Doc Holliday showed themselves on the street that the ball would open. And you must be Ringo. Filming & Production Old Man Clanton was most definitely "The founder of the feast" (great line) The life and times of. The outlaw Cowboys in Cochise County were not organized, and their acts of violence, rustling or robbery were usually committed by independent groups of Cowboys. It also angered Earp. Corral. Its not hard to see why history paints Ikes character so poorly. [citation needed] Stephen Lang played Clanton in the movie Tombstone (1993), which draws heavily on the Billy Breakenridge book Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mesquite. Kate But Ikes time in court included more threats, and a heated argument with Wyatt, who claimed he would be justified in shooting you down any place I would meet you thanks to Ikes many threats to the Earp clan. He said Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp offered him his rifle and to fight him right there in the courthouse, which Clanton declined. They also hired Jonas "Jake" V. Brighton as a secret service officer. [6] The Mexican government at the time placed high tariffs on goods transported across the border, making smuggling a profitable enterprise.[7][8]. He was holed up a few blocks away, in a law office on Toughnut street. He denied having threatened the Earps. According to Earp, the plan was foiled when the three suspects, Leonard, Head and Crane, were killed in unrelated incidents. Virgil Earp told Clanton he would leave Clanton's confiscated rifle and revolver at the Grand Hotel which was favored by Cowboys when in town. [27], On December 25, 1886Christmas DayEvans, wanting to see if a bullet would go through a Mormon, shot and killed Jim Hale in cold blood. Next time it wont be your horse well get, Billy Clanton called after Wyatt in highly colored allusion; itll be you.'. After his mother's death in 1866, he and his brothers stayed with their father. 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. Clanton's notoriety is based largely on his conflict with Wyatt Earp and Wyatt's friend Doc Holliday. Since this fighting talk had gone on so long, Ike blustered, he guessed it was about time to fetch it to a close.'. I'm in my prime. Shortly after 8:00 am barkeeper E. F. Boyle spoke to Clanton, who had been drinking all night, in front of the telegraph office. Ned was alarmed to see that Ike was not only drunk, but also armed with a pistol in sight, which probably meant that the gun was jammed into the waistband of Ikes pants, wrote Guinn in The Last Gunfight. : So he threw himself at Wyatts mercy, affirming that fight was actually not his racket. I heard of you. : William learned that his brother had lived four days, long enough to call the shooting coldblooded murder. William and Isaac were members of the Apache County Stock Association and William had a lot of political clout. Ike Clanton was a character played by Stephen Lang in the 1993 film 'Tombstone' directed by George P. Cosmatos. If Ike wasnt involved, he likely played an indirect role in the attempt, and if he was one of the would-be assassins, it further strengthened his gutless reputation. Let's have a spelling contest! [4] Sheriff Johnny Behan At about dawn on October 26, the card game broke up and Behan and Virgil Earp went home to bed. Even if the Earps had overstepped their legal bounds, Spicer knew a jury wouldnt likely find them guilty of murder. Something around the eyes, I don't know, reminds me of me. Frank McLaury didnt make it that far, having died in the street after multiple shots from Wyatt, Morgan and Doc. Some argue the Earps extended far beyond their legal reach in Tombstone, or that J.V. Phin was caught and jailed in April 1887, and in May, Ike arrived at a cabin on Eagle Creek, south of Springerville, only to run into J.V. Infamous Arizona cattle rustler and cause of the Gunfight at the O.K. The Clantons eventually settled in Santa Barbara County, near Port Hueneme, and lived on what they believed to be public land, but which in fact belonged to wealthy, influential folks like Thomas A. Scott, a railroad baron who had been elected U.S. Assistant Secretary of War by Lincoln before the Civil War. The following year, Warren and Morgan Earp arrived, as did Doc Holliday. In his ruling, he noted that Clanton had the night before, while unarmed, publicly declared that the Earp brothers and Holliday had insulted him, and that when he was armed he intended to shoot them or fight them on sight. Johnny Ringo The group soon congregated near the O.K. Clanton testified that he picked up the weapons from William Soule, the jailer, a couple of days later. [referring to Stilwell, laying dead] The morning of the gunfight Ike, drunk and angry, went around, saying he was going to kill the Earps. Not after what you done. His favorite American West topics include Arizona history, the Apache and Yavapai Wars, and the Transcontinental Railroad. : Joseph Isaac. In March 1882, Morgan was shot and killed in Campbell & Hatch Saloon and Billiard Parlor, and the Earp Vendetta Ride was officially on. Now I really hate him. Shut up, Ike. However, when the gunfight broke out, Clanton ran forward and grabbed Wyatt, exclaiming that he was unarmed and did not want a fight. Released in 1993. [23] By the time Clanton finished his testimony, the entire prosecution case had become suspect. After three days, he spent the night of May 31, 1887 at Jim "Peg Leg" Wilson's Ranch on Eagle Creek, south of Springerville. Doc Holliday He left his younger brother to die alone in a gunfight, and later, allowed a ruthless murderer to escape his property instead of facing the letter of the law. : Corral And How It Changed the American West, Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell, Ride the Devils Herd: Wyatt Earps Epic Battle Against the Wests Biggest Outlaw Gang, And Die in the West: The Story of the O.K. By 1885, each had a 160-acre ranch 10 miles east of Springerville near the New Mexico border. So, there's nothin' I can say to get you to come back? This is why the cowboys couldnt have nice things. [Ringo steps up to Doc] Listen, Mr. Kansas Law Dog. That's Virgil there with the women. : Tombstone has become one of the most popular Westerns of the modern era. : : Where's Wyatt? Most of em, especially those from Texas, didnt care for Mexicans the MexicanAmerican War was still pretty close in their rearview and it was easy to adopt a dont ask, dont tell kinda policy that made for cheaper beef in town. The Cowboys are finished, you understand? After the meal, Ike, Renfro, and Ellinger went into a cabin on the Clanton ranch when for unknown reasons Renfro shot and killed Ellinger. After leaving Dodge City in late 1879, Wyatt Earp and Mattie mosied down to Prescott, where Virgil Earp was town constable. I heard of you. 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. Before the fall, Brighton fired a second shot which passed through the cantle of the saddle and grazed Ike's right leg. Tombstone is a 1993 American Western film directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by Kevin Jarre (who was also the original director, but was replaced early in production), and starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, with Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, and Dana Delany in supporting roles, as well as narration by Robert Mitchum.. 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. The story's shown through his eyes. 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. 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). Opening narration "In the early eighteen-eighties, when all law enforcement failed in Arizona Territory, cattle rustling, robbery and murder began a notorious reign.As law agencies became disorganized, crime organized and grew powerful under the leadership of three of the West's most vicious outlaws Johnny Ringo, Ike Clanton and Curly Bill Brocious. In other words: not the kind of person you want to argue land rights with. 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. The Cowboys supported incumbent Sheriff Charles Shibell while the Earps supported his opponent Bob Paul in the November 1880 election. Ike Clanton Kid Swingle, Longhair Sprague, Billy Evans, and Clanton's brother-in-law, Ebin Stanley. We don't want any trouble in here. All right, Clanton you called down the thunder, well now you've got it! Clanton had told others that Doc Holliday, Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, and Morgan Earp had all confided in him that they had actually been involved in the Benson stage robbery. 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. After the confrontation with Clanton, Wyatt Earp took Holliday back to his boarding house at Camillus Sidney "Buck" Fly's Lodging House to sleep off his drinking, then went home and to bed. He thought catching the March 15, 1881 robbers of the Benson Stage (in which the driver and a passenger were killed) would help him win the sheriff's office. Wyatt Earp Born March 17, 1951 in Springfield MA. Technical Specs, [takes a bill with Wyatt's signature from a customer and throws it on the faro table], [Stillwell and Ike are planning to ambush the Earps at the train station], [Ringo is trying to get McMasters to rejoin the Cowboys].
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