Complex sentence: Wyatt told the court afterward that Ike Clanton had bragged that he would kill the Earps or Doc Holliday at his first opportunity, but when the gunfight broke out, Clanton ran forward and grabbed him, exclaiming that he was unarmed and did not want a fight.
Split into simpler sentences: Wyatt told the court afterward that Ike Clanton had bragged that he would kill the Earps or Doc Holliday at his first opportunity. But when the gunfight broke out, Clanton ran forward and grabbed him, exclaiming that he was unarmed and did not want a fight.