Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-06-06

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be ai any minute. A day OF two later
ENTp c0mmenced war hy &Fresttng
Ike Clanfon for 3 yioletian Of some
trivial ordinance. and then open
threats were made On both side&
The duel was fought "a froat Of the
Q. &. corral on Fremont street. and
followed closely on the heels Of Ike
Clanton's arrest Billy Canton and
Frank MeE10wry had their horses in
the corral. and went affer them pre-
paratoTy 20 starting on on s0me cal.
lie business, their brothers accom-
panying them 70 see them Of Billy
and Frank were leading their horses
and waking By the side Of Ike and
Ton, when the three Earps and Hal
liday came upon them from Fourth
street, which crosses Fremont not
far from the corral. Virgil Earp's
frsl words were an order for the
brothers 70
THROW UP THE.R HANDs
.sIt Is only certain thai Ike obeyed.
and he did 50 because he was IN
armed. What move was made BY
the others no person outside Of the
Earps and Halliday knows, but the
ffing commenced Immediately. For
Eve minutes the bullets hew in per
feet hailstorm IN the vicinity, and
scarcely Q shot was thrown away. Il
give and take, and seven Of the party
stood and pumped lead from their
weapons Is long IS they had shot
left The other member, Ike Clan
ton, was unaFmed. aud consequently
was forced 20 be q noncombatant.
He saw be could do nothing. and
/ fed through q corral and g photo
graph gallery back of it and escaped
unhurt. although pursued BY q
shower Of balls and buckshot An
immense crowd collected on either
side Of the street before the shooting
was over, but il would have been
suicide 10 attempt to interfere, and
the battle went on TO the deadly end.
When the smoke cleared away, Billy
Canton and Frank and Tom Nc
Lowry we're shot 10 death, while the
Earp party had escaped lightly. ViF-
gil having q trivial flesh wound Ia the
leg, and Morgan an equally light enc
Ia the shoulder. OF course they had
their side Of the story to tell. and on
preliminary examination were &C.
quilted.
MORGAN RARP's DEATH.
''Some weeks later, Morgan carp
received his quielus at the hands OF
a friend OF the dead brothers, but as
to Just WHO that friend was, there Is
considerable dispute. His surviving
brothers claimed 10 have certain
knowledge Of his identity, and they
afterwards killed Frank Stillwell for
the deed, but the latter's innocence
Is claimed by many to this day.
carp was playing billiards in Hatch's
saloon, one evening, and was shot
from q rear window or door. The
glass Of the window or door wal
frosted, with the exception Of one
pane, which had been recently pul
Ia, aud this clean pane afforded the
avenger his safe opportunity. The
murderer poked g forty.fve calibre
revolver through this Bit OF glass,
and dropped bis man at the firsl
shot Wyatt carp arrived before
his brother died. and In time to ask
the single question, who did itl'
The dying man whispered a name in
his ear, aud expired almost immedi
ately. Nothing was TO be found oil
the murderer in the city, but the
beat Of q horses hoof Immediately
followingf the shot showed that be
had laid his plans carefully. The
next morning Frank Stillwell, the
man suspected by the Earps, ate his
breakfast Ia Tucson, ninety miles
away, but such
A FEAT OF HoRsEMANsHIr
Would have been little TO an aver
age plainsman If he could secure q
change of horses, and the Earps
pointed this out when they accused
him Of the murder. Their vengeance
on Stillwen was prompt aad terrible.
Just two days after the occurrence
they rode into Tucson in pursuit,
and their man was found at the de.
pot just ct train time. With Wyatt
carp were McMasters, johnson, Tex
as Jack and Halliday, and whe1
Stillwell's body was found it was 81
riddled with bullets that 1t would
have made . very good seive. A
fortnight prior to this Virgil EaIp
received 9 close call and q warning
In the shape Of a bullet, which rem
dered his right arm useless for all
time TO come. He received the com.
pllment between / and 2 o'clock il
the morning, IS he was leaving 4
saloon on Fifth street, and never dis
covered where It came from.
THEIR PRESENT WHEREABOUTS.
These warnings were too much
for the EaTps, and after spending
about all the money they had In get
ting clear Of the law they left The
country. Virgil ran q faro game
here In San Francisco for q little
while, and then retired 10 his fathers
ranch in San Bernardino County.
Wyatt Is over In Montana rustling az
usual, and Doc Halliday is pursuing
an all round life In Colorado. he
left Tombstone between two days,
and in considerable Of q hurry. Ike
Clanton and another brother straight
ened up after the big fight. and are
now running q cattle ranch in Ora
ham County, A. T..
Il guess that's about enough for
today" concluded the narrator as hC
located the actors In the tragedy.
Next time I viii tell you about the
different fates of the stage robbers
that caused the original dispute be
tween the Earps aud the Clantons
l don't think there Is but one OF
them living, and the fate Of one OF
the dead ones would form q chapter
BY itself"
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