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. Despite Hollywood. For Ike Clanton, the rest of 1881 only got worse. : The Earps and the Clantons had political, personal, and legal differences and the animosity between them grew throughout 1881. Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton were killed. Corral . (written by) Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by Bruce Broughton Cinematography by William A. Fraker . 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. By late October, Ikes grumblings had reached a breaking point. They also hired Jonas "Jake" V. Brighton as a secret service officer. Savvy? Wyatt Earp Six years later Clanton was killed attempting to flee when he was shot by a lawman seeking to arrest him for cattle-rustling. Johnny Ringo King would later escape from Tombstones jail, and despite unfounded rumors that the Earps and Doc Holliday were also involved in the holdup, Wells Fargo issued $1,200 rewards each for Crane, Head and Leonard. The family moved to Tombstone, Arizona in 1877. Clanton repeatedly boasted in public, drank heavily, and had a quick temper. Doc Holliday Wyatt saw Clanton had no gun and shoved him aside as he coolly told him, The fight has commenced. But the question remains: is Ike Clantons cowardly reputation warranted, or was he simply the victim of frontier circumstances beyond his control? Ike Clanton Johnny Ringo And if the Earps were armed, he couldve thought it was a fools errand to stay in the fight if he wasnt heeled.. Billy Clanton had been shot several times, and was carried into a nearby home, where he died soon after. Corral during a trial scene in Muskogee Little Theatre's production . Eventually, Ike paid his $25 fine, had his weapons checked into the Grand Hotel by Virgil, and wandered away to nurse his wounds. Corral' (1957), while Robert Ryan portrayed him as a highly sophisticated personality in 'Hour of the Gun' (1987). Public sentiment of the fight was relatively split: some folks thought the cowboys were murdered outright, especially when two of them (Tom and Ike) were allegedly not armed. : Then, with James Earp and his wife Bessie, the group headed to Tombstone in December of that year. The Toughest Gun in Tombstone. 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.. So run, you cur RUN! : But business took precedence, and some of the riffraff actually contributed to commerce in their own unruly way.. director of photography Film Editing by Harvey Rosenstock Roberto Silvi 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. In fact, throughout his life, Ike Clanton routinely came around with that BS and on more than one occasion got called out for it. [35] Clanton appears in the Doctor Who story "The Gunfighters" (1966), played by William Hurndell, which is largely based on the Sturges film. Curly Bill [33][34] In Sturges' sequel, Hour of the Gun (1967), he is portrayed by Robert Ryan as a sophisticated man. : He didnt stop at legal activities, however; just about every source agrees that he and his sons rustled and bought rustled stock, participating in the free and easy raiding conducted both by Arizona bands and by Mexican bands criss-crossing the Mexican border, wrote Paula Marks in And Die in the West: The Story of the O.K. Take a good look at him, Ike 'cause that's how you're gonna end up! [4] Murder was a capital offense, and given their relationship, it was unlikely Holliday would confide in Clanton. You don't even know him. All right, Clanton you called down the thunder, well now you've got it! [17]:4, Virgil Earp was told by several citizens that the McLaurys and the Clantons had gathered on Fremont Street and were armed. [16]:190[17] :49 The city statute was not specific about how far a recently arrived visitor might "with good faith, and within reasonable time" travel into town while carrying a firearm. Either way, he conveniently dodged more bullets. On October 25, 1881, while Clanton was in Tombstone, drunk and very loud, Holliday accused him of lying about the Benson stagecoach robbery. Wyatt Earp Kid Swingle, Longhair Sprague, Billy Evans, and Clanton's brother-in-law, Ebin Stanley. Official Sites 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. [31] Clanton was portrayed by Grant Withers in the John Ford classic My Darling Clementine (1946). One of them killed his wife. [4], At around 1:302:00 pm, after Tom McLaury had been pistol-whipped by Wyatt, Clanton's 19-year-old younger brother Billy Clanton and Tom's older brother Frank McLaury arrived in town. Born March 17, 1951 in Springfield MA. Ike Clanton To avoid alarming Tombstone's public, Virgil returned to Hafford's Saloon carrying the shotgun under his long overcoat. 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. Wyatt shot and killed Frank Stilwell, who was lying in wait at the Tucson, Arizona rail yard. When the Earp wagons rolled into Tombstone in December 1879, Wyatt's plan was to start a stage line in the area, and Virgil was ready to pursue his duties as a deputy U.S. marshal. [27], In April, 1887, Phin Clanton was arrested for rustling and jailed in St. 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. Corral in the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory but was unarmed and ran from the gunfight, in which his 19-year-old brother Billy was killed. Ike Clantons hat was found at the scene of the shooting, though the suspects ran through the night and were never clearly seen. B. Shillingberg in Tombstone, A.T. So much for his earlier boast of needing only four feet of ground because fight was his racket.. 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. 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Isaac Ike Clanton was a member of the Cowboy faction in Tombstone and an enemy of the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday. 2:30 p.m. October 26, 1881 Corral (1957). [5]:193 The Clantons were reputed to be among a group of outlaw Cowboys who crossed the border into Mexico where they stole cattle and re-sold them to the hungry miners in Cochise County. What do you think, darling? Disarming him, the Earps took Clanton to appear before Judge Wallace for violating the city's ordinance #9 against carrying firearms in the city. However, when the gunfight broke out, Clanton ran forward and grabbed Wyatt, exclaiming that he was unarmed and did not want a fight. Even if the Earps had overstepped their legal bounds, Spicer knew a jury wouldnt likely find them guilty of murder. The movie plays very loose with the facts, but apparently the real-life Ike Clanton had a habit of running away from fights, too. Some thirty seconds after the fight started, it was over. Ike paid a fine of $27.50 and was released. In November 1879, shortly after arriving in Tombstone, Earp had a horse stolen. The lot was six lots removed from the rear entrance to the O.K. Doc Holliday Doc Holliday Winner to the King, five hundred dollars. Wyatt Earp Despite Wyatt Earp's reputation, Virgil was the Earp brother with a badge in Tombstone. [referring to Stilwell, laying dead] It wouldnt look good to voters if he was known to collude with cowboys, much the same way current sheriff Johnny Behan had. In August, Old Man Clanton and four other men including Jim Crane, the only living Benson stagecoach suspect were killed by Mexican smugglers in the Guadalupe Canyon Massacre. Doc Holliday Johns. Brighton and Deputy Sheriff Albert Miller. In this 1993 film, he's the main Tombstone character. 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. Tombstone Marshal Virgil Earp played cards with Clanton, Tom McLaury, Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan and a fifth man (unknown to Clanton and to history), until morning. After the meal, Ike, Renfro, and Ellinger went into a cabin on the Clanton ranch when for unknown reasons Renfro shot and killed Ellinger. "OLD MAN" CLANTON . This permitted a traveler to keep his firearms if he was proceeding directly to a livery, hotel or saloon. At the gunfight, he was unarmed. [32] Lyle Bettger portrayed Clanton as a brutal thug in John Sturges' film Gunfight at the O.K. Newman was released for being old and J-Dubs time with the Rebs was marred by charges of desertion, wrote Shillingberg in Tombstone, A.T. After the war, the Clanton clan headed west, passing through southeastern Arizona on their way to California, where theyd run into their first of several legal and ethical clashes in the West. The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. Ike Clanton was one of the more prominent cowboys, along with Johnny Ringo, Curly Bill, Joe Hill and Bob Martin, and plenty of firsthand accounts from Tombstone townies testify to his uncanny and often drunken gift of threatening gab. And you must be Ringo. He was still steaming about his confrontation with Doc, and informed Wyatt that he was about to go and get his guns from wherever he had checked them earlier in the day. The following year, Warren and Morgan Earp arrived, as did Doc Holliday. Corral. Unsurprisingly, the poll results for the precinct were largely in favor of Shibell, who was aligned with ranchers of the area. Theyre goals that are: Those are the best kinds of goals! Heres how it happened. : Pima County was heavily Democratic, but many of the new miners and merchants in Tombstone voted Republican. I told him I would keep them in the stable after this and give him no chance to steal them.. [gives a Cheshire cat smile] Ike Clanton Fight is my racket, and I only want four feet of ground to fight on, was Ikes response, reported one account. Johnny Ringo Joseph Isaac. Evidently Mr. Ringo's an educated man. 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. Tombstone has become one of the most popular Westerns of the modern era. There are about as many accounts of the encounter as there were witnesses, but the gist of it was that Doc called Ike a liar and told him to get his gun, which he didnt have.