That would be Tom McLaury. Ike Clanton, too, panicked and threw his gun down, pleading for his life. He often said that his end would come from lead poisoning, at the end of a rope, a knife in his ribs, or that he might drink himself to death. Four attempts were made to hang him and he was shot at five times. The Earps passed by the O.K. Wyatt never forgot the fact that Doc Holliday saved his life that night in Dodge City. I am more than a little skeptical regarding all these accounts of men that Holliday supposedly killed. A shot was fired from the darkness of the alley striking Morgan in the back. Corral, witnesses said that the three Earp brothers were all dressed in black with firm, mean grimaces on their faces while Doc was nattily clad in grey and was whistling. Responding later Wyatt said, “The only way anyone could have appreciated the feeling I had for Doc after the Driskill-Morrison business would have been to have stood in my boots at the time Doc came through the Long Branch doorway.”, The original Long Branch Saloon, courtesy Ford County Historical Society. Doc Holliday claimed he almost lost his life a total of nine times. When the Earps had arrived in Tombstone, the. The 30-second shootout left Billy Clanton, Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury dead. On Tuesday, October 25th, Ike Clanton spent the day getting drunk, moving from one saloon to the next, and making threats against the Earps and Holliday to any who would listen. But at the time of his death, the steep road was too icy so they buried him at the bottom of the hill with the intention of moving his body when the ice thawed. The courthouse in Leadville today still shows the arrests of the infamous gunfighter and gambler, Doc Holliday in its jail records. An angry Doc Holliday, who had heard of the boasts, confronted him. However, Bat Masterson would write in 1907 that Doc moved due to the shooting incident back in Georgia. Shortly after starting his dental practice, Doc Holliday discovered that he had contracted tuberculosis – most likely from his mother before she died. Dedicated, he started practicing with a six-shooter and a long, wicked knife, honing his skills. However, he arrived only to find that Wyatt had gone to a new silver strike, in a place called Tombstone, Arizona. The Glenwood Springs cemetery sits high upon a steep hill overlooking the valley below. The song paints an unflinching picture of racial violence, and it was an unexpected hit. As everyone else was involved in fighting the fire, she confronted the officer guarding Holliday with a pistol in each hand, disarmed the guard and the two escaped. Initially, Doc worked with another dentist by the name of Dr. John A. Seegar in Dallas. Your email address will not be published. But singing it brought serious consequences. Riding their horses to Silver City, New Mexico, they sold them, rode a stage to Deming, and boarded a train for Colorado. This seems to be the first account of Doc’s love affair with the six-shooter, and the stories of the incident vary. But, her legacy extends way beyond music with one song in particular — "Strange Fruit… The “Kid”, either wishing to make himself a reputation or very unaware of Doc’s gunmanship, wound up in the dusty street with two bullets. Then John Behan, the County Sheriff, appeared pronouncing, ” Ike Clanton and his crew are on Fremont Street talking gun-talk.”  Evidently, Ike Clanton, the two McLaurys, Billy Clanton and Billy Claiborne were meeting in a vacant lot planning to bushwhack Doc Holliday, who passed that way every morning. “I heard you’re going to kill me, Ike,” he said. The cowboys rushed the town, galloping down Front Street with guns blazing, blowing out shop windows. Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian and singer.. She began her career as part of a nightclub act before working in Broadway plays and musicals. Doc consulted a number of physicians, who told him he had only a short time to live and was encouraged to move to a dryer climate to extend his life. Several members of the town’s Citizens’ Committee offered their assistance to the Earp brothers, but thanking them, Wyatt said it was his and his brothers’ responsibility as law officers. Desperately, wounded and dying, Billy Clanton fired blindly into the gun smoke encircling him, striking Virgil’s leg. They met the McLaury brothers and Ike Clanton on Allen Street. Consequently, the two split up, as they were destined to do many times during the remainder of Doc’s life. While dealing cards at John Shanssey’s Saloon, Doc met Mary Catherine Elder Haroney, who went by many names but was most often known as“Big Nose” Kate. On January 17, 1882, a supposedly famous confrontation took place between Wyatt, Doc and John Ringo. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. In return, Kate promised to give up the life of prostitution and stop hanging about the saloons. Feeding her yet even more whiskey, the sheriff persuaded her to sign an affidavit that Doc had been one of the masked highwaymen and had killed the stage driver. Setting fire to an old shed, it began to burn rapidly, threatening to engulf the entire town. The frightened Cruz named all the men who had murdered Morgan, himself included. Leadville, Colorado in 1901 by William Henry Jackson. Many writers would say that John Ringo challenged the Earp brothers and Holliday. After this latest confrontation, the outlaws retreated in a group around the corner off Allen Street. She is the 2020 winner of … Earp sought vengeance on the men who shot Virgil and killed Morgan and killing Stilwell was just his first step, and Doc Holliday rode beside him all the way. Later, Kate and Doc, in their constant love-hate relationship, had another of their frequent, violent quarrels. He was a dentist whom necessity had made a gambler; a gentleman whom disease had made a vagabond; a philosopher whom life had made a caustic wit; a long, lean blonde fellow nearly dead with consumption and at the same time the most skillful gambler and nerviest, speediest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever knew.”   – Wyatt Earp speaking of Doc Holliday. Ike was looking for Holliday but before he could find him, Virgil and Morgan confronted him. But, her legacy extends way beyond music with one song in particular — "Strange Fruit." The eight men in the gang which attacked us were all outlaws, for each of whom a big reward has been offered…If Mallan was alongside Curly Bill when he was killed, he was with one of the worst gangs of murderers and robbers in the country.”, Finally, Doc’s troubles concerning extradition to Arizona ended. Virgil appointed Wyatt as the acting City Marshal and also swore in Morgan as an officer. Doc then headed to Leadville, where he led a quiet and uneventful life until the afternoon of August 19, 1884. Many times when “Big Nose” Kate visited Holliday, they were known to have frequent arguments, most of which were not serious until Kate got drunk. Doc was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, found guilty and fined $20 for assault and battery plus $11.25 court costs. Doc instantly countered, blowing Tom away with blasts from both barrels of his shotgun. Ike, bracing a shotgun, exchanged words with the two but when Clanton raised his rifle Virgil subdued him, impounded his rifle, and dragged him before Justice of the Peace Wallace, who fined Ike $27.50 for carrying firearms in the city. Wyatt was skeptical about talking to Holliday, as it was well known that Doc hated lawmen. However, he was still arrested and incarcerated in a local hotel room, there being no jail in the town. “Get out your gun and commence.” Virgil, a U.S. Deputy Marshall, Wyatt, an appointed an acting city marshal by Virgil, and Morgan also a sworn officer, were present during this confrontation. Though Wyatt apologized, McLaury insulted him and, in return, Wyatt brought his gun down on McLaury’s head. Holliday would have shot him again, but the bartender rushed up from behind and clamped down on his gun hand. But the Leadville police kept a strict watch out for concealed weapons and no violence came to pass. Marshals, local lawmen, and simple citizens anxious to collect the bounty. Making stops along the way in Pueblo, Leadville, Georgetown and Central City, he left three more dead bodies in his wake. While several shots were fired, neither man was struck and both men were arrested, which was reported in the Dallas Weekly Herald. In 1870 he enrolled in the college in Philadelphia and on March 1, 1872, he was conferred the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, along with 26 other graduates. Harry J. Anslinger, commissioner of the Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics, poses for a photo on September 24, 1930. Knowing that his actions were in self-defense, Doc did not run. Though boasting violence throughout the day, Clanton was unarmed and finally, Virgil drew Holliday away. Many years later, a housing development was built at the base of the hill and though a marker sits in the cemetery, his actual remains are probably buried in someone’s back yard. On November 8, 1887, he awoke clear-eyed and asked for a glass of whiskey. While the dance hall girl and prostitute was attractive, she did have a prominent nose. Big Nose Kate. Relatively unknown for a while, that changed when he got involved in an argument with Bud Ryan, a well-known gambling tough. Doc Holliday was a gambler, vagabond, gentleman, and gunfighter. Doc had been in the back room his card game interrupted by the havoc out front. “Fight or get out like Claiborne!” Wyatt yelled and watched Ike desert his brother, Billy, as he ran towards the door of the photography shop. On one occasion, there were African American men swimming in his favorite swimming hole and the outraged Doc started shooting over their heads. John R. “Bob” Luciew, 83, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., passed away on Oct. 30, 2020. The list below consists of 135 Undergraduate Clubs, therefore, for your convenience it is suggested to use the (command+F/ctrl+F) feature on your device to search for specific keywords. Just two days later, the Earp party encountered Frank Stilwell and Ike Clanton at the Tucson Railroad Station and Wyatt chased Stilwell down the track, filling him full of holes. Your email address will not be published. Virgil, as Chief Marshal, agreed to go down there to break them up but contended that Behan should accompany him. Shortly after his arrival in Denver,  Doc was arrested by a man named Perry Mallan. Holliday faced a long legal process, his popularity notwithstanding, but on March 28, 1885, a jury found him not guilty of the shooting or attempted murder. Doc Holliday’s father, Henry B. Holliday was a trained pharmacist who served in several wars, including the Cherokee Indian War, the Mexican-American War, and as a Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Knowing that the mob would quickly overtake the local lawmen, “Big Nose” Kate devised a plan to free Doc from his confines. By the winter of 1885, Holliday fearing a bout of pneumonia in the city in the clouds migrated to Denver. In 1857, Major Holliday inherited a piece of land in Valdosta, Georgia and moved Alice, John, and Francisco to Lowndes County where John Henry attended grade school at the Valdosta Institute, studying Greek, Latin, and French. Shortly afterward, Kate was running a boarding house in Globe, Arizona, some 175 miles away from Tombstone. The Earps, in anticipation of trouble, woke early. Doc Holliday’s graduation from dental school photo, 1872. Though Bat Masterson, Warren Earp and some newspaper friends attempting to create an alibi, claimed that Doc had never left Colorado, the truth was Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday had returned to Arizona. The shooting started when Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury cocked their pistols. On May 30, 1882, the Rocky Mountain News printed: “Doc Holliday’s case was finally disposed of by Governor Pitkin yesterday, his Excellency deciding that he could not honor the requisition from Arizona. After having been issued an acting commission as U.S. Deputy Marshal to pursue the outlaw out of state, he followed Rudabaugh’s trail for 400 miles. The thin and weakened doctor knew that a career as a gambler was a dangerous profession, requiring that he have the means to protect himself. Virgil Earp took a shot to the leg and Morgan suffered a shoulder wound. Earp and his men filled Cruz with bullet holes. However, on July 14, 1882, when Doc Holliday was allegedly still in Colorado, John Yoast, a teamster in Arizona Territory, discovered a body intertwined among the branches of an oak tree east of the Dragoon Mountains. A fight ensued and Doc nearly cut Ryan’s head off with his lethal knife. For example, if you are interested in a dance club, search the word "dance." Wyatt visited the largest saloon in town, Shanssey’s asking about Rudabaugh. On March 15, 1881, four masked men attempted a hold up on a stagecoach near Contention and in the attempt, killed the stage driver and a passenger. In late August 1879, Doc got into an argument with a local gunman, named Mike Gordon. One night, while Doc was dealing Faro in the Long Branch Saloon a number of Texas cowboys arrived with a herd of cattle. “Hold on, I don’t want that!” cried Virgil. Bailey was unimpressed with Doc’s reputation and in an attempt to irritate him; he kept picking up the discards and looking at them. He was moody, a heavy drinker, and with no fear of death, perhaps was more prone to the life he ended up living. In May 1882, Wyatt and Doc left Tombstone, swearing they would never return, but still vowing vengeance on Ringo, Clanton, Spence, and Swilling if they could ever find them. His adopted Mexican brother was also diagnosed with the disease and later died from it, so he may have contracted it from him as well. Looking at the discards was strictly prohibited by the rules of Western Poker, a violation that could force the player to forfeit the pot. The Cowboys, as they were referred to, were often heard telling bar room stories of how they were going to send Wyatt Earp to Boot Hill. Doc Holliday had come West years before, knowing his days were numbered. After serving in the Mexican War, he returned to his home in Griffin, Georgia with an orphaned Mexican boy named Francisco Hidalgo. As they made their way to the O.K. Bully or no, a vigilante group formed to seek revenge on Holliday. She told Doc that she was going back to the bright lights and excitement of the dance halls and gambling dens. A Coroner’s Jury named Wyatt and Warren Earp, Doc Holliday, “Texas Jack Vermillion”, and Sherman McMasters as the men who had killed Stilwell and warrants were issued for their arrest. Tom McLaury at the ‘OK Corral’ shootout. Owner John Shanssey said that Rudabaugh had been there earlier in the week, but didn’t know where he was bound. There is no doubt he shot a few and cut a few but his targets managed to survive. Though he did not improve in Denver, he was able to see his old friend, Wyatt Earp in the late winter of 1886, where they met in the lobby of the Windsor Hotel. Allen turned, intending to flee but tripped over the threshold, and pitching forward landed on his hands and knees. This time, Doc raked in the pot without showing his hand, nor saying a word. When the Earps had arrived in Tombstone, the outlaw Clanton Gang had been running roughshod over the territory and immediately resented the Earps arrival. Where the two forces finally met was actually 90 yards down an alley from the O.K. She said she worked the business because she liked it, belonging to no man, nor to any house! The two took the argument to the street where Doc politely invited Gordon to start shooting whenever he felt like it. The individual state tabs below contain names of candidates who are running for U.S. Congress in 2020. John Holliday Bobbitt (born October 15, 1937), known professionally as Johnny Holliday, is an American radio and TV sportscaster and a former Top 40 radio disc jockey.He has maintained a long association with the University of Maryland football and basketball teams and from 2007 to 2018 hosted a pre- and post-game television program for the Washington Nationals baseball team. Mary Catherine Elder Haroney, a.k.a. Public resentment forced Doc to run again, first to Wyoming, then New Mexico, and finally back to Texas, where at Fort Griffin, he would meet both Wyatt Earp and “Big Nose” Kate. Join us as we go in search of the real "Doc" Holliday. In this documentary, we trace Holliday's roots from his life during the Civil War and Reconstruction Georgia, to dental school in Philadelphia, and onwards to the Wild West. A gunfight ensued where Curly Bill was killed and Johnny Barnes received a wound from which he eventually died. What happened next was a blur, occurring in about 30 seconds. Holliday was a welcome addition to the Earp’s fight with the “Cowboy” faction. He always figured he would be killed with his boots on. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with former Commissioner of Narcotics, Harry J. Anslinger, upon presenting him with an outstanding record citation. On May 22, 1882, while Doc was in jail, the Denver Republican printed the following: “Holliday has a big reputation as a fighter and has probably put more rustlers and cowboys under the sod than any other one man in the west. Wyatt Earp, traveling from Dodge City, was on the trail of a train robber by the name of Dave Rudabaugh. Wyatt and Tom McLaury, both hearing what had happened, met at the judge’s door at the same time, literally bumping into each other. Wyatt grabbed the reins of the horse, leading it to the streets as McLaury yelled profanities. In 1881, John Henry 'Doc' Holliday rose to infamy at the famous gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Furious, Doc saddled his horse and headed out, winding up in Trinidad, Colorado. Then it was silent and the townspeople ran from their homes and shops, wagons were to convey wounded Morgan and Virgil to their respective homes, and doctors followed. Having become an expert shot, he was involved in three more gunfights in a short amount of time. But, they never did. With all of the tension, there was bound to be a fight. Wyatt Earp – Frontier Lawman of the American West, Doc Holliday’s Tombstone in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. But, for Doc, this was the “last straw” for Kate and giving her some money, he put her on a stage out of town. In just over a year, the Earp “posse” along with Doc Holliday eliminated “Old Man” Clanton, Billy Clanton, Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, Frank Stilwell, Indian Charlie, Dixie Gray, Florentino Cruz, Johnny Barnes, Jim Crane, Harry Head, Bill Leonard, Joe Hill, Luther King, Charley Snow, Billy Lang, Zwing Hunt, Billy Grounds and Hank Swilling. Wyatt rapped Morrison over the head with his long barrel Colt, then relieving Driskill and Morrison of their arms he ushered them to the Dodge City Jail. Our escape was miraculous. I think we would have been killed if God Almighty wasn’t on our side. 2020-2021 UNDERGRADUATE CLUB LISTING. “Any of you bastards pulls a gun and your leader here loses what’s left of his brains!” The Cowboys dropped their arms. Wyatt responded by sending several rounds into Billy. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons. Some people thought that Perry Mallon was actually a brother to Johnny Tyler, a foe of Holliday and a would-be gunman that Doc ran out of Tombstone. He had been the terror of the lawless element in Arizona, and with the Earps was the only man brave enough to face the bloodthirsty crowd which has made the name of Arizona a stench in the nostrils of decent men.”. Kirk Douglas, original name Issur Danielovitch, also called Izzy Demsky, (born December 9, 1916, Amsterdam, New York, U.S.—died February 5, 2020, Los Angeles, California), American film actor and producer best known for his portrayals of resolute, emotionally charged heroes and antiheroes.. Allen Street in Tombstone, 2007. On March 18, 1882, the cowboy gang struck again while Morgan Earp was playing pool at Campbell and Hatch’s Saloon. The rustlers tightened and Morgan and Doc simultaneously braced for action. Doc related his thoughts as to that: “…eight rustlers rose up from behind the bank and poured from thirty-five to forty shots at us. Required fields are marked *. However, the Cowboys were surprised when the Earps showed up and Doc was with them. Fleeing Dallas, with a posse right behind him, Holliday headed to Jacksboro, Texas, a wild and lawless cowtown near an army post. Later that morning, the Cowboys met at Spangenberg’s, a gunsmith shop. If you would like to read more on the topic, here's a list: We love to hear from our listeners! When Doc arrived in Tombstone, not only did he find Wyatt, but all of the Earp brothers including Morgan from Montana, James who traveled with Wyatt from Dodge City, and Virgil from Prescott, where he had just been made a Deputy U.S. Shortly after he arrived, he was goaded into a fight by a young gambler, known as “Kid Colton”. But Clanton followed, promising “to kill you tomorrow when the others come to town.”, Spotting Wyatt on the streets, the fired-up Clanton continued. Corral. Gordon obviously accepted this invitation and wound up dead with three shots in his belly. Mallan told the paper that he was standing alongside when Curly Bill Brocius was killed. As a realist, Doc was not one to believe in miraculous cures, but hoping that the Yampah hot springs and sulfur vapors might improve his health, he headed for Glenwood Springs, Colorado in May 1887.
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