SinisterCrimes

Accused

Doc Holliday

Born
14 August 1851
Died
8 November 1887, aged about 36
Record
Wikidata Q44987 · Wikipedia

Accused in The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Dentist and gambler deputized by Virgil; carried the shotgun that killed Tom McLaury.

1881 · Tombstone, Arizona Territory · Acquitted

About thirty shots in thirty seconds on Fremont Street, Tombstone, in 1881: three Cowboys dead, the Earps charged with murder, and a month-long hearing. Read the case.

Dated events

  1. A coroner's jury finds the three died of wounds inflicted by the Earps and Holliday without ruling on blame.

  2. Spicer revokes bail; Wyatt Earp and Holliday spend sixteen days in jail.

  3. A Cochise County grand jury refuses to indict the Earps and Holliday.