SinisterCrimes

Victim

Tom McLaury

Born
30 June 1853
Died
26 October 1881, aged about 28
Record
Wikidata Q3992503 · Wikipedia

Victim in The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Rancher, aged 28; killed by Holliday's shotgun. Whether he was armed was the central question of the hearing.

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. Virgil Earp pistol-whips and arrests an armed Ike Clanton; Wyatt Earp strikes Tom McLaury in the street.

  2. In the afternoon gunfight beside Fly's studio, Billy Clanton and Tom and Frank McLaury are killed.