The group soon congregated near the O.K. : Virgil Earp went to find Judge Wallace so the court hearing could be held.."[14], Clanton reported in his testimony afterward that Wyatt Earp cursed him. Now heres where it gets tricky. [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. They quickly discovered a shallow grave under a large tree that they believe contains the remains of Ike Clanton. One talented actor that was supposed to have a huge role in Tombstone was Robert Mitchum, who is best known for his role in thriller Cape Fear. 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. [4], At about dawn on October 26, the card game broke up and Behan and Virgil Earp went home to bed. Houses, shanties and jacals are going up rapidly, and several families are now on the ground, the Weekly Republican reported. What is that now? I'm in my prime. Clearing his cousin's name is a mission for Terry "Ike" Clanton, an actor who lives in California.Earp and Clanton have appeared nationwide to discuss the history leading up to that 30 . I just got one question; how're you planning on gettin' back down there? After he was passed over by Johnny Behan for the position of undersheriff, Earp thought he might beat him in the next Cochise County election. Clanton said he feared that Wyatt wanted to kill him because he knew of Wyatt's role. [1] The Earps were also in that camp, and though they too were in town to improve their financial lots, they didnt wanna do it on the cowboys terms. | 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. Earp later said that on June 2, 1881 he offered the Wells, Fargo & Co. reward money and more to Clanton if he would provide information leading to the capture or death of the stage robbers. In the film, Clanton is portrayed as being second-in-command of the Clanton Gang. : They also hired Jonas "Jake" V. Brighton as a secret service officer. Can you sense a theme yet? [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. Joseph Isaac Clanton was born in Missouri in 1847, to Mariah Kelso and Newman Old Man Clanton, who we can only assume looked like an old grizzled cattle baron from birth. Having successfully built a career as a lawman in the Old West, Wyatt Earp arrives in the town of Tombstone to enjoy a much-deserved retirement with his two brothers, Virgil . 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.. Spicer noted that Clanton had claimed the Earps were out to murder him, yet on both occasions that day the Earps had not killed him, and allowed him to escape unchallenged during the fight. : During the course of this rather intense standoff, Ike Clanton, then employed as a day laborer, made the mistake of threatening the life of surveyor Johnny Stow. It wouldnt look good to voters if he was known to collude with cowboys, much the same way current sheriff Johnny Behan had. [26], By 1885, the Clanton gang included Lee Renfro, G.W. Doc Holliday 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. Joseph Isaac. Clanton testified that he picked up the weapons from William Soule, the jailer, a couple of days later. Wyatt Earp Behan stated he immediately went to locate the Cowboys. On October 25, 1881, while Clanton was in Tombstone, drunk and very loud, Holliday accused him of lying about the Benson stagecoach robbery. Corral, Clanton claimed to have raised and purchased about 700 head of cattle during the past year,[4] and the Clanton ranch was one of the most profitable cattle ranches in that part of the country. Johnny Ringo Ike Clanton 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. Tombstone (1993) - Ike Clanton MOV Clips 32.4K subscribers Subscribe 453 Share 58K views 2 years ago Directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by Kevin Jarre. Ike Clanton : Yeah, that's good, Mr. Law Dog, 'cause law just don't go around here. : Tombstone Marshal Fred White A restaurant has been opened by Mr. Ike Clanton.. Heres Whats Accurate (and Not). After the Gunfight at the OK Corral, the Clantons bought land near a ranch owned by their sister Mary. Wyatt Earp concluded that he could not rely on civil justice and decided to take matters into his own hands. Doc Holliday He decided he had to act. Wyatt Earp Savvy? [4], Later in the morning, Clanton picked up his rifle and single-action revolver from the West End Corral, where he had stabled his wagon and team and deposited his weapons after entering town. Tombstone City Marshal Virgil Earp intervened and threatened to arrest both Holliday and Clanton if they did not stop arguing, and Holliday went home. He gave the shotgun to Doc Holliday who hid it under his overcoat. 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. In Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, Stuart Lake paints an even more dramatic scene, though Lakes account is fraught with exaggeration and made-for-books drama. On October 25, he and Doc Holliday got into a heated, drunken argument in the Alhambra saloon. Evidently Mr. Ringo's an educated man. The Arizona Weekly Citizen reported on the early success of his digs, where the fam irrigated and planted 120 acres with wheat, corn, barley and all kinds of vegetables, with hundreds of acres awaiting future crops. Brighton was a constable in Springerville and a range detective. Ike sprinted to safety through Flys boarding house, leaving his younger brother and two friends to be shot to pieces, wrote Wm. Around three in the afternoon, Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan and Doc Holliday began their walk down to the lot, past Johnny Behan, who falsely claimed to have already disarmed the cowboys. Corral . According to Earp, the plan was foiled when the three suspects, Leonard, Head and Crane, were killed in unrelated incidents. Tombstone (GC2J5F3) was created by manymutts on 11/12/2010. Good. : When the dust settled on the most infamous gunfight in the West, three men lay dying in the streets of Tombstone, including 19-year-old Billy Clanton. Corral' (1957), while Robert Ryan portrayed him as a highly sophisticated personality in 'Hour of the Gun' (1987). 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. His father worked at times as a day laborer, a gold miner, a farmer, and by the late 1870s, a cattleman in Arizona Territory. And had Ike not been buffaloed earlier in the day, he wouldve likely been armed and ready. Clanton was played by actor Jeff Fahey in the Kevin Costner-led film "Wyatt Earp" (1994). 1993's Tombstone is definitively the best western movie ever made. They learned immediately after of their brothers' beatings by the Earps within the previous two hours. McCann did the same and the two met on the street in front of the Wells Fargo office. And those are the threats Ike allegedly made the night of the 25th, and into the next morning. When it was launched in 1993, Lang was still virtually unknown in Hollywood, and thus, played a small role in the film in the character of Ike Clanton. 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. After disarming Billy Clanton, Wyatt says hell throw his guns on the other side of the bridge, prompting a threat that wouldnt seem out of place from the Clantons. (written by) Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by Bruce Broughton Cinematography by William A. Fraker . [27], Ellinger's older brother William Ellinger was one of the biggest cattlemen in the West with ranches in several states and territories. And you must be Doc Holliday. Not after what you done. 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. [21]:89 From Spangenberg's, the Cowboys moved to the O.K. According to Wyatt's testimony later, 18-year-old Billy Clanton asked him insolently if he had any more horses to "lose," but he gave the horse up without first being shown the ownership papers, demonstrating to Wyatt that Billy Clanton knew to whom the horse belonged. William learned that his brother had lived four days, long enough to call the shooting coldblooded murder. William and Isaac were members of the Apache County Stock Association and William had a lot of political clout. Yeah, you look it. [5]:193 However, the Clantons never registered a brand in either Cochise County or Pima County which was required to legally raise cattle. Not me. Ike was unarmed as he should have been, due to Tombstones in-town firearm policy so he technically wasnt doing anything illegal. [18] The three main Tombstone corrals were all west of 4th street, a block or two from where Wyatt saw the Cowboys buying cartridges. Milt Joyce (owner Not in any language. [4], Clanton backed up Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan's testimony that Holliday and Morgan Earp had fired the first two shots and that the next several shots also came from the Earp party. Most of em, especially those from Texas, didnt care for Mexicans the MexicanAmerican War was still pretty close in their rearview and it was easy to adopt a dont ask, dont tell kinda policy that made for cheaper beef in town. Tombstone (1993) - Stephen Lang as Ike Clanton - IMDb Tombstone (1993) Stephen Lang: Ike Clanton Showing all 9 items Jump to: Photos (3) Quotes (6) Photos Quotes Curly Bill : [takes a bill with Wyatt's signature from a customer and throws it on the faro table] Wyatt Earp, huh? | Accounts of the gunfight vary, but its believed Wyatt and Billy Clanton shot first and at the same time; the Earps later claimed they heard several guns being cocked right before the fight started. You don't even know him. If you were to ask Tombstone locals at the time, many didnt consider rustling cattle from south of the border all that much of a problem. 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. Corral: Did Tom McLaury Have a Gun", Dastardly attempt to Assassinate Frank Reed, Editor of Apache County Critic, "Detailed Statements of the Killing of Ike Clanton", "Fahey, Williams, others join 'Earp' cast", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ike_Clanton&oldid=1142766549, This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 07:23. But business took precedence, and some of the riffraff actually contributed to commerce in their own unruly way.. Tell all the other curs the law's comin'! Now I really hate him. : Clanton testified that Earp had threatened to kill his confederates because he feared they would reveal his part in the robbery. : Wyatt Earp A reporter who corresponded with Brighton in late June 1887 relayed Brighton's story about the arrest and shooting: The next morning, while they were at breakfast, Ike Clanton came riding up to the front door. If fight was his racket, its fitting that more than 100 years later, a fight however small or one-sided still endures to determine Ike Clantons rightful reputation in American West history. His brother Ike? [27], In late June 1996 a Clanton family descendant, Terry "Ike" Clanton, along with former Citadel professor and grave expert James A. Browning, searched the area near Eagle Creek in what is now Greenlee County, Arizona, where Ike was reportedly buried. Frank Stillwell Joseph Isaac (Ike) Clanton (1847 - June 1, 1887) was born in Callaway County, Missouri. Clanton turned his horse to run and drew his rifle from his scabbard. October 26, 1881. Release Dates Later that month, the cowboys took frontier justice into their own hands with the attempted assassination of Virgil Earp on December 28, 1881. Which is where Ike and his crew got into trouble with the Earps and Doc Holliday or the other way around, depending on who you asked. Clanton's notoriety is based largely on his conflict with Wyatt Earp and Wyatt's friend Doc Holliday. who played ike clanton in tombstonefastest supra tune code. Corral. B. Shillingberg in Tombstone, A.T. So much for his earlier boast of needing only four feet of ground because fight was his racket.. After the papers came he gave the horse up without any service of papers and asked me if I had any more horses to lose, Wyatt later claimed. He testified that the Clantons and Frank McLaury raised their hands after Virgil's command, and Tom thrust open his vest to show he was unarmed. The family bounced around looking for opportunities, and when Ike was a teenager, his father and brother, John Wesley, joined the Confederate cause. Eventus stultorum magister. Clanton was later accused, along with his brother, Phin Clanton, and friend Pony Diehl, of attempting to kill Virgil Earp on December 30, 1881, a shooting which left Virgil with a crippled left arm. [Ringo is trying to get McMasters to rejoin the Cowboys] Despite Wyatt Earp's reputation, Virgil was the Earp brother with a badge in Tombstone. Sherman McMasters Unsurprisingly, the poll results for the precinct were largely in favor of Shibell, who was aligned with ranchers of the area. Infamous Arizona cattle rustler and cause of the Gunfight at the O.K. After the confrontation with Clanton, Wyatt Earp took Holliday back to his boarding house at Camillus Sidney "Buck" Fly's Lodging House to sleep off his drinking, then went home and to bed. That summer, rustlers had stolen Army mules that ended up on the ranch of Frank and Tom McLaury, and Wyatt had a horse stolen and later found on the Clanton ranch. This is why the cowboys couldnt have nice things. [4] Under cross-examination, Clanton told a story of the lead-up to the gunfight that did not make sense. Ike was the only cowboy to survive, and he was nowhere near the scene when it ended. "Tombstone, Arizona - Historical Accounts", "Testimony of Ike Clanton in the Preliminary Hearing in the Earp-Holliday Case", "Testimony of E. F. Boyle in the Preliminary Hearing in the Earp-Holliday Case", "Testimony of Martha King in the Preliminary Hearing in the Earp-Holliday Case", "Testimony of Wyatt S. Earp in the Preliminary Hearing in the Earp-Holliday Case", "Testimony of Virgil Earp in the Preliminary Hearing in the Earp Case", "WGBH American Experience: Wyatt Earp, Complete Program Transcript", "Outlaw Newman Haynes Clanton or Old Man Clanton", "Decision of Judge Wells Spicer after the Preliminary Hearing in the Earp-Holliday Case", "Gunfight at the O.K. He said that Doc Holliday, Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, and Morgan Earp had all confided in him that they had actually been involved in the stage robbery. A long string of events led to the gunfight at the O.K. [citation needed] Stephen Lang played Clanton in the movie Tombstone (1993), which draws heavily on the Billy Breakenridge book Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mesquite. What do you think, darling? 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. The Clantons sojourn in California didnt last much longer, and by 1873 they were camped out on the Gila River in Arizona, in the dry desert region they passed through nearly a decade before. Corral. : : Bard gave the young hothead a quick lesson on the facts of frontier life, warning him rather forcefully not to repeat his mistake.. Corral And How It Changed the American West, Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell, Ride the Devils Herd: Wyatt Earps Epic Battle Against the Wests Biggest Outlaw Gang, And Die in the West: The Story of the O.K. The Earps and the Clantons had political, personal, and legal differences and the animosity between them grew throughout 1881. Buck Taylor Turkey Creek Jack Johnson Harry Carey Jr. Tombstone Marshal Fred White Pedro Armendriz Jr. Despite Hollywood. More than a year later, probably sometime in December 1880, Earp was told the horse was being used near Charleston, and Wyatt and Holliday were forced to ride to the Clanton's ranch near Charleston to await ownership papers in order to legally recover it. 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. During his testimony after the shootout at the O.K. : That's how Joseph Isaac "Ike" Clanton managed to get through at least part of the O.K. [22] He concluded that only way to deal with Morgan's murderers was to kill them.[25]. Isaac Ike Clanton was a member of the Cowboy faction in Tombstone and an enemy of the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday. After the gunfight in Tombstone, during which the McLaury brothers and Billy Clanton were killed, Ike Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday. That's real good. : [terrified, pleading] [36] He was later replaced in the role by Rayford Barnes. By 1885, each had a 160-acre ranch 10 miles east of Springerville near the New Mexico border. In the morning, Ike Clanton armed himself in self defense only to be arrested by Virgil and Morgan Earp for carrying weapons in city limits. Ike Clantons testimony and the diverging stories he included eventually swung the verdict toward the Earp side, and on November 30, Spicer reported that he cannot resist the conclusion that the defendants were fully justified in committing these homicides, according to The Last Gunfight. He was a child actor, starting at age 11 in "It Happened at the World's Fair." Was also in Disney roles. Editors note: for weeks now Ive petitioned to have the fight renamed the Gunfight on the South Side of Fremont Between C.S. Frank McLaury didnt make it that far, having died in the street after multiple shots from Wyatt, Morgan and Doc. : Even if the Earps had overstepped their legal bounds, Spicer knew a jury wouldnt likely find them guilty of murder. ["The Jew Apella may believe it, not I" meaning: "I don't believe drinking is what I do best."]. Related read: Im Your Huckleberry: The Real Meaning of Doc Hollidays Iconic Line. In November 1879, shortly after arriving in Tombstone, Earp had a horse stolen. Wyatt Earp Tombstone (1993) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Writing Credits ( WGA) Kevin Jarre . Apache warriors had engaged the U.S. Army near Tombstone just three weeks before the O.K. However, when the gunfight broke out, Clanton ran forward and grabbed Wyatt, exclaiming that he was unarmed and did not want a fight. [Ringo steps up to Doc] According to The Last Gunfight, over the course of his drunken bender, Ike made these alleged threats to the Earps and Doc Holliday: The bar scene in Tombstone was no stranger to Ikes drunken threats, but on the morning of October 26, he was spotted armed, drunk and rambling by Ned Boyle, a barkeep at the Oriental. This permitted a traveler to keep his firearms if he was proceeding directly to a livery, hotel or saloon. Wyatt, please, I Wyatt Earp Wyatt spoke of his brothers Virgil and Morgan as the "marshals" while he acted as "deputy.". (written by) Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by Bruce Broughton Cinematography by William A. Fraker . In the strangest moment of the affair, Ike Clanton lurched forward and grabbed one of Wyatt Earps arms. [referring to Stilwell, laying dead] 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. Many Southerners held some sympathy for the displaced Texas cowboys; Northerners tended to see them as unholy scum terrorizing their towns. "[12]:6668:164 Clanton ran through the front door of Fly's boarding house and escaped, unwounded. Several members of the citizen's vigilance committee offered to support him with arms, but Virgil said no. I told him I would keep them in the stable after this and give him no chance to steal them.. With the deal dissolved, Ike Clanton faced a new problem: if word got out that he colluded with Wyatt Earp to turn in other outlaws, however that deal ended, his reputation and his life was in danger. The film is loosely based on real events . Reply . It's a Micro size geocache, with difficulty of 1.5, terrain of 1.5. And if the Earps were armed, he couldve thought it was a fools errand to stay in the fight if he wasnt heeled.. However the night played out, Ikes threats stand out as a turning point. [3], The Clanton Ranch grew into a successful enterprise. : ["Events are the teachers of fools" meaning: "Fools have to learn by experience"]. Curly Bill But some things dont change, and in the following years the Clantons faced multiple charges, from stealing cattle to outright robbery. Take a good look at him, Ike 'cause that's how you're gonna end up! Johnny Ringo Later in the afternoon, Ike met up with his brother Billy, Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne, an outlaw and friend of the cowboys. Filming & Production Corral. [citation needed] From 1959 to 1960, the actor John Milford portrayed Clanton in eight episodes of the ABC/Desilu television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. We don't want any trouble in here. Ike would later claim the whole gunfight was a setup to kill Ike, which judge Wells Spicer disproved since the Earps didnt actually kill him when they had several opportunities to do so. Yes, but there's just something about him. : Ike and Phin helped Renfro escape, and by the end of year, range detective Jonas V. Brighton was hired by local ranchers to help rid the territory of Renfro and his accomplices for good. The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. When not reading or writing about history, he enjoys traveling and exploring the outdoors at Territory Supply. Yeah, well I hope you die. These and other inconsistencies in Clanton's testimony lacked credibility. Mr. Wilson, at whose ranch the shooting occurred, notified the nearest neighbors and four men came over and identified the deceased and assisted in giving him as decent a burial as circumstances would admit. Doc Holliday, the cold-blooded sharp-shooter, reunites with his old friend, Marshall Wyatt Earp, to take down the Clanton gang in the dusty town of Tombstone, in Arizona. Doc Holliday Ballot-stuffing was about as cool back then as it is now, so Paul sued for election fraud and eventually won the office, which he took over in April 1881. [4] Not having rented a room, McLaury and Clanton had no place to go. After the meal, Ike, Renfro, and Ellinger went into a cabin on the Clanton ranch when for unknown reasons Renfro shot and killed Ellinger. As Wyatt recounted in the San Francisco Examiner in 1896: The moment the first shots were fired and Philpott fell, the horses plunged ahead so viciously that nothing could have stopped them. By 1878 Ike was running a small "lunch counter" at the Tombstone Mill site (now Millville on the San Pedro Rivernot in modern Tombstone). Billy and Frank stopped first at the Grand Hotel on Allen Street, and were greeted by Doc Holliday. Tombstone (1993) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Writing Credits ( WGA) Kevin Jarre . Michael Witney played Clanton in Doc (1971). That's Virgil there with the women. Look, darling, Johnny Ringo. ["In wine is truth" meaning: "When I'm drinking, I speak my mind"]. At the gunfight, he was unarmed. In other words: not the kind of person you want to argue land rights with. Trivia 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. Old Man Clanton and five other men were killed in the ambush. Clanton was played by Victor Jory in Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die (1942). By September 1874, Old Man Clanton had a nice thing going on the Gila. Corral. Related read: The Invisibly Adventurous Life of Josephine Marcus Earp. To this protest Wyatt said he responded, "Go to fighting or get away!".
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