October 26, 1881 Doc Holliday remains out on Fremont Street as Virgil and Wyatt Earp enter the lot between Fly’s boarding house and the Harwood House. Holding Holliday’s cane in his right hand, Virgil Earp surveys the scene. Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury wear six-shooters at their sides. Seeing Tom McLaury resting a hand on a rifle housed in a scabbard on Billy Clanton’s horse, Doc Holliday steps up, throws back his overcoat and levels his shotgun. The city marshal speaks. “Throw

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