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Rascals of Tombstone: Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne

by | Jun 18, 2019 | True West Blog

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After running away from the gunfight in the vacant lot near the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ike Clanton made a desperate attempt to get the Earp’s and Doc Holliday charged with murder. His twisted, self-righteous testimony, laden with errors tripped him up at the Spicer Hearings pretty much blew the case for the prosecution. His uncorroborated testimony, fallacious as it was, did irreparable damage to tain


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