H.F. Sills was the mystery man of the O.K. Corral hearing. Sills was visiting Tombstone at the time of the shootout and had no connections to either side.
Sills was at the empty lot prior to and during the fight. His testimony confirmed that the Cow-boys had threatened the lawmen just before the confrontation—and that everything that Virgil and Wy

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows