Johnny Barnes was one of the Cow-boys in the Tombstone trouble times, and he reportedly shot and wounded Virgil Earp in late 1881. He was with them at Iron Springs in March 1882 when Curly Bill Brocius was killed by Wyatt Earp. Barnes was also shot there, and in the movie Tombstone (where he’s portrayed by John Corbett), the outlaw dies on the

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