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Who is H.F. Sills, the mystery witness in the O.K. Corral trial?

by | Feb 20, 2009 | Inside History

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Who is H.F. Sills, the mystery witness in the O.K. Corral trial? Glenn Hebert Albuquerque, New Mexico H.F. Sills said he was a former railroad worker who’d stopped off in Tombstone, Arizona—for no great reason—the night before the gunfight. As the only unbiased witness who heard the Cowboys threaten to kill the Earps and Doc Holliday, he testified to that during the hearing several weeks later. Most experts believe his testimony was crucial in all charges being dropped against the lawmen


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