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Doc Holliday Conflicts

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After the Deputy Marshal for the town is killed by Curly Bill, one of the cowboys, Wyatt escorts Bill to a hearing, where he is let go on account of there being no witness’ to the murder. Virgil at this point in the film begins to develop a conciseness and volunteers to be the new Deputy Marshal. Morgan shortly joins up with him, while Wyatt still refuses to get involved. Ike Clanton and Doc Holliday (among others) are gambling, after Holliday wins, Ike accuses Holliday of cheating. The viewer is lead to believe that Holliday had not cheated. Ike is arrested by Virgil and thrown in jail to sober up. The morning after, Ike is escorted out of jail and Tom McLaury threatens Wyatt. Wyatt grabs McLaury’s pistol and knocks him over with …show more content…

In fact, evidence suggests that his interactions and associations could be the reason that led to the shooting at the O.K. Corral [2]. Essentially, Doc Holliday was friends with a William Leonard, who was later implicated in an attempted stagecoach robbery, that resulted in the death of two of three passengers. Prior to this event, Holliday had had a number of run ins with an individual by the name of Milt Joyce. A number of times Holliday was arrested and taken to court for assault. These charges were often dropped after Holliday paid court fees and the fines associated. Because of these confrontations and Holliday’s relationship with Leonard, Holliday was accused of being a part of the gang (who mostly consisted of members of the Cowboy gang) who attempted to rob the stagecoach. To clear Holliday’s name, the Earps (Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan) formed a posse that hunted down the other members of the gang. To find some of the men that could clear Holliday’s name, Wyatt made a deal with Ike Clanton (a known Cowboy member), Wyatt would give Ike the reward money for the outlaws, if Ike would give information regarding their whereabouts[2]. Ike Clanton, on the other hand, denied such a deal occurring. He said that Wyatt approached him, but he [Ike] would have nothing to do with the deal [1]. When the outlaws were found, they (allegedly) resisted arrest and the outlaws in the party who could clear Holliday’s name were killed. Ike grew restless and fearing that the Cowboys would hear about his deal with Wyatt [2]. Ike accused Wyatt of sharing their plan with Holliday. Ike confronted Wyatt and later Holliday. Virgil broke up the confrontation between Holliday and Ike, and while Holliday went to his hotel for the night, Ike continued to drink through to sunset. At this point Ike was looking to instigate a fight with Holliday and Wyatt. Wyatt and Virgil stopped Ike as he was walking down the

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