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Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who was linked to nine murders: four for which he was solely responsible, and five in which he may have played a role alongside others.
The O.K. Corral hearing and aftermath was the direct result of the 30-second Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, on October 26, 1881. During that confrontation, Deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone Town Marshal Virgil Earp, Assistant Town Marshal Morgan Earp, and temporary deputy marshals Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday shot and killed Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury.
Wyatt Earp was the last surviving Earp brother and the last surviving participant of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral when he died at home in the Earps' small rented bungalow at 4004 W 17th Street, [144] in Los Angeles, of chronic cystitis on January 13, 1929, at the age of 80.
On Oct. 26, 1881, the Earp brothers Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan, plus Doc Holliday squared off against Ike and Billy Clanton, Billy Claiborne, and Tom and Frank McLaury in Tombstone, Arizona.
Wyatt Earp first meets Doc Holliday while Wyatt is hunting Rudabaugh, in the movie Wyatt Earp. Dave Rudabaugh was played by Christian Slater in the 1990 film Young Guns II . In the film the character is known as "Arkansas Dave" though the historical Rudabaugh never used this name.
Hooker hired Billy the Kid before he became famous during the Lincoln County War. Hooker, like many ranchers and businessmen, supported the lawmen Virgil and Wyatt Earp. On March 27, 1882, after the Earp Vendetta Ride, Hooker hosted the Earps and their companions on their way out of the Arizona Territory. [8]
In Dodge City, Wyatt Earp patrols the streets. He averages around 300 arrests a month, but he becomes outraged when actress Dora Hand's killer walks free after local officials are paid off by the killer's father. Elsewhere, Billy the Kid forms the vigilante Regulators to avenge John Tunstall's murder. Sheriff Brady is their first target; five ...
A street gangster nicknamed Billy the Kid died in a hail of bullets during a revenge ride-out which ended in “crushing defeat”, a court has heard. Billy McCullagh, 27, suffered two shots in ...