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              T TORY OP ARIZONA
COUNTY OP COCHISE
Mrs. 14;. J. King being duly sworn deposes and says that her
name is Martha J. King and that she resides 1n the Ci~ ot Tombstone
County ot Cochise A.T. and that her occupation 18 house Keeping -
Statement -
I was coming from my: home to Baurs meat market to get some
meat tor dinner I saw qu1te a number ot men standing 1n a group
together on tbe, Sidewalk by the door ot the market and I passed on
into the shop a.nd to get wbat I went tor and the parties 1n the
shop where exciteded and did not seem to want to wait upon me
I I inquired what was the matter and th~y said there was about to
be a fuss between the Earp boys and the cow boys. I was standing
back at the time . they said. this but after they said it I stepped
to the door of the market and I heard some talking but did not
understand at first what they said - then this p,arty seemed to
seperate and this man who was standing with the horse he was ln
the act of leadlng his horse when he turned to the other man who was
talklng to him and looked up at the man and said 11" you wlsh to f1nd
us you will find us Just below here. That is all I saw at that
time the tall man who was talking to the man with the horse
walked up towards the P.O. and the man with the horse went down
street then I stepped ba.ck into the shop agaln the butcher was 1n
the act of cutting the meat when s ome one at the door said there
they come - and I stepped to the door and looked up the side walk
j and I saw 4 men coming down the side walk . I only knew one of the
party and that was Mr. Holl1day and there was 3 other gentleman
who some one told me were the Earps - Mr. Holliday was next to the
buildings on the inside he had a gun under ,his coat he had on a long
coat - the way .t noticed the gun was that his coat would blow open
and he tried to keep it covered - I stood in the door until these
gentleman passed and until they got to the second door and what
frightened me and made me run back I heard this man on outside
looked at Holliday and I heard him say let them have 1t and Doc

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TITLE	King transcript in PDF format
CREATOR	Clerk of the Superior Court of Cochise County
SUBJECT	Cochise County (Ariz.); Cochise County (Ariz.) History; Cochise County (Ariz.). Superior Court; Tombstone (Ariz.); Tombstone region, Ariz.--History; Gunfights; Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929
Browse Topic	Crime and violence Government and politics
DESCRIPTION	Testimony of Mrs. M.J. King - circa 1960's court clerk typed transcript. Martha J. King, housekeeper, was in Bauer’s Meat Market, and recounts her version of the shooting. She mentions: Earp boys and cowboys, horses, Mr. Holliday, long coat, and gun under coat.
TYPE	Text
Material Collection	Coroner's Inquest of the Gunfight at the OK Corral / RG 101 Cochise County
Material Subcollection	SG 8 Clerk of the Superior Court
Acquisition Note	Found in Cochise County Courthouse. Transferred to Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, History and Archives Division, in April 2010.
RIGHTS MANAGEMENT	Original documents in custody of Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. No commercial, for profit, use or any use on the Internet without express prior written consent of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, History and Archives Division. Page number in parentheses represents the original order as this document appears in Inquest.
DATE ORIGINAL	1960's
Time Period	1960s (1960-1969)
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Typewritten court testimonial
DIGITAL IDENTIFIER	King transcript in PDF format v2.pdf
Date Digital	2010-06
DIGITAL FORMAT	PDF (Portable Document Format)
REPOSITORY	Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. History and Archives Division.
Full Text	T TORY OP ARIZONA COUNTY OP COCHISE Mrs. 14 ;. J. King being duly sworn deposes and says that her name is Martha J. King and that she resides 1n the Ci~ ot Tombstone County ot Cochise A.T. and that her occupation 18 house Keeping - Statement - I was coming from my: home to Baurs meat market to get some meat tor dinner I saw qu1te a number ot men standing 1n a group together on tbe, Sidewalk by the door ot the market and I passed on into the shop a.nd to get wbat I went tor and the parties 1n the shop where exciteded and did not seem to want to wait upon me I I inquired what was the matter and th~y said there was about to be a fuss between the Earp boys and the cow boys. I was standing back at the time. they said. this but after they said it I stepped to the door of the market and I heard some talking but did not understand at first what they said - then this p,arty seemed to seperate and this man who was standing with the horse he was ln the act of leadlng his horse when he turned to the other man who was talklng to him and looked up at the man and said 11" you wlsh to f1nd us you will find us Just below here. That is all I saw at that time the tall man who was talking to the man with the horse walked up towards the P.O. and the man with the horse went down street then I stepped ba.ck into the shop agaln the butcher was 1n the act of cutting the meat when s ome one at the door said there they come - and I stepped to the door and looked up the side walk j and I saw 4 men coming down the side walk. I only knew one of the party and that was Mr. Holl1day and there was 3 other gentleman who some one told me were the Earps - Mr. Holliday was next to the buildings on the inside he had a gun under ,his coat he had on a long coat - the way.t noticed the gun was that his coat would blow open and he tried to keep it covered - I stood in the door until these gentleman passed and until they got to the second door and what frightened me and made me run back I heard this man on outside looked at Holliday and I heard him say let them have 1t and Doc
SORT ORDER	100001001

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