harness up the team - We then went to the Dexter Correll in corn
with the McLowery brothers to get something my brother had lea&
' ;" there - We went direct from there to the correll where my team was - '
we met the Sheriff there he told us that he would have to arres' us
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town and that I had no arms on - He then searched my waist - he
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Tom opened his coat and showed h i m and said Johnny I have no mrs
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unless the S f f disarmed the Earps - He said that if he would
disarm @* ne would lay his off as he had business to attend to ,
i n town *@%e w&d l i k e to attend to before h e a l e f t - J t a t . - . *- 'k7% . ? :.yqw"pjk? %:;%@"& ;**,. %.$?&& *..*, 7.- - *
that rime I saw DOC Holliday and 3 of the Earps oomfng a*wn t
sidewalk - The She] ' X steppd - orward to meet them ar-, told tl
that he had- these par .es in charge and to stop * he lid nt
want any trouble - they walked right on by the Sheriff - steppet
2 or 3 steps from the crowd and met Wyatt Earp right a t t oc~n$q
of the building - He stuck his six shooter a t me and said t h r ~ ~ ~
your hands.' The Marshall also told the other boys to throw he:
hands up - Frank McLowery and Wm. Clanton threw their l- up
)m McLowery ibpened his coat and said that he had noearns - %7Fg %rx% .- '( 5 . , % *A* . -.. ,:c \ '
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instant Doc Holliday and Morg Earp shot - Morg shot Bilw mantc
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I saw Virg shooting a t the same time - I grabbed Wyatt Earp and
pushed him around the corner of the house and jumped into the
Galery - A s I jumped I saw Wm. Clanton f a l l i n g - .I ran through '
Gal- and got away - Billy Clanton Frank McLowery and myself
threw up our hands a t the order from the Earp -party and Tom MI
threw his coat ope% gnQ -said I have got no arms - Doc ' ~ 0 1--d ay I ne
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into the Occidental sayodn and said I had been'using his name - I
said I had not - I never had any previous trouble with the Earps
they don't like me - We had a transaction I mean myself and the
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$&%?A# >:.& - ..,- ". -- -,. :against the Earp boys that day - not that I know of - They had
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and told him he was pleased to meet him. Frank McLowery and Billy
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ly threabs P made was; is.'f &ve before stated - I might have
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threats against them than they did against me - I did no% 'expec$'
any trbuble from Wyatt Earp but I did from Virg and Morg Earp
oc Holliday - The boys expected no attack u n t i l 6hkike4:.gome
told them just before they were leaving town % I did not,
b& $: z -. : .::-a ny arms on me when the Earp party came down and ordered us to thr ",'.'". , 'J.
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f ~ < : ; ~ ; ~ ; ~ : ~ <3 ~oarb 4o uftt from Billy Clanton when he firing. %.,- c.,~,, ,5L*.iih&,* - they a l l -had there arms i n their hands 'when they
* . I a~passed me a f t e r Behan told the party t o give up t h e i r arms I hid
not consider myself under a r r e s t because I was going out of town - :?.+
l. Behan had t h i s l a s t conversation with Frank McLowery before he
s t a r t e d up the s t r e e t - I do not know exactly wh
them - I do know whm the-&heriffs office is - We could not have
reached the Sheriffs office from where we were before the Earp party
arrived - The Sheriff saw the Earp party before we did and told us to'
stay where we were -v that saw ,the lgs t ~ o r d sth e
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