b'shootings of Morgan and Virgil Earp. Johnnys troubledFrank & Tom McLaurylife ended in July of 1882. He was born in Green Forks,As outlaws go, the McLaury brothers would probably Indiana in March of 1850 and at 19 he moved with hisnever have been heard of if they had not died at the OK family to California. He was a grade school drop out andCorral. They were the sons of a New York lawyer. They a drunk. His family shipped him back to Indiana and byheaded west to the Arizona Territory in 1878 settling 1874 he was in prison in Texas for various robberies andon a ranch next to the Clanton spread and it wasnt long rustling. Tombstone attracted him and so did Old Manbefore they became involved with Old Man Clanton and Clantons Cowboys. Rustling was one of his games and hehis rustling activities. In 1880, they sold their ranch and most frequently rode with Ike Clanton. moved to Soldiers Hole in the Sulphur Springs Valley. The move was in keeping with a plan Clanton had to Curley Bill spread out to catch and steal cattle herds moving across William Brocius Curley Bill Graham was wanted inthe border. They died with Billy Clanton at the hands Texas when he landed in Tombstone and took up at theof the Earps and Holliday and in doing so made their Clanton ranch. The warrants for him were for rustling,names in Western history. robbery, and murder. He was perhaps the deadliest member of the Clanton Gang and denitely the wildest.The OthersHe killed Town Marshal Fred White in Tombstone onOther known Cowboys January 6,were Alex Arnett, Jake 1880. WyattGauze, Pete Spencer, John Earp pistol- McGill, Milt Hicks, Jim whipped himHughes, Johnny Barnes, on the streetHarry Head, John and after the killingCharlie Greene, Joe Hill,Andy & Tina Incardona623-258-0207"Curley Bill" (left) was perhaps the deadliest7100 E. Cave Creek Rd., Ste. 135member of the ClantonCave Creek, AZ 85331Gang but in March of 1882, two blastsTuesday - Friday 9:00 to 6:00from Wyatt Earp\'s (right) shotgunSaturday 10:00 to 5:00ended his shenanigans for good. CaveCreekFarrierSupply@gmail.comcavecreeksaddlery_andyand jailed him. He was released after officials declaredCharlie Thomas and Tall Bill. None had a reputation Whites shooting an accident. Bill had a penchant foras a long time outlaw. Most were merely petty criminals wild acts. He stuffed the ballot box at San Simon to makebrought into Clantons rustling scheme and befriended sure Bob Paul did not get elected Sheriff, he ambushedby Old Man Clanton who used them to build his herd a mule train of silver coming from Mexico and he heldwith stolen cattle.a minister at gunpoint forcing him to give he and his cronies religious services. The Cowboys aka the Clanton Gang were not the desperados history and drama have made them outIt was March 24, 1882, when Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday,to be. Except for Ringo and Curley Bill, they were and their posse ran down Curley Bill near Iron Springsmostly petty thieves and small-time criminals who for his involvement in the killing of Morgan Earp and thewere far from reaching fame as Western outlawscrippling of Virgil. Two blasts from Wyatts shotgun endedand gunmen. his career.Newman "Old Man" Clanton was much more than the patriarch of the rustlers and gunslingers known inthe border area as the Cowboys in the Tombstoneregion of the early 1880s.C.S. FlyArizonaRealCountry.com September 2019 21'