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The 26th of October, 1881, will always be marked as one of the crimson days in the annals of tombstone.

A day when blood flowed as water and human life was held as a shuttlecock,

a day always to be remembered as witnessing the bloodiest and deadliest street fight that has ever

occurred in this place, or probably in the territory. The origin of the trouble dates back to the first arrest of Stillwell and Spencer

for the robbery of the Brisbane stage.

The cooperation of the Earps with the sheriff and his deputies in the arrest,

causing a number of cowboys to, it is said, threaten the lives of

all interested in the capture. Still, nothing occurred to indicate that any such threats

would be carried into execution. But Tuesday night, Ike Clanton and Doc Holliday had some difficulty in the Alahambra Saloon.

Hard words passed between them, and when they parted, it was generally understood that the feeling between the two men was that of intense hatred.

Yesterday morning, Ike Clanton came on the street armed with a rifle and

revolver, but was almost immediately arrested by Marshal Earp, disarmed and fined by Justice

Wallace for carrying concealed weapons. While in the courtroom, Wyatt Earp told that as he had made threats

against his life, he wanted him to make his fight, to say how, when, and where he would fight,

and to get his crowd, and he, Wyatt, would be on hand. In reply, Clanton said,

Four feet of ground is enough for me to fight on, and I'll be there.

A short time after this, William Clanton and Frank McLeary came in town.

And as Thomas McLeary was already here, the feeling soon became general that a fight would ensue before the day was over.

And crowds of expectant men stood on the corner of Allen and Fourth Streets, awaiting the coming conflict.

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The True Crime Historian presents yesterday's news.

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