Hour of the Gun Page #2

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Abilene, Texas, Gallup, New Mexico

between the years 1878 and 1881?

I wouldn't know that, either.

In what capacity

do you employ him?

Bookkeeper.

- I beg your pardon?

- Bookkeeper.

I see.

That'll be all, Mr. Brocius.

Now, is it a fact that you're

a heavy financial backer

of another one of your employees,

Pete Spence,

for the Tombstone City Marshal post

now held by Virgil Earp?

It is a fact.

That will be all.

When you heard the shooting,

why did you not go to the aid

of your brother and the McLowerys?

It's been so long since there's been

a gunfight in this county,

I could scarcely believe my ears.

When you did ascertain

that a gunfight was actually in progress,

what did you do?

Nothing. I was unarmed.

I find that my familiarity with weapons

is not an asset to me as a businessman.

It has been stated

that your employees...

the bookkeeper

and the cattle breeder...

were armed.

Why, Mr. Clanton?

I've been told that there's

a plot to assassinate me.

Because of my stand for freedom

of the range against the easterners.

In my opinion...

such was the purpose of

the marshal's attack on the O.K. Corral.

That is all.

Then you did have an animosity

toward the Clanton group

prior to October 26, 1881?

Everyone in town knows I did.

Oh, Marshal, you walked down

to that O.K. Corral

with your brothers and Doc Holliday

in a state of frustration,

with malice in your heart,

toward lke Clanton and his group.

I've said that. Repeating the question

won't make it any stronger.

That's all.

Just a moment, Your Honor.

I should like to reexamine the defendant.

Wyatt, did malice move you

against the Clanton group?

No.

Would you tell the court what did?

The Clanton group was armed

and made threats

of death and violence against us.

It was our duty as sworn peace officers

to disarm and arrest them.

I would disarm and arrest

General Ulysses S. Grant

if he appeared on the streets of

Tombstone under those circumstances.

Wyatt, I told you

before you went down to the corral

that I had met with the Clanton group

and they agreed to leave town peaceably.

Bryan, you take bribes. You're a thief,

a liar, and a disgrace to your office.

I wouldn't take your word

if you swore to it on your mother's grave.

You'll live to regret that.

I want to recall Sheriff Bryan.

Now, Sheriff Bryan...

would you mind repeating under oath

the statement you just made?

I said I attempted

to stop the Earps and Holliday

as they marched down the street

toward the corral.

How did you go about that?

I told them that none of the men

at the corral were looking for trouble.

They had all agreed

to leave town immediately.

And what was their reply?

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