O.K. Corral
Claiborne, who had possibly been a cattle rustler with the Cowboys, was readily enlisted as a confrontation with Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp became imminent, with the common feeling among the Cowboys that Claiborne would even the odds; Claiborne was with Ike Clanton when the group was confronted by the Earps and Doc Holliday at the O.K. Corral. Although popular western lore claims Claiborne was said to have fought less than admirably, firing one or two wild shots toward Virgil Earp, Claiborne said later that he was not armed at the time, and none of the Earps took him to be so.
In the fight, Claiborne ran from the confrontation toward C. S. Fly's photography studio, surviving without harm. Ironically, it was Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury, and Frank McLaury who stood to fight the Earps and Holliday, none of whom had any documented clashes with the Earp faction prior to that day.
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