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Barrie Examiner, 20 Apr 1979, p. 28

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10A the examiner Friday April 20 1919 MAX HAINES Crime Flashback Doc had the last laugh Doc Holliday holds unique position in the folklore of the Wild West Unlike most western badmen he never robbed bank or held up stagecoach Doc was dentist by profes sion and gambler by inclination John Henry llolliday first saw the light of day in Georgia in 1852 As teenager he was intrigued with guns lly praca ticing everyday he became crack shot His family sent him to Baltimore where llolliday took course in dentistry At the age of 20 John Henry returned as full fledng dentist and opened practice in Atlanta The slim blonde gmidlooking young man with the infec tious smile and twinkling blue eyes appeared to have everything in the world to live for One day persistent nag ging cough necessitated visit to doctor The routine visit tumed out to be nightmare llolliday was told that he was dying of tuberculosis The doctor informed him that if he stayed in Georgia he could expect to live only few months move to drier climate might give him few years Holliday took the advice and moved to Dallas Texas As the cough grew worse Docs practice suffered Dentistry crude as it was in those days wasnt enhanced by the dentist coughing in the patients face Soon Doc had to shut down his practice He looked around for some way to make living and decided to become gambler Doc studied the various card games for months until he felt he knew how to detect the cheats and sleight of hand ar tists who took their lives in their hands every time they sat down at table Many confrontation was settled right then and there with revolvers roaring at close range Doc didnt have to brush up on shooting he was already lightning fast draw Fast draw in 1875 Doc killed his first man over card game While charges were never brought against him for the shooting he thought it would be in his best interest to leave Dallas Doc moved on to Jacksboro where he promptly killed two men in gunfights Now constantly on the move he touched down in Denver Colorado where he managed to put three additional notches on his gun As doomed man Doc Holliday always shot first and ask ed questions later His disregard for his own life was nur tured by the fact that he felt he didnt have long to live anyway Doc drifted into Fort Griffin Texas where he met dance hall lady who answered to the descriptive moniker Big Nos ed Kate Kate fell hard for Doc llolliday and while Doc didnt exactly reciprocate he didnt discourage the big nos ed one either At this time Doc mct lawman Wyatt Earp who was pass ing through Fort Griffin tracking down train robber The two men were to form close relationship which was to last throughout Docs life Doc was at his regular table playing poker one night when local man Ed Bailey accused him of cheating Bailey drew his gun Doc leaped across the table brandishing razor sharp knife Within minute Bailey lay dead on the saloon floor Doc was taken into custody To protect him from possible lynch mob he was temporarily stashed away in hotel with deputy guarding him around the clock Big Nosed Kate sensed that Baileys friends would at tempt to lynch her man She decided to take matters into her own hands Big Nosed set fire to the back of the hotel Dur ing the confusion caused by the fire Big Nosed marched Into Docs room with six shooters already drawn She disarmed the guard and the pair took off on waiting horses They didnt stop running until they hit Dodge ity Kari sas where Doe again practised dentistry for short while llig Nosed posed as his respectable wife The only fly in the Iiintment was the fact that Big Nosed and Doe didnt get along They fought like cat and dog but Doc always was susceptible to reconciliation lie never forgot that llIg Nos ed most probably saved his life Dodge City was rough tough shipping point for the lionghom cattle which had been driven up from Texas It was the end of the trail for thirsty sexstarved cowboys we had just been paid off As gambler Doc flourished in Dodge City It was here that he again ran into Wyatt Earp who was now deputy marshal of Dodge Drunken c0wboys One one occasion group of drunken Texas cowboys shot up the main street of Dodge and cornered Earp in saloon Wyatt figured he was goner Just as the cowboys were about to kill him the saloon doors swung open and there behind them stood Doc Holliday with guns already drawn As the cowboys turned Wyatt drew his guns The two friends marched the cowboys down to the jail Next day with everyone sober Earp issued the Texans their guns as they were ushered out of town From that incident on Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday were bosom buddies When the discovery of silver brought pro sperity to Tombstone Arizona Wyatt Earp and his brothers accepted various law enforcement positions there Doc and Big Nosed Kate followed them to gun totin Tombstone As local gambler with bad reputation from time to time Holliday was accused of crimes he knew nothing about Once just outside Tombstone some masked men held up stagecoach which was carrying gold bullion The bandidts didnt get the gold but manged to kill the stage driver and passenger Docs enemies spread the rumor that he was the trigger happy gunman in When Big Nosed got dead drunk after one of herfrequent Spats with Doc some of his advversapcs got her to sign an af fidavit stating that Doc had taken part in the robbery and had in fact killed the two men Next da Holliday was ar rested and charged with murder His bud Wyatt Earp put up $5000 in cash fortune in those days to secure Docs release on bail EVENING 600 00 NEWS HOLLYWOOD SOUARES DEFINITION POLKA DOT DOOR 630 NBC NEws MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW cas NEWS ABC NEWS NEWS III PARTY GAME JEREMY 1979 Toronto Sun Syndicate 645 HATTYTOWN TALES 655 WRITE ONI 700 DATING GAME CHIP TOM AND JERRY AND FRIENDS MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW TIC TAC DOUGH OANGIE In NEWLYWED GAME DR WHO GONG snow PRICE is RIGHT 730 MAKE ME LAUGH NEWLYWED GAME DANCE FEVER FAMILY FEUD STARS ON ICE cm Ticknar I975 Senior MenI 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remains tollomng bombing Ire lhoua of hit mans ViclIrn 60 mm HAWAII FIVEO Posthypnotic suggeslmn triggars three murders and Steve McGIIrIIt tindn himuoll ImbroIIod In cloak Ind douonrnctivitieo 60mm At the inquest which followed llig Nosed admitted she had signed the affidavit but swore she was so drunk she hid no idea what she was signing Wyatt Earp testified that Holli day couldnt have taken part in the holdup because they were together at the time of the robbery Doc was released and the $5000 was returned to Wyatt Doc llolliday never forgave Kate for signing that af fidavit She had saved his life once and now was responsible for almost having him hanged Doc figured the slate was clean He gave her $1000 and sent her packing At this time Wyatt Earp and his fourbrothers were deeply involved in politics All of them made tbeir living as law en forccment officers and as result were active in local cite tions Like most politicians they had some enemies Two sets of brothers the laiitons and the llclowerys their friend Hilly laibornc and Sheriff John Bchan all despised the four Earp brotth and Doc llolliday ln ct till the whole kit and caboodle found themselves in lombstone at the same tinic All day the lantoii Mclnwcry faction hurch insults at the Eaips and llolliday Next day Virgil Earp who was city marshal asked the sheriff for assistance tll settling down the iinriily men The sheriff refused to interfere On Oct 25 probably the most famous Wild west gun battle in history took place The llattlc ot the OK torial has been Imniortalmd in stories songs plays and movies Flying lead The entire gunfight involving nine men took about 30 seconds After it was over Frank and Tom McLowery were dead Billy Ylanton lay dying on the ground lkc Clanton and Billy laiborne turned tail and took off Virgil Earp had leg wound while his brother Morgan had been hit in the left shoulder Doc llolliday had superficial bullet crease across his back Wyatt had emerged uninjured After the battle Doe and Wyatt had to get out of Arizona They went to Colorado where they decided to go their separate ways Eventually Doc was arrested for the murder of man Frank Stilwell ironically he was inno cent of any guilty knowledge of this crime Again Wyatt Earp came to the rescue He arranged to have Doc arrested for confidence swindle which effectively held up his ex tradition to Arizona it was felt that Docs enemies would have him killed before he ever got to trial Later the gover nor of Colorado flatly refused to extradite Holliday and he went free Doc drifted to Deadwood in Dakota territory By this time his reputation as killer followed him wherever he went Shortly after arriving in Deadwood he added fuel to the fire by killing bartender He moved on and tried his luck in Leadville Colorado where he dealt faro for time In his later years he was to stand trial twice more for killings Each time he pleaded self defence and each time he was ac quitted As his tubercular condition worsened he was 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