On October 27, 1881, just one day after the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral that left Billy Clanton and Tom and Frank McLaury dead and Morgan and Virgil Earp wounded, Ike Clanton filed murder charges.
A preliminary hearing was convened by Judge Wells Spicer on October 31.
The Earps chose "the Silver-Tongued Orator of the Pacific Slope" as their lead attorney.
 Doc Holliday was defended by United States Court Commissioner Thomas J. Drum.
On October 27, 1881, just one day after the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral that left Billy Clanton and Tom and Frank McLaury dead and Morgan and Virgil Earp wounded, Ike Clanton filed murder charges. A preliminary hearing was convened by Judge Wells Spicer on October 31. The Earps chose "the Silver-Tongued Orator of the Pacific Slope" as their lead attorney.  Doc Holliday was defended by United States Court Commissioner Thomas J. Drum.
Thomas Fitch (politician)