Ike Clanton | |
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 Ike Clanton, c.1881. Photo by C. S. Fly. | |
| Born | Joseph Isaac Clanton c. 1847 Callaway County, Missouri, United States |
| Died | June 1, 1887 (aged 39–40) Springerville, Arizona Territory, United States |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Ranch hand, miner, outlaw, rustler |
| Criminal status | Felony not indicted |
| Parent(s) | Newman Haynes Clanton and Mariah Sexton Kelso |
| Relatives | Brothers Phineas Clanton and Billy Clanton. |
| Allegiance | Cochise County Cowboys |
| Criminal charge | Murder, cattle rustling |
| O.K. Corral gunfight |
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| Principal events |
| Lawmen |
| Outlaw Cowboys |
Joseph Isaac Clanton (c.1847 – June 1, 1887) was a member of a loose association of outlaws known as The Cowboys who clashed with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp as well as Doc Holliday. On October 26, 1881, Clanton was present at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory but was unarmed and ran from the gunfight, in which his 19-year-old brother Billy was killed.
Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Holliday but after a 30-day preliminary hearing, Justice Wells Spicer ruled that the lawmen had acted within their lawful duty. Clanton was implicated in the attempted assassination of Virgil Earp on December 30, 1881, but other Cowboys provided an alibi and he was released. Six years later Clanton was killed attempting to flee when he was shot by a lawman seeking to arrest him for cattle-rustling.