You done anything at all
About that editor john clum?
Well, no.
He's a newspaper man.
- He thinks--
- I don't care what he thinks.
Now he can be
Put out of business.
You're the sherriff.
It's your job.
The newspaper doesn't
Have much circulation.
I read it
And my boys read it.
Supposing some
Of the wrong people
In washington
Get hold of a copy.
Now the nugget
Is on our side.
Anyway, one newspaper
Is enough for a town.
You run that fella
Out of tombstone.
That's easier said
Than done, mr. Clanton.
What I say, you do.
( Men vocalizing )
♪ Wyatt earp, wyatt earp
♪ Brave, courageous and bold
♪ Long live his fame
♪ And long live his glory
♪ And long may
His story be told. ♪
Announcer:
The life and legend
Of wyatt earp...
Narrator:
John p. Clum,
Mayor of tombstone
And editor of one
Of its newspapers,
Paid, in many ways,
For his support
Of marshal wyatt earp
And his courageous stand
Against sherriff behan
And the outlaw faction.
Present day newspapermenhave
Little understanding
Of what it meant to run
An honest newspaper
In tombstone arizona
In .
Powerful politicians
Were determined to ruin clum.
Force him to sell his paper--
Or if these tactics failed--
k*ll him.
Come on, let's go.
( Dramatic music plays )
( Indistinct chatter )
Let's tip
The whole thing over.
- Come on. Let's go.
- Let's tip it over.
Get him--
No, here--
Just leave 'em be, son.
Wait a minute,
Dameron.
You're gonna
Go out there
And you're gonna pick up
Every one of my papers.
Get out there!
Now you pick them up!
No. I'll sue you
For this.
Hold it, john.
Watch your temper.
You go on back
To your office.
If that dameron
Had any brains,
I'd kick 'em out!
John, get off the street.
All right, folks,
Go on home.
Go on!
Break it up!
Your boy saved
Most of the papers.
How'd this start?
I'll tell you
How it started.
That johnny behan and his
Tucson g*ng are out to bust me.
I've been informed
That I don't get to print
Anymore of the county
Legal notices.
All that work's
Gonna go to the nugget.
Now i...
That's rough.
What will it cost you?
About a $ a month
At least.
Well, it won't break you.
Will it?
No. No,
It won't break me.
Not by itself.
Look it here.
They started to work
On my advertisers.
Cancelations from
My advertisers.
Five of them.
Five of them just
Since yesterday.
Now dameron couldn't do that
All by himself, wyatt.
Johnny behan
Has got his orders.
All right.
What can I do?
Well, they'll probably try
And smash us up again.
Break up the press.
Burn down the tent.
I'll put an extra deputy
On guard here.
Thank you, wyatt.
Thank you.
But this advertising
Boycott's the rough one.
They keep that up long enough,
That'd break me.
It won't.
I'll talk to miss nellie and
The citizen's safety committee,
Have them talk
To the advertisers.
The main trouble,
John, is that...
You got almost a bad
A temper as I have.
( Chuckles )
Oh, wyatt, i--
I've wanted to clobber
That dameron for months.
He's just a hired hand.
Don't waste your strength.
You clobber him in print.
No. I'm gonna clobber
Johnny behan in print.
- And right now.
- No, sir.
And why not?!
Because you know that
Behan's just itching
To sue you for libel.
Ah, libel.
Let him sue me.
Now take it easy, john.
You can't afford
To pay a libel judgment
Along with everything else,
Right?
Of course you're right.
I'll talk
To miss nellie.
In the mean time,
You just ignore
What happened
Out there
In the street.
All right, wyatt.
I promise you--
Soon as we get
Some proof on behan,
I'll be the first
One to back you up.
Well, thank you, wyatt.
I'm--
I'm sorry i--
( Chuckles )
I guess I blew up out there
Pretty good.
Didn't i?
Who hasn't?
You know, a newspaper
Can't afford to lose
Its temper.
Is it a personal favor,
Sherriff?
Or is there
Any money in it?
Money.
$ A piece
If you do the job.
$ On account
Right now.
That's good pay.
You just
Name the job.
I want you to break
Into clum's office.
I want you
To be very careful.
Reppy, sorn.
Do you think
You could cr*ck a skull
With one of those?
Those are deadly weapons
Mr. Clum.
Ah, they're lovely,
Boss.
Now who do we clobber?
Well, I've got a hunch
That mr. Behan
Is gonna try and wreck
Our press one of these nights.
Now, the advertisers
Called off their boycott
This afternoon.
So that
Doesn't leave the, uh--
The gentleman
Much else to do.
Why, the nasty worm.
Let him just try it.
Now marshal earp has
Assigned us special deputies.
We got one patrolling
Out back.
- And there's another out front.
- That's good.
The only other way
A man could get in
Is through that old,
Deserted mine shaft
Under the floor.
And we got
That cross-barred.
Yeah. Well, you take
The cross bar off of it.
What?
But boss,
They might have g*ns.
Now they're not gonna
Be expecting anybody
To be on guard in here.
Our big advantage
Is gonna be surprise.
Besides...
If they do show up,
Wouldn't you
Like a cr*ck at 'em?
( Laughs )
Go on.
Un-bar it.
All clear, tom.
Hand the hammers up.
Where do we start?
Right there.
That's the one
The man wants busted.
That won't take long.
Oh!
That's enough!
Where's mr. Clum?
Down there.
Fighting that other--
- ( Men fighting )
- You watch him.
Keep those two from
Hitting him anymore.
Mr. Clum, hold it!
( Exhales )
Look at you.
Mayor clum of tombstone.
Why didn't
You call a deputy?
There wasn't time.
Axe handles.
You could have
k*lled two men.
Sorry I didn't.
When's your wife
Coming home?
She's catching the stage
From the railroad at
Benson tomorrow.
No. You're gonna go to
Benson and the stage
And pick her up and bring
Her back yourself.
You take reppy
Along just in case.
Me?! Why me?
Now you look, wyatt.
I happen to be--
You happen to be
A hot tempered man
With a lot of provocation
To go around bashing
Skulls in.
You go pick up your wife.
She can calm you down
On the way home.
You giving me orders,
Wyatt?
No, just good advice.
Shotgun and I will--
We'll say we had
To subdue these men.
Why?
I'm not gonna go
Hiding behind you.
You are this time.
Your paper happens
To be the only way
We're gonna have
Honest news around here.
Now, you want people
To think it's edited
By a hot tempered brawler?
No. No, i--
I see your point, wyatt.
Thanks.
Wyatt.
Doc holliday left
This here note for you.
Something wrong,
Wyatt?
Doc holliday
Seems to think so.
Of course pete spence may have
Been making drunk talk.
Other hand,
It could be true.
Frank stillwell
Is behan's deputy.
He thinks they may
Try stopping a stage
And k*lling me, huh?
They might.
Tell you what you do--
You get off the stage
At the first water stop.
Hide in the brush.
Mr. Gibbs and I'll be along.
All right, wyatt.
Howdy, marshal.
Howdy, mr. Mcdaniel.
What else are you carrying
Besides passengers?
Why, nothing,
But a wells fargo box
And a mail sack.
Well, I had a tip
That you may be stopped
Down the trail from
Your first haul to the water.
In that case, you better
Ride shotgun.
No, that'd be a tip-off
That I knew about it.
Tell you what--
If you are stopped,
Don't make a fight.
I'll be along.
Just get a good look
At the road agents.
You're the marshal.
All aboard!
Come on folks.
Stage is leaving.
All right, honey,
You have a good time.
- And take care of yourself.
- I will.
- Bye, dear.
- Good-bye.
We should take clum
Right at the water stop.
No, I got my orders
From behan, pete.
Johnny gets fidgety
About deals like this.
Newspaper editors
Ain't supposed to get k*lled.
Well, the blabbermouth
Should be k*lled.
Yeah, but where you
Can bury him quick and deep.
We'll take him
Right down there.
Is the grave dug?
Right over
By that cottonwood.
Some of old man clanton's boys
Worked last night.
Johnny behan
Thinks of everything.
Well, I'm taking it
Better now, frank,
Because if there's
Anything I hate,
It's digging a grave
On a hot day.
Five minutes
For water folks.
Five minutes.
Howdy.
Howdy, marshal earp.
I'm looking for
A mr. Clum.
He's supposed to get
Off the stage here.
He wandered off
Into the brush over yonder.
Figured he was
k*lling time.
I reckon he k*lled
Too much of it though.
- They left without him.
- Oh, thank you.
Come on, boy.
Let's go.
( g*nsh*t )
All right, everybody out!
John clum ain't aboard.
Well, we can still
Collect some money.
Hand down that box.
Well, you sure
Got yourself lost.
Well, I wanted to make
It look good, wyatt.
All right,
If we hustle,
We may stop 'em from
Robbing that stage.
Eh, I don't know,
Wyatt.
They got a pretty big
Lead on us.
Well, we got to give
It a good try, mr. Gibbs.
I'm sure mr. Reppy
Won't like being held up
Anymore than
Wells fargo will.
( Roscoe brays )
What's the matter
With your mule? Is he sick?
- ( Braying continues )
- No, sir.
He just don't see no sense
In working in all this heat.
Promise him another apple.
Pay attention now.
I'll give you an apple
If you don't bump.
I'll give you a whooping
If you do!
Get!
Let's go.
You didn't even
Fire a sh*t.
What kind of
Driver are you?
They took my watch. It
Was imported from switzerland.
I'm gonna report you
To wells fargo, driver.
Now you do
Just that.
If I'd fired at him,
One of you people
Would have got sh*t.
( Horses approaching )
Anybody hurt?
They just rode off.
Can't be more than
A half mile away.
Go get 'em,
Marshal.
Lady, you get inside
And rest yourself.
I'll help you,
Ma'am.
Recognize anybody?
Frank stillwell.
He was masked,
But he was wearing
The same pair of fancy boots,
I saw him in bisbee last week.
Wyatt:
Describe the boots.
Well, they were light tan
With silver thread stitching.
Very fancy.
Look here.
Heel prints.
Stillwell is a texan.
See the lone star
Pattern on those boot heels?
Are you sure it was
Frank stillwell?
I'd take
An oath on it.
Well, wyatt,
Now we've got him.
Behan's own deputy,
Robbing a stagecoach.
No, sir.
What do you mean
"No, sir"?
I haven't caught
Stillwell or the man
That was with him yet.
Well, now mr. Mcdaniel's word
Is good enough for me.
You're not
Gonna print that?
Well, I certainly am, wyatt.
It's the story
I've been waiting for.
Now you just stick
To arresting stillwell
And let me publish
My newspaper.
You better go slow,
Mr. Clum.
Just read page one, wyatt.
Hey, boss.
What about me?
You're going to benson, reppy.
Meet mrs. Clum and see that
She gets home safely, you hear?
Sorn!
- Mr. Sorn!
- Coming!
Yes, sir.
Here's page one.
You tear it up,
Mr. Sorn.
Tear it?
What happened?
Somebody sh**t
Governor fremont?
I write
And you print.
Now, get going,
Mr. Sorn.
Yes, sir, boss.
Wyatt, have you seen this?
Yes.
Well, can john
Prove what he wrote?
Well, I don't know.
Behan's gonna sue.
Judge spicer will
Be here tonight.
Doesn't give me much time.
He can't afford
To pay a judgment.
We all tried to get him
To hold onto his temper.
This means he'll
Lose the newspaper,
Doesn't it?
Probably.
Unless I can find
Frank stillwell.
Stillwell?
Is that the deputy
That he wrote about?
Yeah.
He just came into town
Not half an hour ago
With pete spence.
- You sure?
- They pulled up in front
Of the birdcage saloon.
Excuse me.
It appears to be in good
Working order to me.
What about
A drink, shotgun?
Yeah. Yeah.
Give me the usual.
Sarsparilly.
And put
A right more ice
In it, will you?
You bet.
Want one
For roscoe too?
No. No.
Not today.
He's got the colic.
( Laughs )
Is roscoe another
One of earp's
Deputies?
No.
He's my mule.
You trying
To make a joke?
I don't joke
About roscoe.
I wouldn't take it kindly
If you was to make
Small of him, mister.
Lay off, pete.
Mr. Gibbs...
I'll take over patrol.
You go look
After roscoe.
Oh, thank you,
Wyatt.
I got to walk
That critter
And croon him out
A bit.
I didn't ask this one
With the star
Or how come
He's wearing it.
I'm frank stillwell.
And I'm behan's deputy
Over at bisbee.
Well, ask behan.
I believe you,
Mr. Stillwell.
Mr. Gibbs check
Your shotgun?
Yup. Like to have some
Ice water, marshal?
No, thanks.
I got to hustle along.
Good seeing you,
Mr. Stillwell.
Sarsaparilla
And ice water.
Shut it!
We're in the clear.
We keep it that way.
Criminal libel,
That's what it is.
- Yes, but sheriff--
- Don't "yes, but" me.
Now you go
Draw up the papers.
You know what
I want you to do.
Get out, bates.
Oh, marshal,
Won't you talk
To the sheriff?
He wants to sue
Mayor clum for $ , .
You heard what I said.
Go draw up the papers. Now!
You're the one
Who's suing.
I think I better
Go look for a certain party.
Yeah, look in all
The saloons.
Who you sore at,
Johnny?
As if you didn't know.
Well, if I were you
I wouldn't sue mr. Clum.
He just might
Prove it on you.
No deputy of mine
Is a stage robber.
And I didn't plot
To m*rder clum.
I'm going arrest that
Fool on a criminal
Libel warrant.
Let's see you
Try to stop me.
This defendant
Willfully, maliciously
Libeled
Sheriff behan.
By the evidence
Of this newspaper,
Mr. Clum accused
Sheriff behan
Of appointing
A road agent as his deputy.
And by implication,
Connected him
With an alleged attempt
On mr. Clum's life.
We therefore ask that the court
Rule for the plaintiff
In the civil libel action.
And that mr. Clum be remanded
To jail pending sentence
For criminal libel.
Mr. Clum.
Yes,
Your honor.
The only defense
A newspaper man has against
An action of this kind
Is to prove
That his
Newspaper told the truth.
Now do you have any evidence
To support your charges
Against sheriff behan?
Well, I haven't
Had time
To verify all of
My evidence, your honor.
Sheriff behan arrested
Me just this afternoon.
However, marshal earp
Is working on the case
Right now.
He has no proof!
He printed lies!
Lies!
Sit down, sir.
Now, mr. Clum,
A newspaper has no right
To accuse anyone of a felony
Unless it is prepared
To offer substantial proof.
Now--
- If the court pleads.
- Yes, mr. Earp.
This is mr. Frank stillwell.
Appointed deputy sheriff by...
Sheriffbehan.
At the robbery today, I saw
Prints of these heels.
Mr. Clum, mr. Gibbs and I
Can testify as having
Seen the prints.
This gentleman
Here will testify
That he changed these
Heels for mr. Stillwell.
Mr. Stillwell is now
Wearing low heels--
New ones,
As the court can see.
Sheriff behan,
Mr. Earp has produced
Strong circumstantial evidence
That your deputy
Mr. Stillwell did take part
In that stage robbery.
A pair of boot heels.
More than that your honor.
I can produce levi mcdaniel,
The driver of the stage.
Mr. Mcdaniel is prepared
To positively identify
Mr. Stillwell as being
At the robbery.
I can't help it if
One of my deputies goes wrong.
You appointed him.
You even defended him
Until the weight of evidence
Began to frighten you.
It is the advice of this court
That you drop your charges
Against mr. Clum.
If you take this case
Before a jury, you may be found
Guilty of collusion.
And a charge of malfeasance
In office
Would then be in order.
Now what do you say?
I'll drop the charges.
Wyatt, you just wait
Until john behan
Reads my edition
Tomorrow.
I'm gonna run a cartoon
Of a skunk nailed to
A barn door.
And editorially,
I'm gonna--
( g*nf*re )
Editorially, you
Were going to say?
Um...
That he's a knave, a poltroon,
And a double-dealing scoundrel.
Such is john behan,
And such as he is,
My newspaper
Will always fight.
That's what I'm gonna
Say editorially.
John clum, fighting editor.
♪ Well, he cleaned up
The country ♪
♪ The old wild west country
♪ He made
Law and order prevail ♪
♪ And none can deny it
♪ The legend of wyatt
♪ Forever will live
On the trail ♪
♪ Wyatt earp, wyatt earp
♪ Brave, courageous and bold
♪ Long live his fame
♪ And long live his glory
♪ And long may
His story be told. ♪