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Old West Vignette: Wyatt Earp murders Frank Stilwell

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  • Опубліковано 31 сер 2018
  • March 20th, 1882 -
    Wyatt Earp chased Frank Stilwell over 100 yards over train tracks at the Tucson Train Depot and killed him at point blank range with both barrels of his shotgun.
    Wyatt killed this man under the belief that he had been culpable in the murder of his brother, Morgan Earp, although there were no charges nor specific evidence to enforce that belief.
    Wyatt Earp and others were indicted for murder in regards to this killing, and you can read the indictment here:
    en.wikisource....
    Join us here on InRange to discuss that killing, along with the irresponsible handling of a city cemetery and more on this Old West Vignette!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 591

  • @Nguroa
    @Nguroa 6 років тому +304

    If Scooby Doo taught us anything - it's that there are no monster, just deviant real estate agents and morally corrupt property developers.

    • @effmerunning
      @effmerunning 5 років тому +5

      that is hilarious

    • @mikegrey5663
      @mikegrey5663 4 роки тому

      Ok?

    • @TheDoorspook11c
      @TheDoorspook11c 4 роки тому +1

      Lol

    • @allanshort8264
      @allanshort8264 4 роки тому +7

      Gentlemen from England now abed say estate agents, developers, lawyers, priests and politicians could all benefit from the long drop off a lamppost. Let honest workers profit and enjoy the fruits of their labour

    • @Mr.56Goldtop
      @Mr.56Goldtop 3 роки тому

      They ARE the monsters.

  • @yojimbo6879
    @yojimbo6879 6 років тому +322

    I never realize how much I miss Karl's old west vignettes until they get posted. Thanks for the history.

    • @lynnconley3994
      @lynnconley3994 4 роки тому

      Did Wyett Warp ever carry a handgun?

    • @Ecocristero3
      @Ecocristero3 4 роки тому +3

      @@lynnconley3994 Yes he did. He was notorious for carrying a long barreled Colt Peacemaker.

    • @purplekaiths3422
      @purplekaiths3422 4 роки тому

      Lynn Conley yes

  • @slowturtle6745
    @slowturtle6745 6 років тому +233

    These are probably my favorite videos on InRange. Love these historical segments.

    • @T3hderk87
      @T3hderk87 6 років тому +6

      I completely agree. These are the best videos on here, and I really do appreciate history since we are doomed to repeat it for eons(hopefully) to come.

  • @soylentgreen7074
    @soylentgreen7074 6 років тому +70

    I love everything about this channel but these historical vids are probably my favorite. I know how much work goes into them it’s much appreciated.

  • @BattleRattle4x4
    @BattleRattle4x4 6 років тому +10

    Being InRange is a bit of a "thinking man's shooting channel," i really appreciate the contextual videos like this.

  • @smashingartful
    @smashingartful 6 років тому +4

    These vignettes are the best! I really appreciate the work you guys put into them to give a succinct, unbiased view of these historical events.

  • @adonoghuea02
    @adonoghuea02 6 років тому +159

    I would really like to see a long form video, or series, about the whole Earp Vs Cowboys story.

    • @burnsboysaresoldiers
      @burnsboysaresoldiers 6 років тому +16

      Andrew D and the guns they used. Like Earp’s preferred belly gun

    • @charlescomly1
      @charlescomly1 6 років тому +8

      Me to with out any fiction

    • @barbaravick5634
      @barbaravick5634 6 років тому +1

      Andrew D
      YES!

    • @michaelblatchford6356
      @michaelblatchford6356 5 років тому +4

      There are a lot of well written books on the subject and there is a minute by minute round for round account of the shooting from folks that saw it from a building across the street. The Book store in Tombstone has it all.

    • @davecornette3267
      @davecornette3267 5 років тому +3

      Not by this guy though, he's inaccurate as the day is long in midsummer

  • @mastathrash5609
    @mastathrash5609 6 років тому +4

    Always happy to see Karl's old west vignettes. Especially one as in depth as this.

  • @Gunners_Mate_Guns
    @Gunners_Mate_Guns 5 років тому +64

    It's hard to call this a fully legal killing, but thinking about Stillwell, there's an old saying that comes to mind: "He needed killing."

    • @bbhrdzaz
      @bbhrdzaz 4 роки тому +3

      @Jefferson Davis yes, he may have been, but consider the rest of them.

    • @patrickancona1193
      @patrickancona1193 3 роки тому +1

      Zoomtimes killingt is gud

    • @BFaluup
      @BFaluup Рік тому

      What were both of the doing in Tucson? In a interview with doc holiday he said they were both in Tucson and heavily armed.

    • @Jaco059
      @Jaco059 11 місяців тому

      It wasn’t legal he had a warrant against him for this

  • @TheBelegur
    @TheBelegur 5 років тому +48

    When the justice system fails people become a law unto themselves and at that point right and wrong becomes a matter of perspective.

  • @trainsbangsandautomobiles824
    @trainsbangsandautomobiles824 6 років тому +3

    LOVE the old west vignettes series! I'm honestly not very interested in competition shooting, so I really only watch InRange for this type of awesome content!

  • @captapraelium1591
    @captapraelium1591 6 років тому +34

    Those statues are outstanding.

  • @TwentythreePER
    @TwentythreePER 6 років тому +14

    I love your Old West Vignettes. My opinion of Wyatt Earp has somewhat shifted from these two videos about his killings. Regardless, now I want to see a video on firing both barrels simultaneously of a SxS shotgun. Great video.
    By the way, Bob Boze Bell is awesome. I remember him from the History Channel series Wild West Tech.

    • @charliemccutcheon6030
      @charliemccutcheon6030 2 роки тому +1

      Its in the video, they show it from multiple angles

    • @TheLp640fan
      @TheLp640fan Рік тому +1

      @@charliemccutcheon6030 but not into a target to see the power of a 12 gauge

  • @LordHeadshot
    @LordHeadshot 6 років тому +3

    You guys do great content, but the historical analysis like Old West Vignettes and the Lever Action project are my absolute favorites. Keep up the good work!

  • @kenhelmers2603
    @kenhelmers2603 6 років тому +2

    I really appreciate these Old West Vignettes :) Thanks Karl!

  • @iknowmy3tables
    @iknowmy3tables 6 років тому +107

    Urban developers and city planners has got to be the least decent profession they really deserve even more hate than they already get

    • @Swarm509
      @Swarm509 6 років тому +7

      I work with a lot of developers as part of my job and it does seem to attract an unprofessional and "money over everything" kind of person. Usually people that already have money and see it as an easy way to get more..... and it really is as you can buy a track of land, spend a few bucks to get it subdivided, and sell for easy profit.
      That being said if you find a good developer/builder keep them close as they will be far more willing to take chances and create interesting spaces and communities.

    • @NS-hs6lt
      @NS-hs6lt 6 років тому +6

      I agree. So stop shopping at Walmart and other strip mall tyle places and support local businesses.

    • @leetskeet4476
      @leetskeet4476 6 років тому +7

      @keith moore jesus dude, im not some left wing diversity obsessed self hating lib, but who gives a shit if they are hispanic? If they speak english, love our way of life, and our constitution theres no reason to not shop there, would much rather give my money to them than souless walmart

  • @derweibhai
    @derweibhai 6 років тому +8

    Awesome work Karl, I know these are more work than regular Inrange content, but they are great. Please keep doing them!!!!!

  • @PIConnection
    @PIConnection 6 років тому +6

    Thank you! I love these Old West Vignettes

  • @slowpokebr549
    @slowpokebr549 6 років тому +94

    It's actually impossible to judge. We cannot go back in time and live the events. Stilwell may have run off his mouth around town, Earp may have gotten a good look at him during Morgan's murder. Context is everything and in this case, its missing or distorted by time. There has always been a thin line between justice and murder. It's really not my place to judge unless I'm drawing jury pay.

    • @wierdalien1
      @wierdalien1 6 років тому +11

      Even if he had seen him was it Earps place to act as judge jury and executioner?

    • @byron4545
      @byron4545 6 років тому +5

      Exactly. If you see someone kill another person and then kill him later, without him posing a direct threat, you're still a murderer.

    • @kenibnanak5554
      @kenibnanak5554 6 років тому +16

      In the culture of the time, in that place, pretty much yes.

    • @seekanddestroy7343
      @seekanddestroy7343 5 років тому +22

      @@byron4545 Well If someone shoots my brother, I guess I become a murderer. No questions.

    • @Gladiator0719
      @Gladiator0719 4 роки тому +5

      Western gangsters killed his brother, payback is a cruel cold mistress..."An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".- The Bible

  • @SgtKOnyx
    @SgtKOnyx 6 років тому +74

    At what point does it stop being grave robbing and start being archaeology?

    • @bakatzen6243
      @bakatzen6243 6 років тому +1

      asking the real question

    • @DiggingForFacts
      @DiggingForFacts 6 років тому +25

      At the point where you do it by the book, dig Wheeler style grid squares, record the stratigraphy, document all the finds categorically and have them stored with references in the local heritage association for future research. You might also need some permits.

    • @thustra07
      @thustra07 6 років тому +14

      A matter of scale: Ten guys privately funded, looters.
      One hundred guys sent by a university, archaeology.
      Run a city through force: Mafia.
      Run a country through force: Government.
      Size makes right.

    • @eVVigilance
      @eVVigilance 6 років тому +4

      Context. Digging up recently deceased? Is it Forensic Archaeology for a purpose or is wanton looting for valuables? Digging up centuries plus old graves? Same thing.
      Like everything in life, context matters, and an identical act that is acceptable under one situation may not be under another.
      You know, like shooting someone with a double barreled shotgun. Is is self defense, or murder?

    • @DiggingForFacts
      @DiggingForFacts 6 років тому +3

      Except when a university now goes on a dig all items must be held and stored in-country. We're no longer living in the 19th century where it was a matter of splitting it 50-50 with colonial overlords. Also looters are not held to account for where they found what and in which condition, things like provenance and context don't really matter when all you're doing is hawking it to the highest bidder.

  • @conorolaf1762
    @conorolaf1762 3 роки тому +8

    Hell with legalities, Earp did the right thing.

  • @thatguy3428
    @thatguy3428 6 років тому +2

    I took my son to that railroad museum about a year ago. Never knew this took place right there. Great content.

  • @andrewwaterman9240
    @andrewwaterman9240 6 років тому +5

    Love these Old West Vignettes! They're always fascinating.

  • @AlecioG
    @AlecioG 6 років тому +3

    I love these types of videos guys, I know you have tons of other things to do videos on but the old west ones are some of my favorites. Keep up the good work!

  • @whatnowstinky
    @whatnowstinky 6 років тому +1

    literally last night i was thinking you hadn't posted an old west vignette for a while....
    not being from america i never cared much for american old west history but the way you approach and present it makes it interesting. thank you.

  • @el_teniente8155
    @el_teniente8155 6 років тому +2

    Dude I love your channel, I’m an old west history buff and this is the most interesting channel I have ever come across

  • @welshy4638
    @welshy4638 6 років тому +3

    I'd just finished watching the whole old west vignette playlist and this popped up. that's some next level timing.

  • @Sedan57Chevy
    @Sedan57Chevy 6 років тому +2

    I rewatched Tombstone recently and all I could think was how much I wished we could get another Old West Vignette...nice timing, Karl :)

  • @JEBEmpires
    @JEBEmpires 5 років тому +1

    Thank you for these videos. Amazing broadcast given to those of us who cannot be there.

  • @possumpopper89
    @possumpopper89 5 років тому +3

    Once the surviving Earps moved away, they stopped getting into gun fights. The surviving Cowboys on the other hand continued to rob, rustle and get killed in gun fights. It was a war between two factions in tombstone. Trying to list either party as innocent or murderers is inappropriate.

  • @BoundingBeast
    @BoundingBeast 5 років тому +1

    I ended up walking past this spot coincidentally on my last visit to Tucson. I recognized it thanks to this video and was able to point it out to my friends.

  • @Bartonfink3434
    @Bartonfink3434 3 роки тому +5

    I find no blame in Wyatt’s actions.

    • @NickPenlee
      @NickPenlee 3 роки тому

      Me neither but the law does unfortunately!

    • @JesusSavesSinners
      @JesusSavesSinners Рік тому

      ​@@NickPenleeWhat Law? There was no legitimate Law in that area.

  • @adams2984
    @adams2984 6 років тому +37

    Murder is such a harsh word. The Cow-boys swore to kill the Earps and their friends, so, this was just a pre-emptive strike to prevent their own untimely deaths. Case closed. Great video as always.

    • @jeromehilkert3740
      @jeromehilkert3740 5 років тому +3

      Agreed

    • @michaelblatchford6356
      @michaelblatchford6356 5 років тому +6

      For the Earps it was all about family nothing else, big family stick it out and defend their own.

    • @davecornette3267
      @davecornette3267 5 років тому +3

      I'm thinking the guy in video is related to the Cowboys. He always talks negative and lies about Wyatt

    • @wolfsoldier5105
      @wolfsoldier5105 5 років тому +4

      Well Wyatt Earp was a murderer and killed at least 1 person before he became a law man...

    • @woodrowmagnus2535
      @woodrowmagnus2535 5 років тому +3

      Whatever the cowboys got from the Earps, they had it coming.

  • @drmaudio
    @drmaudio 6 років тому +4

    I always enjoy these. You do a great job with them.

  • @rwgibson1
    @rwgibson1 3 роки тому +1

    I really love these videos. The history of the wild west relived. Some of the best stuff that I'm sure gets low views. It's too bad.

  • @spacemonkeyjon1
    @spacemonkeyjon1 6 років тому +2

    Love these old west vignettes . Keep up the great work guys .

  • @CouragesPusykat
    @CouragesPusykat 5 років тому +2

    These vignettes are so under rated and deserve more views

  • @grassroot011
    @grassroot011 3 роки тому +2

    Like JB books said, he "never killed anybody that didn't need killin'." And Stillwell needed killin'.

  • @seanerichsen7473
    @seanerichsen7473 3 роки тому +1

    I love this content very very much just found it today but this is definitely something you should do more of! so many good old west stories and events, I personally have limited knowledge on these western topics but have always loved them and it started with Clint Eastwood the good the bad and the ugly when i was younger with my dad! awesome stuff karl as usual thanks man for putting effort and love for real history into your work.

  • @ZGryphon
    @ZGryphon 4 роки тому +4

    "... and a Der Wienerschnizel across the street" just cracked me up, which was probably an inappropriate reaction under the circumstances, but still.

  • @jwplayingsomegames6687
    @jwplayingsomegames6687 6 років тому +3

    Thats Carzy Times. Thanks for the History Lesson!! I like the bit where you actually showed the shotgun firing both barrels!

  • @dandee5042
    @dandee5042 6 років тому

    Been waiting for an old west vignette, thanks Karl and maybe Ian.

  • @glenharrison123
    @glenharrison123 6 років тому +14

    I really like these historical clips,keep em coming,great channel,nice work.

  • @chiefof
    @chiefof 6 років тому +1

    Thank you, Karl. These stories are one of the reasons I'm a Patreon supporter.

  • @midlifecrisis7888
    @midlifecrisis7888 6 років тому +9

    Reminds me of poltergeist movie. They moved the stones but not the graves

  • @bigretardhalo
    @bigretardhalo 6 років тому +1

    Thanks again for another great video, these are my favorites keep them coming.

  • @CaptMikey-vc4ym
    @CaptMikey-vc4ym 6 років тому

    Karl; As an Arizona native, your stuff is terrific! Viva InRange TV!

  • @MegaGeorge1948
    @MegaGeorge1948 5 років тому +1

    When I think of Wyatt Earp, I remember the 1960's TV series with a clean shaven (i.e. no mustache) Hugh O'Brien as Wyatt Earp. A group of male singers singing a cappella at the beginning of the show and after the show, off camera, in the background, singing the theme song: "Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp, Brave, Courageous and bold; Long live his name and long live his glory and long may his story be told." He also had a tall sidekick deputy, called "Shotgun". Because the man's chief weapon was what looked like a 10 gauge double barrel shotgun. :-)

  • @earli3693
    @earli3693 5 років тому +24

    Well that was onesided and predictable. People tend to forget the gunfight was man on man. The cowboys started with 6 men to the 4 of the Earp faction. Three of them ran away including Ike. Then the outlaw faction bushwacked Virgil and Morgan. At this point anyone with common sense knows they are in a war and it is kill or be killed!

  • @Outerwebs
    @Outerwebs 6 років тому +3

    I like how George Whitwell Parsons starts off his diary entry with a weather report, before moving onto the horrific murder...

  • @victorbrunswick
    @victorbrunswick 5 років тому +1

    For his part, Ike Clanton claimed that he and Stilwell were in Tucson for a court appearance and that Stilwell disappeared from their hotel room that night and was found dead the next day.

  • @richardcotton7854
    @richardcotton7854 5 років тому +58

    It's never a bad time to dispatch a bad guy.

  • @GHDEFIANT
    @GHDEFIANT 6 років тому +3

    Glad to see another Vignette. I head down to Az every couple of years from Canada, Travelled through the North and West this April. Next April I will have to travel to the south and Tuscon area.

  • @danielsimmons2339
    @danielsimmons2339 6 років тому +6

    These are so great! I'd love to see an Old West Vignette on the US Camel Corps in the future!

  • @dewaynecoleman1989
    @dewaynecoleman1989 5 років тому +1

    To somewhat quote Doc Holiday, "its not revenge hes after, its the reckoning".

  • @marshall6057
    @marshall6057 6 років тому +1

    Great video! (per usual) proud to support a channel that makes high quality content hosted by respectful stand up people. (Also Karl thanks for inadvertently introducing me to Skinny Puppy)

  • @xraystudios3693
    @xraystudios3693 2 роки тому +1

    A lot of people try to label Wyatt as a good guy or a bad guy, but they forget that revenge (or vendetta) is more of a personal act that doesn't have much to do with morality

  • @neillh
    @neillh 6 років тому +17

    Thank you it was very interesting story

  • @mpjjoker
    @mpjjoker 5 років тому +39

    Well done story, but SLOW DOWN, you raced through this. Take a breath.

    • @warrenb8228
      @warrenb8228 3 роки тому +1

      He has to make the video palatable for the new generation of kids. They have the attention span of a hummingbird high on methamphetamine.

    • @Gutslinger
      @Gutslinger Рік тому

      I was thinking the same. I didn't have time to paint the mental image between each section of detail. Lol

  • @choppytoaster4788
    @choppytoaster4788 6 років тому +12

    Oh my god I always thought these were called old west vinaigrette

  • @jaredlostetter265
    @jaredlostetter265 5 років тому

    Carl- more of these please... love your perspective on these events

  • @scottjustscott3730
    @scottjustscott3730 5 років тому +2

    Morgan's murder was a disgraceful act imho. Very sad.

  • @ammarchetta
    @ammarchetta 6 років тому +37

    I don't think your questions about Stillwell's death can be answered by looking through the lens of today into the mists of the past. It was probably murder. But it may have been moral.

    • @LYLEWOLD
      @LYLEWOLD 6 років тому +14

      kind of what i was thinking. vigilantism may not be legal, but it still resonates with people, even today (e.g. The Punisher, The Equalizer, ...)

    • @ammarchetta
      @ammarchetta 6 років тому +14

      Lyle W Very true. Also, one could think of the cowboy faction as a multijurisdictional criminal organization that the legal system was not developed enough to cope (no""RICO" statutes).

    • @seekanddestroy7343
      @seekanddestroy7343 5 років тому

      Man y'all sound like Behan. Stop with the intellectual crap. Stillwell had it coming.

    • @printolive5512
      @printolive5512 5 років тому +1

      Lex Talionis !!

    • @CorbCorbin
      @CorbCorbin 5 років тому

      Cops kill unarmed people, for much less than Stilwell ever did.

  • @take1one
    @take1one 6 років тому +1

    I love these historical tours. Thank you.

  • @psybain
    @psybain 6 років тому +1

    I love learning the history of this part of the state that I now call home, thanks Karl!

  • @johnthorpe8930
    @johnthorpe8930 5 років тому +2

    Fascinating stuff.I remember reading a quote,supposedly from the time of Stillwell's killing,which said they didn't know whether to bury him or weigh him in as scrap metal since there was so much lead in him!

  • @MegaGeorge1948
    @MegaGeorge1948 5 років тому +2

    We need to be careful not to judge Wyatt Earp and his contemporaries by today's legal standards. Where wearing a badge representing the law was sometimes a moral grey area by one's actions. Those must have been real rough times out there on the frontier. Where one's survival depended on your whits, bravado, and the ability to fight well with fists, knives, and firearms.

  • @michaelfurgessons2896
    @michaelfurgessons2896 6 років тому +41

    Karl i really like your old west vignette series but i would like to make a request:
    when you made your first video about Wyatt while it defenetatly was interesting and informative,but as a European(Greek) most of the info got over why head, later i researched more about the events and now understand the videos.
    The request is if possible on old west videos to do a quick overview of the story behind the video's topic, assuming the total ignorance of topic from the viewer(for example saying as who Wyatt and Doc were what the cowboys were doing etc etc).
    Thanks again for those cool informative videos!

    • @barbaravick5634
      @barbaravick5634 6 років тому +5

      Greg Makropoulos
      I was raised on these stories and know them backward and forward, but your suggestion is excellent. I would appreciate that too.

    • @clanceyrussell8773
      @clanceyrussell8773 5 років тому

      Good point. Sometimes here in America we forget everyone around the world doesn't know our little tidbit of history and the people that lived 150 years ago

  • @snunez1911
    @snunez1911 6 років тому +3

    Im from Tucson and learned a little about my home town. Thanks

  • @StinkyGringo
    @StinkyGringo 6 років тому +2

    I was just there! Great video guys

  • @katannyaalven1087
    @katannyaalven1087 6 років тому +1

    A fascinating story. and some what poignant as my husband passed over on March 20th 2008 - exactly 100 year later. He had a passion for Cowboy films and stories even though he was British in the UK, as I am also a Brit. We have spent a brief time in Arizona and passed through Tuscon on the Amtrack Railroad. Interesting ... !

  • @maxtew6521
    @maxtew6521 2 роки тому +1

    That developer went all 'Poltergeist' on that project there.

  • @Chasmodius
    @Chasmodius 6 років тому +8

    A gravestone is as good of a marker for the passing of a life as a pile of bones under the ground. Maybe better. Obviously, we should take respectful care of human remains and not lie about reinterring graves, but for visitation purposes, the headstone is probably better.

  • @snpr1022
    @snpr1022 6 років тому +17

    Life and death in the wild west....Funny thing though I've grown up in NM, and AZ..and the more things change the more they stay the same...

    • @seekanddestroy7343
      @seekanddestroy7343 5 років тому +1

      There's a rumor going around that Billy The Kid may be from your neck of the woods.

  • @alanfhall6450
    @alanfhall6450 4 роки тому +1

    As the old saw has it; 'The past is another country; they do things differently there.'

  • @Ergilion
    @Ergilion 6 років тому +3

    Old West Vignettes are the best. Would love to have more of this. I know my buck goes to a good cause.

  • @elektro3000
    @elektro3000 6 років тому +1

    Great history, this is some of my favorite InRange content. Keep at it!

  • @alloran0987
    @alloran0987 3 роки тому +2

    "And a Wienerschnitzel across the street."
    No one in the west could've predict the coming of Wienerschnitzel...

  • @barbaravick5634
    @barbaravick5634 6 років тому +1

    Loved it. In my opinion, raised Southern and as a former police officer, Wyatt was a hero. He took the law into his own hands after he realized the family would never receive justice through the courts. He'd always been. a man of the law, priding himself in being so.
    But, having seen it myself, sometimes justice is disguised as vengence. I don't recommend it, but in rare instances I believe it's justified.
    Had someone murdered one of my family members and maimed another, especially my children, if I get there before the law, they can cart their bodies off and arrest me.

  • @ltdc426
    @ltdc426 2 роки тому +1

    It's not murder until a judge or jury says it is. Did they? I wish people would stop confusing homicide with murder.

  • @whatsthedealwithdanny3913
    @whatsthedealwithdanny3913 4 роки тому +2

    I went there about a month ago. I did a short video myself on this place. No where near as detailed as yours . Thanks for doing what you do.

  • @RalphReagan
    @RalphReagan 6 років тому +4

    Love the historical videos.

  • @evoltnvii
    @evoltnvii 6 років тому

    Thanks Karl! Yet another awesome history lesson from the town I called home for many years.

  • @dks13827
    @dks13827 3 роки тому

    Great video, Karl !!!

  • @troy9477
    @troy9477 5 років тому +1

    Nice job as always, Karl. I love the history vignettes. Vigilante justice may be necessary at times, but they have to make sure it is the right person, and for the right reason. And it is a very slippery slope. Remember "Summer of Sam", where the self-appointed neighborhood watch patrol guys start jacking people up just because they aren't from the neighborhood? That is the wrong way to do it. Tuning someone up when they are caught in the act is better, and often appropriate. Or the instigator of the brawl getting the worst end of it. Nothing wrong with that at all. Self defense is a good thing. With our modern viewpoint and frame of reference, it is difficult to justify Wyatt's actions in this and other instances. (I was a cop for 20 years, so i understand the law). However, as some commenters point out, given the state of the court and prosecution at the time, direct action might be justifiable, and necessary. However, you can't execute people just based on belief and maybe some vague circumstantial evidence. Tou have to have something solid. And vigilante justice should stop well short of death anyway, because you can't take that back. Anyway, my 2 cents, FWIW.

  • @kylecurkan2825
    @kylecurkan2825 6 років тому +1

    I agree with others that these are probably some of the best (even though its all good) content on InRange. I appreciate Karl's dedication and enthusiasm for this interesting subject.

  • @ruskgaming6019
    @ruskgaming6019 6 років тому +2

    I really like these videos and i wish you'd post them more offten

  • @Semper_Iratus
    @Semper_Iratus 6 років тому +1

    Greetings. Given your interest in the old west, have you considered doing a series on the Lincoln county war?

  • @shawnotoole1421
    @shawnotoole1421 3 роки тому +2

    The courts proved too fickle to both factions. Had the courts proven themselves, Morgan Earp and Frank Stillwell may not have been killed. At worst, they'd be put on trial and incarcerated. I doubt they'd be executed, even if found guilty, because of mitigating circumstances.

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 6 років тому +3

    Yeah the Earp’s and their fellow riders were bad. However I’ll go with the Cowboys as being even more guilty than the Earp’s were. It the Wild West

  • @azcoueshntr
    @azcoueshntr 5 років тому +1

    Like Wyatt said, “when I left Arizona the killing and robbing had stopped.” Different time and no it was not better or just, it just was.

  • @Tsukamaki
    @Tsukamaki 2 роки тому

    Great vid! Many thanks for the upload.
    Just a casual observation: Nice Gary Oldman hairstyle from The Fith Element.

  • @MrShou5
    @MrShou5 3 роки тому

    Great Job. Thanks for sharing

  • @90thReenactor
    @90thReenactor 6 років тому +1

    Of all the fantastic InRange series, this is still the best. Keep it up, gentlemen!

  • @Bob1942ful
    @Bob1942ful 6 років тому +1

    Good point at the end. I would say that when the law fails then vigilantes are needed, but It is a very fine line. One of the books I read on this event focused on what lead up to the shooting and how much politics played into it. Also it mentioned that the word "Cowboy" was a derogatory term at the time. I found that quite interesting.

  • @Phil659
    @Phil659 6 років тому

    Keep the history coming! Very enjoyable, thanks karl

  • @KnifeChatswithTobias
    @KnifeChatswithTobias 4 роки тому

    To answer your question -- different times and different place. Be grateful that things have changed.

  • @DarrellTurnerJr
    @DarrellTurnerJr 4 роки тому +2

    Ike Clanton and Stillwell being in Tuscon right at that time, seems like too big of a coincidence.

  • @Frob25
    @Frob25 6 років тому

    Very interesting. Keep up these great Old West Vignette

  • @Jay-ln1co
    @Jay-ln1co 6 років тому +5

    Gonna need both barrels for this one.