The 26th of October, 1881, will always be marked as one of the
crimson days in the annals of Tombstone, a day when blood flowed
as water, and human life was held as a shuttlecock, a day always
to be remembered as witnessing the bloodiest and deadliest
street fight that has ever occurred in this place, or probably
in the Territory.The origin of the trouble dates back to the
first arrest of Stilwell and Spencer for the robbery of the
Bisbee stage. The co-operation of the Earps and the Sheriff and
his deputies in the arrest caused a number of cowboys to, it is
said, threaten the lives of all interested in the capture.
Still, nothing occured to indicate that any such threats would
be carried into execution. But Tuesday night Ike Clanton and Doc
Holliday had some difficulty in the Alhambra saloon. Hard words
passed between them, and when they parted it was generally
understood that the feeling between the two men was that of
intense hatred. Yesterday morning Clanton came on the street
armed with a rifle and revolv