Of course I have never suggested that Ike didn't drink and get drunk on occasion, as did all the cowboys and ranchers I would imagine. I certainly knew a lot of them who put enough away to light the barn on fire.

The point I was trying to make, and maybe not too well this time, is that Ike had several drinks that night and in the morning, but so did the others. I am suggesting they all were likely a little hung over for a while, some more, some less. Different people hold their liquor differently.

But I am suggesting that though Ike had a few drinks when he was talking about his problems to a couple of friends, there is no actual evidence or proof that he was DRUNK. It depends, with him as with the others, how much they drank, what they drank, and if they were just sipping it in a card game or due to the agitation, drinking a little faster.

The most interesting part to me is that during the Hearing, witnesses were questioned about their drinking and how much of a hang-over they might have. Ike Clanton WAS NOT questioned by either the Defense or the Prosecution on that matter. Why not? It could only be because it was not an issue with him. He may have been feeling his drinks with little sleep, but apparently the lawyers did not feel the need to question him about drinking or hang-overs.

He was never actually accused by anyone of being drunk. It has always been an assumption. Ike knew he had trouble and was trying to keep his wits about him.

But don't forget that Wyatt Earp VOLUNTEERED that Doc was 'pretty tight!' No one asked him, yet he accused Doc, but neither he nor Virgil suggested Ike was drunk!!!