I'm ok with Behan's testimony. He doesn't see any of the scramble after the first two shots. The only thing he seems to know about after the first two shots is that Ike ran into Fly's after the fifth shot. Something he would only know if he was in Fly's. And interestingly enough, that's the way it turned out in the simulation. The first two shots, Wyatt fires one into the air, Doc shoots Tom, Virgil fires a round towards Ike (hitting a wagon), Ike makes it through the front door of Fly's. I think the routine I gave Behan matches up fairly well with his testimony. He sees the first two shots and doesn't claim to seeing much else until after mid way through the fight. All in all it doesn't make much difference. He's just one witness and for the most part doesn't bring much that is unique to the table. His testimony is just kind of pooled with what others say.

I can't help but be curious. Why do you think Behan would lie? What's in it for him?

In the video, before I resolve the last five witnesses, I point out that most of them have to be resolved from clues in their testimony because the court report didn't seem to think it was important enough to include their locations in his notes. Of the five, Allen is the only one to tell us where he starts and where he goes to. For the other four (Coleman, Behan, Fuller, and Claiborne), no such luck. I think this goes to show what terrible shape the testimony is in. Certainly the people in the court room knew where all the witnesses were located. I can't imagine witnesses saying that they refuse to disclose their location. I don't think the lack of info about Behan's location is because of Behan trying to hide something. I think it's for the same reason we're not told Coleman, Fuller, or Claiborne's locations. The court reporter didn't find it that interesting or couldn't keep up with the note taking.

"the post Claiborne testified to"
When I read that I couldn't help but chuckle.
I wanted some props to put in the environment and what could be better then some hitching posts. I've seen plenty of western shows and one thing they all have in common is plenty of hitching posts. (Ok, I'm guessing plenty of ya already know where this is going :-) So off to view old photos of Tombstone and other old western towns... Hardly a hitching post to be found. But, I guess it makes since. No one wants a giant animal pooping outside their front door. I expect the attitude was, if you drive a horse into town take it to a parking lot. None-the-less, I added a few hitching posts anyway.
I expect the post out in front of the little house wasn't really a hitching post, but rather served to keep wagons from running into the side of the house when they pulled in between the two buildings. I also expect that's why the OK Corral sign is placed where it is, to keep animals and wagons from running over the sidewalk.


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