...elusive that it constantly intrigues. It has to indicate that someone somewhere has some record of this whole thing with the Benson stage attack. There was amazingly little development of the story in the newspapers at the time and even later when Holliday was arrested by Behan, it seemed to be dropped rather easily. Poor reporting at the time but then, not likely many reporters went to journalism classes.

Frank Vaughn indicated that there was a Hearing, that there were three witnesses, and there were no names attached to his account, though some assumed the witnesses were the McLaury brothers and Ike Clanton as they had been at the Drew's station that night, apparently. It was also suggested that John Slaughter testified as well, but again; no record.

AS I have said before, I cannot see any reason to put much faith in the story that Behan got Kate drunk and therefore arrested Doc on her say-so, or that Behan ran into her on a drunken binge and used it to arrest Doc. There had to be an Affidavit and that would have to be filled out in front of a County Clerk for the Court, by hand, signed, and the person doing so would have to be sober! It doesn't sound applicable.

But the gossip about the ladies fighting amongst themselves doesn't sound too stable either, though it is plausible. So we are right back at the beginning but I still think there is something somewhere that might lend credence to the whole account.