By clicking on the name of a particular witness you can be taken to a complete transcript of that witness’s original inquest, as recorded at the time the statements were given.
| Date | Proceeding | Character | Result/Notes |
| 10/28/1881 | Coroners Inquest | ||
| Day 1 | Johnny Behan | Changed story, from Nugget newspaper statement, to make Virgil look bad; also started the “nickel-plated pistol” theory against Doc | |
| Billy Claiborne | Supported Behans story; added that Virgil was first to make statement of wanting to fight | ||
| W.A. Smith | Sworn and excused; no testimony given | ||
| W.A. Cuddy | Gives good account of before and after fight; recollects Wyatt telling Behan that he was told they had been disarmed | ||
| Billy Claiborne | Recalled for a clarification | ||
| C.H. Light | Witnessed fight from across the street; gave account of almost complete fight | ||
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| 10/29/1881 | Coroners Inquest | ||
| Day 2 | P.H. Fellehy | Claimed to hear Virgil say he would “kill them on sight”; was never called to testify during trial | |
| Ike Clanton | Supported Behan’s story, specifically the “nickel plated pistol” theory; didn’t mention deal with Earps as he would do in the upcoming trial | ||
| Martha King | Claimed to hear Doc Holliday being told to “let them have it” while carrying a shotgun under his coat; could not clarify if it was a stand-alone statement, or part of a conditional | ||
| R.J. Coleman | Had tracked cow-boy movements and reported them to the law; believed firing began as result of command to throw up their hands | ||
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