What Does My Book, The Vengeful Unhinged, Have in Common With Wyatt Earp and The OK Corral Shooting?

Why, of course, Arizona is the backdrop for both events, separated by about 80 years. What is dissimilar? My book, The Vengeful Unhinged, is fiction, and its setting is, Tucson, Arizona. What took place in Tombstone, Arizona on October 26, 1881, between brothers, Wyatt, Morgan, and Virgil Earp, together with their buddy, Doc Holiday, when they encountered brothers, Ike and Billy Clanton and brothers, Frank and Tom McLaury, made historical lore; and is non-fiction.

Picture this: on that eventful day in Tombstone, there was about 30 seconds of gunfire in an area no larger than your average convenience food store. All were killed or wounded, except for Marshall Wyatt Earp, who survived without a scratch. Unheralded in the drama that unfolded was Wells W Spicer, who was the Justice of the Peace, who presided over the trial that followed. He had written an article in Tucson's Arizona Daily Star in February, 1880, describing Tombstone as " A population of 1,500 people, with two dance houses, a dozen gambling (, places, over twenty saloons and more than 500 gamblers. Still there is hope; for I know of two Bibles in town, and I have one of them (borrowed)." Tombstone was also a place where it was common to find individuals with more than one occupation, like a gambler who was also a lawman, a judge who also a prospector and a well-known gunslinger, who was also a dentist. Wells Spicer was admitted to the Arizona Bar in 1880. He was a member of the Republican party and quickly became influential. His friend, Charles G.W. French, a former legislator, appointed Spicer the justice of the Peace. Unlike modern times, Spicer had some federal criminal authority and could hear cases involving violations of internal revenue and customs laws. He could not conduct a murder case, but he, could hold a preliminary hearing on a murder charge. Ike Clanton filed murder charges against Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil Earp and Doc Holiday. Morgan and Virgil were not served because they were still recovering from gunshot wounds, so only Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday were the Defendants at the trial.