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    Pete Spence. v. t. e. John Harris Behan (October 24, 1844 – June 7, 1912) was an American law enforcement officer and politician who served as Sheriff of Cochise County in the Arizona Territory, during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and was known for his opposition to the Earps.

  2. He was pursued by county sheriff Johnny Behan, who had received a warrant from Tucson for Wyatt's killing of Frank Stilwell.

  3. Wyatt Earp developed a professional rivalry with a fellow politician, Johnny Behan. Ten months before the shoot-out, Behan and Earp had both run for sheriff in Cochise County.

  4. John Harris Behan was a lawman and politician who served as Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and was known for his opposition to the Earps. Hailing from Westport (now Kansas City), Missouri, Behan made his way to California as a young man, working as a

  5. John Behan became the first sheriff of the newly designated Cochise County in 1881. A political adversary to lawman Wyatt Earp, Behan tried to change the course of history in his testimony about the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral.

  6. Gunfight At The OK Corral - Coroner's Inquest - John H. Behan. Tombstone Epitaph, CORONER'S INQUEST, Oct. 29, 1881. Investigation into the Cause of the Recent Killing. Following is a verbatim copy of the testimony given before the Coroner's Jury in relation to the killing of the McLowry brothers and Clanton, up to the time of adjournment, last ...

  7. Friends of the Cowboys, most notably Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan, testified that the Cowboys had thrown up their hands or opened their coats and been shot in cold blood. Initially persuasive, his testimony motivated Spicer to jail Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday who had been free on bond.