Tom McLaury

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Tom McLaury (born Thomas McLaury; June 30, 1853 – October 26, 1881) was an American outlaw. He and his brother Frank owned a ranch outside Tombstone, Arizona, Arizona Territory during the 1880s. He was a member of a gang of outlaws and cattle rustlers called the Cowboys that had ongoing conflicts with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp. The McLaury brothers repeatedly threatened the Earps because they interfered with the Cowboys' illegal activities. On October 26, 1881, Tom and Frank were both killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. The Tombstone shootout was his only gunfight.

Read on Wikipedia · Image From the book by Paul Lee Johnson mentioned above: "Portrait photographs of Robert F. and Thomas C. McLaury taken by A.B. Mignon of 24 Main St., Fort Worth, Texas. Taken circa 1876. <snip>These photo…, Public domain