Charles Holmes Quotations

Bat Masterson said he didn't know anybody Wyatt couldn't whip without his guns. A lot of times Wyatt didn't carry guns...because if he carried guns he had to kill somebody - and he would kill somebody - but he didn't want to. He was a very religious man.

He was the type of guy you could not hit with a bullet. Nobody could shoot straight at him...I believe there's more to it than we can explain.

As far as I'm concerned the guy was crooked as a snake. Wyatt Earp was a deputy U.S. marshal at the time of the shootout. Virgil was a deputy U.S. marshal, and the chief of police...Morgan had been authorized as a constable...Wyatt Earp had warrants for these characters, and the sheriff had warrants for Wyatt Earp. So it was crazy the way things were done.

By coincidence, they look like one another - same height, same look, and their families are from the same part of the country.

How many guys do you know who can physically grab somebody by the ear, and take 'em to jail? Well, he could do it.