Editing Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (section)

=== Cowboy wounds ===
Dr. Henry M. Mathews examined the dead Cowboys late that night. He found Frank McLaury had two wounds: a gunshot beneath the right ear that horizontally penetrated his head, and a second entering his abdomen {{convert|1|in|cm|spell=in}} to the left of his navel. Mathews stated that the wound beneath the ear was at the base of the brain and caused instant death.<ref name="matthewtestimony"/> Sheriff Behan testified that he had heard Morgan Earp yell "I got him" after Frank was shot.<ref name="behantestimony"/> However, during the gunfight, Frank moved across Fremont street, putting Holliday on Frank's right and Morgan on his left. This makes it much more likely that Holliday shot the fatal round that killed Frank.<ref name="matthewtestimony"/><ref>''The Daily Nugget'', October 27, 1881</ref>

When he examined Tom McLaury's body, Mathews found twelve [[buckshot]] wounds from a single shotgun blast on the right side under his arm, between the third and fifth ribs. The wound was about {{convert|4|in|cm|sigfig=1|spell=in}} across. The nature and location of the wound indicated that it could not have been received if Tom's hands were on his coat lapels as the Cowboys later testified.<ref name="spicerdecision"/> Both Virgil and Wyatt stated that Holliday had shot Tom, which the coroner's exam supported.

Dr. George Goodfellow testified about Billy Clanton's wounds at the Spicer hearing. He stated that the angle of the wrist wound indicated that Billy's hand could not have been raised over his head as claimed by Cowboy witnesses.<ref name="oldwest"/> In his coroner's report, Mathews did not mention Billy's arm wound, but witness Keefe, who examined the arm closely, testified later that Clanton was shot through the right arm, close to the wrist joint and the bullet passed through the arm from "inside to outside," entering the arm close to the base of the thumb, and exiting "on the back of the wrist diagonally" with the latter wound larger. This indicated to the judge that Billy could not have been holding his coat's lapels open, his arms raised, as the Cowboys testified.<ref name="burns"/> Dr. Mathews found two other wounds on Billy's body. The first was {{convert|2|in|cm|sigfig=1|spell=in}} from Clanton's left nipple, and penetrated his lung. The other was in the abdomen beneath the twelfth rib, {{convert|6|in|cm|sigfig=1|spell=in}} to the right of the navel. Both were fired from the front. Neither passed completely through his body.<ref name="matthewtestimony">{{cite web|url=http://tombstonehistory.tripod.com/examnov1.html|title=Another Chapter in the Bloody Episode|access-date=February 7, 2011|publisher=Famous Trials|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029163614/http://tombstonehistory.tripod.com/examnov1.html|archive-date=October 29, 2010}}</ref> The wound to Billy Clanton's right wrist may have been inflicted by Morgan Earp or Doc Holliday immediately at the outset of the fight as Billy was drawing his gun.