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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. Jul 9, 2013 · On Wyatt Earp’s arrival in Tombstone in the 1993 movie Tombstone, the preening and corrupt Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan bragged about the town’s fashionable citizens. Behan personified the duplicitous nature of the silver-mining boomtown: well-dressed, but of dubious virtue.

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

    • October 26, 1881
  4. Aug 24, 2016 · Behan’s Lies. by Casey Tefertiller | Aug 24, 2016 | Features & Gunfights. Illustration by Bob Boze Bell. One humiliation followed another for popular sheriff Johnny Behan on that fateful October afternoon. He stepped into the middle of a tense situation to prevent a gunfight, only to see the bullets fly around him and three of his friendly ...

  5. Jun 10, 2013 · When Behan became undersheriff in Yavapai County, he joined numerous Indian-fighting expeditions. The Prescott Journal Miner called him brave and intelligent. In 1871-72, during the height of the Indian Wars in the area, he served as county sheriff.

  6. Behan is known for being county sheriff at the time of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and the Earp Vendetta ride.

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  8. Jun 11, 2011 · Description Johnny-behan-1871.jpg. English: Johnny Behan in 1871. He was a miner, lawman, representative to the Arizona Territorial Legislature, livery stable owner and Superintendent of the Yuma Territorial Prison in the American Old West.

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