Behan was born in what is now Kansas City, Missouri on October 23, 1844, the third of nine children (but the eldest son) of an Irish-born carpenter named Peter Behan and his wife Sarah, as shown by the 1850 Federal Census for Kaw Township, Jackson County, Missouri. No O.K.
Cochise County Sheriff John Behan, who said he saw the shootout, took them into custody. When Behan became undersheriff in Yavapai County, he joined numerous Indian-fighting expeditions. Sheriff John Behan of Cochise County, who witnessed the shootout, charged the Earps and Holliday with murder. Four cowboys, including one of Sheriff Behan’s aides, were killed. It happened in an alley between Fly’s Boarding House and the entrance to the corral. Legitimate workers in ranching or driving cattle were called ranchers and cattlemen. A month later, Judge Wells Spicer dismissed the murder charges. Other witnesses disputed a great deal of the sheriff’s account, though. Tombstone Driving Park - Quite a favorite by 1882. The judge, by the way, was a relative of the Earps. They stayed locked up for sixteen days. The O.K Corral.
This happened sometime after Behan had been appointed undersheriff in November 1880, and his move to Cochise Country Sheriff the next spring. Then when Cochise County was created in February 1881, Wyatt intended to compete for the position of sheriff against Behan. Built by John Doling for horse races, it became a community gathering spot. At the time, Wyatt was not a law officer, but had used the threat of Behan riding out to the Clanton's ranch as … Sheriff Behan also interceded as they headed out, confirming they weren't in violation if they were leaving town. Well known locals such as Wyatt Earp, John Behan and James Vogan raced their steeds there. But … Directed by Roy Rowland. Sheriff Behan convinces them that rather than killing Earp or Doc who he suspects killed Priddy to let him have Shotgun Gibbs killed which will discourage Earp. Corral, and the Earp Vendetta ride. Behan is known for being county sheriff at the time of the gunfight at the O.K. Morgan Earp. Josephine Sarah "Sadie" Earp (née Marcus; 1861 – December 19, 1944) was the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp, a famed Old West lawman and gambler.She met Wyatt in 1881 in the frontier boom town of Tombstone, Arizona Territory, when she was living with Johnny Behan, sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona.. Josephine was born in New York to a Prussian Jewish family; her father was a baker. John Harris Behan (October 24, 1844 – June 7, 1912) was sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona Territory during the gunfight at the O.K. Virgil came along, but made no arrests, since it seemed the McLaurys and Clantons intended to leave town. Considering there were two horses and eight men involved in the fight, it was a bit of a tight squeeze.
Testimony as to what he told Virgil and the others is conflicting, but most likely the sheriff said he had disarmed the Cowboys. Corral. Wyatt Earp left Arizona Territory in April 1882, later settling in California with his partner, Josephine Marcus, Behan’s former girlfriend. The Gunfight at the OK Corral affected those involved in different ways. In the Tombstone region there was a group of men, outside of the law, which were referred to locally as the Cowboys.
Wikimedia. Wyatt, as former undersheriff and a Republican in the same party as Territorial Governor Fremont, assumed he had a good chance at appointment, but Behan had political influence in Prescott. This was false.
Sheriff Behan claimed that the three dead men had put up their hands and that they’d been shot down in cold blood. The following Saturday, Wyatt and Doc were arrested by Sheriff Johnny Behan. Earlier on this fateful day, Virgil had disarmed one cowboy forcefully, while Wyatt confronted another and county sheriff Johnny Behan failed to persuade two more to turn in their firearms. Behan is known for being county sheriff at the time of the gunfight at the O.K. Arizona was pretty wild, and a man had to have bark to be a lawman. The Prescott Journal Miner called him brave and intelligent. Behan often was a judge. He was married, and had two children, but his wife divorced him, accusing him of consorting with prostitutes. In fact, Behan came to Tombstone after the Earps. Earp was replaced as deputy sheriff by Johnny Behan, a politician and sometime compatriot of several of the Cowboys, including the McLaury’s, the Clantons, and Curly Bill Brocius. When Wyatt resigned as deputy sheriff in November 1880, Behan was appointed as his replacement.