who was very drunk, began using insulting and abusive language. Leslie asked Claiborne to leave, but Claiborne continued his foul and abusive speech. Leslie later testified, Within a few minutes, two men told Leslie there was a man waiting outside to shoot him. When Leslie stepped outside, he saw "a foot of rifle barrel protruding from the end of the fruit stand." He told Claiborne "Don't shoot, I don't want you to kill me, nor do I want to have to shoot you." but Claiborne, still drunk, raised his rifle and fired the weapon, missing Leslie. Leslie returned fire and hit Claiborne in the chest. "I saw him double up and had my pistol cocked and aimed at him again ... I advanced upon him, but did not shoot, when he said, 'Don't shoot again, I am killed.' Claiborne was taken to a doctor by friends, where he died six hours after being shot. His last words were reportedly, "Frank Leslie killed Johnny Ringo, I saw him do it". He was buried in Tombstone's Boothill Cemetery. Leslie was found to have acted in self-defense and was not charged. References Further reading Sifakis, Carl. Encyclopedia of American Crime, New York, Facts on File Inc., 1982 Outlaws of the American Old West Gunslingers of the American Old West Cowboys 1860 births 1882 deaths Arizona folklore Cochise County conflict People from Yazoo County, Mississippi People from Tombstone, Arizona 19th-century American criminals