 In a story published on May 14, 1893, Wyatt told a reporter for the "Denver Republican" he shot Stilwell as he attempted to push the barrel of Earp's shotgun away.Ike Clanton escaped.Afterward, he gave interviews to the newspapers in which he claimed that he and Stilwell had been in Tucson to respond to federal charges of interfering with a U.S. mail carrier, stemming from Stilwell's alleged participation in robbing the Bisbee stage on September 8, 1881.