"The appointment of Wyatt Earp as Deputy Sheriff, by Sheriff Shibell, is an eminently proper one, and we, in common with the citizens generally, congratulate the latter on his election. Wyatt has filled various positions in which bravery and determination were requisites, and in every instance proved himself the right man in the right place. He is a present filling the position of shotgun messenger for Wells, Fargo & Co., which he will resign to accept the later appointment." Tombstone Daily Epitaph, July 29, 1880.
"Morgan Earp succeeds his brother Wyatt as shotgun messenger for Wells, Fargo & Co." Tombstone Daily Epitaph, July 29, 1880.
"From Deputy Sheriff Earp we learn that the man who killed Marshal White is an old offender against the law. Within the past few years he stopped a stage in El Paso County, Texas, killing one man and dangerously wounding another. He was tried and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, but managed to make his escape shortly after being incarcerated. The facts leaked out in this way: On the road to Tucson, Byoscins (sic) asked Earp where he could get a good lawyer. Earp suggested that Hereford & Zabriske were considered a good firm. Broscins (sic) said that he didn't want Zabriskie, as he had prosecuted him once in Texas. Inquiry on the part of Earp developed the above state of facts." Tombstone Daily Epitaph, October 31, 1880.
"About 12:30 last night . . . A lot of Texan cowboys . . . began firing at the moon and stars on Allen street, near Sixth. City Marshal White . . . interfered . . . and was ruthlessly shot by one of the number. Deputy Sheriff Earp, who is ever to the front when duty calls, arrived just in the nick of time . . . [and] knocked the assailant down with a six-shooter, and as promptly locked him up, and with the assistance of his brothers, Virgil and Morgan, went in pursuit of the others. . . . Marshal White was shot in the left groin, the ball passing nearly through, and being cut from his buttock by Dr. Matthews. . . . At last accounts, 8 A.M., Marshal White was sleeping and strong hopes of his ultimate recovery were expected." Tombstone Daily Epitaph, October 28, 1880.
"[A] dispute arose in the Oriental Saloon between John Tyler and Doc Holliday . . . . Mutual friends . . . disarmed both, and Tyler went away, Holliday remaining . . . [later]being bodily fired out by Joyce. . . . [Holliday]returned and . . . turned loose with a self-cocker [pistol]. Joyce . . . jumped his assailant and struck him over the head with a six-shooter, felling him to the floor and lighting on top of him. Officers White and Bennett were near at hand and separated them, taking the pistols from each. . . . Joyce was found to be shot through the hand, his partner, Mr. Parker, who was behind the bar, shot through the big toe of the left foot, and Holliday with a blow of the pistol in Joyce's hands. . . ." Tombstone Daily Nugget, October 12, 1880.
"Last Tuesday night a shooting affair took place at Safford in which Louis Hancock was shot by John Ringo. It appears Ringo wanted Hancock to take adrink of whiskey, and he refused saying he would prefer beer. Ringo struck him over the head with his pistol and then fired, the ball takinf effect in the lower end of the left ear, and passing through the fleshy part of the neck, half inch more in the neck, would have killed him. Ringo is under arrest." Arizona Daily Star, December 14, 1879.
"Moral-when you drink with a man that is on a shoot, and he says 'whiskey,' don't you say 'beer.'" December 14, 1879, Arizona Daily Star.
"From Mr. I. Clanton . . . we learn that emigrants from Colorado, Texas and Kansas are rapidly coming into the Territory. The mines in the Victorio District are looking exceedingly well. A short time since a new camp, known as San Simon, was opened, and from present indications, will soon eclipse any other in the Territory. The leads are large, averaging 125 ounces to the ton. The camp is located about eighty miles east of Tombstone. While at Fort Bowie, Mr. Clanton was informed, on what is considered reliable authority, that a portion of Victorio's band had returned to New Mexico and were at present in the Black Range. He brought with him fifty head of beef cattle for the Tombstone market, being five days on the road from San Simon." Tombstone Daily Epitaph, August 6, 1880.
"The funeral of the McLowry [McLaury] brothers and Clanton yesterday was numerically one of the largest ever witnessed in Tombstone. It took place at 3:30 from the undertaking rooms of Messrs. Ritter and Eyan. The procession headed by the Tombstone brass band, moved down Allen street and thence to the cemetary. The sidewalks were densly packed for three or four blocks. The body of Clanton was in the first hearse and those of the two Mclowry brothers in the second, side by side, and were interred in the same grave. It was a most impressive and saddening sight and such a one as it is to be hoped may neve occur again in this community." Tombstone Epitaph, October 28, 1880.
"W. Earp and Jno. Holliday were brought before this court [Judge Lucas' Probate Court] on a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that having been out on bail, Justice Spicer had no power to order them in custody. After argument the writ was dismissed and Earp and Holliday remanded into the custody of the Sheriff." Tombstone Nugget, November 8, 1881.
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