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Portrait of Virgil Earp
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Accused

Virgil Earp

Born
18 July 1843
Died
19 October 1905, aged about 62
Record
Wikidata Q931824 · Wikipedia

Accused in The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Tombstone town marshal and deputy US marshal who led the attempt to disarm the Cowboys; wounded in the leg.

1881 · Tombstone, Arizona Territory · Acquitted

About thirty shots in thirty seconds on Fremont Street, Tombstone, in 1881: three Cowboys dead, the Earps charged with murder, and a month-long hearing. Read the case.

Dated events

  1. James, Virgil and Wyatt Earp arrive in the new silver town of Tombstone.

  2. Virgil Earp is appointed Tombstone's town marshal.

  3. Virgil Earp pistol-whips and arrests an armed Ike Clanton; Wyatt Earp strikes Tom McLaury in the street.

  4. Spicer revokes bail; Wyatt Earp and Holliday spend sixteen days in jail.

  5. Virgil Earp is ambushed and badly wounded by unknown gunmen.

  6. Morgan Earp is shot dead in a Tombstone billiard parlor, setting off Wyatt's vendetta ride.