Virgil Earp
Arizona Republican Newspaper
November 1, 1905

Virgil Earp died in Goldfield Nevada October 19 after an 
illness of two days, of pneumonia.  He was 63 years old, 
served with an Indiana regiment during the war and came 
west with his brothers, Wyatt, Morgan and Doc Holiday.  
They stopped in Dodge City for a time during its days of 
roughness and came on to Prescott in 1877.  It was in 
Arizona that the Earps and Holiday became famous as gun 
fighters and though many considered them as bad men, 
their service was generally in the enforcement of law 
and order. Shortly after coming to Prescott, Virgil 
Earp killed a couple of cowboys near town, while he 
was serving as a member of a sheriff's posse, the 
cowboys having sent word to the sheriff that they 
could not be taken, after shooting up the town.  
The Earps and Holiday then went to Tombstone in the 
boom days when Cochise County was overrun with bandits 
and as Deputy U.S. Marshals assisted largely in restoring 
order, killing an outlaw occasionally.  Later Morgan 
Earp was killed in Tombstone while playing a game of 
billards, and a man named Stilwell credited with this 
murder was afterward killed in Tucson, presumably by 
the Earps.  Holiday died in Colorado a couple of 
years ago.  Wyatt Earp went to Califonria a number 
of years ago and about ten years ago Virgil Earp 
returned to Yavapai County and engaged in mining.  
He was nominated for sheriff by the republicans in 
1900 but withdrew from the race and some time ago 
went to Nevada.  He was married twice and leaves a 
wife and children.