Lady at the O.K. Corral (42 page)

      Bat Masterson and, 7, 33, 35, 73, 78–79, 148–49, 154

      biography by Flood, 154–61, 171–72, 233, 261n 232

      biography by Lake, 170–73, 183–94 (
see also Frontier Marshal
)

      birth of, 34

      Breakenridge book about, 165–69 (
see also Helldorado
)

      brothers of, 2, 24, 32–34, 41, 174 (
see also
Earp, Morgan; Earp, Virgil)

      brothers' wives and, 33

      bunco scheme arrest, 142–44

      Burns' book about, 161–63, 168

      carrying a weapon and, 90, 91

      character and personality, 7, 9, 32, 33, 41, 44, 72, 78–79, 147, 148, 156, 170, 172, 228, 230, 256n 148

      Cochise County sheriff position sought by, 51

      common-law wife Mattie Blaylock, 37, 38, 41, 56, 60, 63–64, 68, 71, 74–75, 84–85, 185, 186, 187, 211, 212, 227–28, 249n 37

      common-law wife Sally Haspel, 36, 249n 36

      dark years following Aurilla's death, 35–36

      death and final year of, 170–75

      death of brother, Morgan, 61–62, 251n 61, 251n 63

      death of brother, Newton, 174, 257n 174

      death of brother, Virgil, 139, 256n 139

      death of brother, Warren, 127–28, 255n 119

      definition of justice, 79

      Doc Holliday and, 37, 70, 76, 156, 249n 37

      fame of, 7, 8, 113, 117, 124, 135, 143, 197–99, 221

      family and ethnic heritage, 34–35

      fight-fixing scandal, 90–91, 117, 143, 253n 91

      Flood as legal advisor, 143–44, 155, 180–82 (
see also
Flood, John)

      friends of, 7, 103, 140, 153, 171, 173, 175–76, 178, 182, 192, 193, 208 (
see also specific people
)

      funeral, 175–76, 258n 176

      gambling and, 32, 35, 37, 39, 60, 76, 77, 80, 82, 97, 100, 113, 117, 137, 142–43, 149, 180, 254n 119

      George Hearst and, 43, 75, 151

      grave of, 1, 4, 176, 218, 221, 258n 176

      Hollywood and, 152–56, 160, 176

      horseracing and, 79–82, 84, 85–86, 153

      income and finances, 60, 70, 81, 113, 117, 124, 132, 135, 146, 147, 171, 195, 196, 256n 146

      in Lamar, Missouri, 35

      as legend, 7, 11, 73, 75, 229

      as “Lion of Tombstone,” 33, 163

      Lotta Crabtree estate case and, 166–67

      loyalty of, 37, 41, 76, 161

      marriage to Aurilla Sutherland, 35, 211

      memorabilia, 198, 216

      men killed by, 70

      police work, 36, 75, 137

      portrayed as teetotaler, 158

      prizefighting and, 124, 138

      prostitution and, 36, 82, 127, 137, 211

      as Republican, 44, 50

      reputation of, 64, 91, 128, 199

      as saloonkeeper, 59, 75, 113, 117, 122, 124, 126, 130, 132, 133, 135–38, 144, 171, 255n 133

      inaccurate accounts about, 148, 149, 200 (
see also Helldorado
;
Pioneer Days in Arizona
)

      ship named for, 197–99

      television series about, 222

      in Texas, 75

      Tom Mix and, 153, 173–74

      Wells Fargo Company and, 38–39, 52, 70, 75, 149

Josephine “Sadie” Marcus Earp years, 135

      in Alaska, 93–134

      builds tree house for Josephine, 140

      camp at Vidal, California, 140, 165, 173

      domestic disputes, 82–83, 203

      final years in Los Angeles, 151–73

      gifts to Josephine, 79

      in Goldfield, Nevada, 138–40

      infidelity and, 127, 202–3

      Josephine begins using name “Mrs. Earp,” 1883, 74

      Josephine's gambling and, 81–82

      length of marriage, 7, 9

      in Los Angeles, final years and death, 151–73

      marital tensions, Nome, 126–27

      marriage as common-law, 4, 71, 92

      nomadic life, 74–76

      in Nome, Alaska, 107–15

      in Rampart, Alaska, 96–104, 254n 97

      in San Diego, 76–84, 252n 82

      in San Francisco, 85–88, 90–91

      in Seattle, Washington, 116–17

      separation, summer of 1883, 73–74

      in St. Michael, Alaska, 104–7

      in Texas, 75

      in Tonopah, Nevada, 135–38

      treatment of Josephine, 141, 202, 203

      in Utah, Colorado, and Idaho, 71–73

      in Yuma, Arizona, 89–90, 92

Tombstone years:

      affair with Josephine Marcus, 49–50, 63, 186

      arrives in Tombstone, 1879, 24, 32

      Behan rivalry with, 43–44, 49, 51, 252n 74

Benson stagecoach attackers sought by, 51–52

      brother Morgan killed, 61–62

      brother Virgil shot, 61

      business ventures in Tombstone, 38–39, 59, 65

      charges and trial following Gunfight (Spicer hearing), 57–59

      Cochise County sheriff position sought by, 43–44

      departure from, 66

      as deputy U.S. marshal, 61

      Earp-cowboy war, 59–64

      Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, 2–3, 12, 55–56, 66, 127–28, 148

      Ike Clanton and, 52, 56, 58

      killing of Frank Stilwell, 63, 70–71, 154

      lead-up to Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, 51–54

      meets Josephine Marcus, 49

      as Pima County Deputy Sheriff, 51

      as shotgun messenger for Wells Fargo, 38

      Vendetta Ride, 64–66, 70, 148, 154, 168

Earp Brothers of Tombstone, The
(Waters), 228–29

Edwards, Adelia, 235

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 261n 220

Elder, “Big Nose” Kate, 37, 52, 57, 74, 190, 199, 228, 231

Ellsworth, Lincoln, 197–99

Ephron, Nora, 4

Epitaph
(newspaper).
See Tombstone Epitaph

Fairbanks, Douglas, 153

Fitch, Tom, 57–58, 77

Fitzsimmons, Bob, 90–91, 124, 253n 91

Flood, John, 256n 143

      biography of Wyatt Earp, 154–61, 169, 171–72, 233, 261n 232

      as executor and beneficiary, 216, 217–19

      Gilchriese's book and, 224–26

      loyalty of, 180–82, 214, 215

      Wyatt and Josephine Earp and, 11, 143, 147, 148, 149–50, 160, 162–65, 175, 176, 183, 189, 195, 215, 219, 224–25, 258n 175

Ford, John, 152

Frank, A. L., 218

Fremont, John C., 44

Frontier Marshal
(film), 193–94

Frontier Marshal
(Lake), 191–94, 197, 199, 213, 215, 228, 230, 231, 259n 191

      giveaway to WWII soldiers, 221, 261n 220

      new edition for teenage readers, 222

      royalties, 182, 192, 193, 195, 197, 199, 207, 216, 221–22

Galveston, Texas, 74, 252n 74

Gannett, Leslie, 192

Geronimo, 130

Gilchriese, John, 222–27, 231, 236, 261n 225

Glenwood, Colorado, 76

Globe, Arizona, 74–75

Goldfield, Nevada, 9, 138–40

      death of Virgil Earp in, 139

      Earp brothers in, 138–40

      New Northern Saloon, 138

      Wyatt and Josephine Earp in, 138–40

      Wyatt and Josephine Earp's claims, Happy Day Mines, 139, 181, 207

Goldfield News
, 139

Goodfellow, George, 48, 62

Gosper, John, 52–53, 59

Grauman, Sidney, 93, 125, 152, 204, 218

Greenberg, Alice, 233

Groton school, 40

Gump, Solomon, 16

Halliwell, Hildreth, 139, 206–7, 208, 256n 146, anti-Semitism of 260n 206

Hammond, John Hays, 137, 148

Harper, Thomas, 176

Harper's Monthly Magazine
, 87–88

Hart, William S., 7, 153–54, 155, 160–61, 162, 164, 170, 173, 174, 175, 182, 185, 190, 196, 202, 209, 216, 217, 218

Haspel, Sally, 36, 211, 249n 36

Hatch, Bob, 62, 208

Hatton, Charles, 33

Hearst, George, 7, 43, 75, 151, 215

Hearst, William Randolph, 150–51, 215

Helldorado
(Breakenridge), 167–69, 173, 200

Hera
(ship), 115–16

Hirsch, Dora, 23–24

HMS Pinafore
(Gilbert and Sullivan), 22, 23, 204

      Markham “Pinafore on Wheels” Troupe, 24–26, 145, 186, 210

Holliday, John Henry “Doc,” 2, 7, 37, 156, 161, 175

      Bat Masterson and, 37, 71

      “Big Nose” Kate and, 37, 52, 57, 190

      Boyer book about, 230, 233, 262n 233

      Burns' description of, 163–64

      charges and trial following Gunfight, 57–59

      Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, 55, 56

      illness and death of, 76

      implicated in Benson killing, 52

      “Jew boy” comment, 71, 252n 71

      lead-up to Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, 54

      saves Wyatt Earp's life, 37

      Wyatt Earp and, 37, 70, 76, 249n 37

Hollywood and film industry, 151–54

      Josephine Earp as “technical consultant,” 204, 214

      westerns, 151–52, 153, 204, 219, 221

      Wyatt Earp and, 152–56, 160, 176, 234

Hooker, Forrestine, 155, 231

Hooker, Henry Clay, 155

Hoover, Herbert, 113

Horton, Alonzo, 77, 83

Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, 78

Houghton Mifflin, 167, 168, 169, 178, 182, 191, 209, 212, 216, 231

      Josephine Earp at, 189

Hoxsie, Charlie, 113, 114–15, 118, 133, 134

Hunsaker, William J., 77, 83, 148, 172, 175, 179, 193, 252n 77

Hunt, George, 179

Huntington Library, 11

Idaho

      boomtown of Coeur d'Alene, 75

      Kootenai County, Earp as sheriff, 75

      silver fields, 72, 75

Illustrated Life of Doc Holliday, The
(Boyer), 230, 233

I Married Wyatt Earp
(unpublished ms.), 10–11

I Married Wyatt Earp: The Recollections of Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp
(ed. Boyer), 11, 232–34, 262n 233, 262n 234

Inventing Wyatt Earp
(Barra), 234

Israel, Sol, 42, 49, 65, 156

It All Happened in Tombstone
(Clum), 199–200

Jackson, Joseph Henry, 192

Jaffa, Henry, 70

Jones, Harry, 27, 30, 42, 48, 49

Jones, Ida “Kitty,” 27–28, 30, 42, 48, 208

Judaism

      anti-Semitism in America, 6, 206, 260n 206

      assimilation and, 14

      Eastern European Jews, 14–15, 248n 14

      Israel Benjamin as commentator on Jewish life, 18–19

      Jewish community of New York City, 15, 248n 14, 248n 16

      Jewish community of Nome, Alaska, 125–26

      Jewish community of San Francisco, 4, 16–17, 20–21, 248n 16

      Jewish community of Tombstone, 42

      Jewish financing of Alaska mining supplies and ventures, 96, 125–26

      of Josephine Earp, 1–2, 4, 21, 147, 204, 218

      in 19th century Prussia, 14–15

      prejudices of German Jews against Eastern European Jews, 3, 15, 19, 20–21, 248n 19, 248n 20

      Wyatt Earp and, 147

Kelley, Florence Finch, 191–92

Kent, Ira Rich, 168, 187, 189, 190, 193

Labatt, Abraham, 17

Laing, Jeanne Cason, 202–4, 205, 225, 231–32, 234, 236–37

Lake, Stuart, 228, 230, 257n 170

      Josephine Earp's memoirs and, 213, 216, 219, 223, 224

      omission of women or wives from
Frontier Marshal
, 190

      Wyatt and Josephine Earp and
Frontier Marshal
, 11, 49, 50, 170–73, 176, 179, 182, 183–94, 195, 198, 207, 208, 210, 211, 214, 219, 221–22, 224

Langtry, Lily, 78

Law and Order
(film), 193

Lazard Frères, 16

Lehnhardt, Edna (niece), 145, 146, 180, 196–97, 209, 214, 217, 259n 196, 260n 214

Lehnhardt, Emil (brother-in-law), 69–70, 71, 74, 91, 142

      suicide of, 145, 209

Lehnhardt, Emil, Jr.(nephew), 137, 196

Lehnhardt, Henrietta “Hattie” (sister), 15, 20, 69–70, 74, 76, 85, 91, 137, 142

      as businesswoman, 146

      closeness with Josephine, 146–47, 179–80, 195, 215

      death of, 195, 196, 197

      Earp's funeral and, 176, 258n 176

      monthly subsidy to the Earps, 146, 171, 195, 196, 256n 146

Leussler, Harrison, 178, 185–86, 187, 209–10, 212, 213, 214, 260n 213

Levy, Harriet Lane, 248n 20

Lewellen, John and Annie, 48, 251n 63

Lewellen, Sarah, 182, 195, 214

Lewis, Alfred Henry, 175, 183

Lewis, Jefferys, 72

Libby, David, 107–8

Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The
(TV series), 222

Lindeberg, Jafet, 104, 108

Lockwood, Frank, 155, 200

London, Jack, 94, 113, 157, 223

Los Angeles, California, 9, 136, 138

      Hollenbeck Hotel, 79