2pp. (pages 1-2 present, lacking pages 3-4), 23 3/4 x 18 in. Page 2 of this rare newspaper from America's most famous frontier town contains coverage of the shooting of Virgil Earp, the brother of famed Tombstone Marshall Wyatt Earp, in the aftermath of the gunfight at the OK Corral.

Virgil Walter Earp (1843-1905) was an American lawman who served as both US Marshal and Tombstone, Arizona, City Marshal from 1879-1881. Tensions between Virgil Earp and his famous brothers, Wyatt and Morgan, and outlaw "Cowboys" would soon culminate at the 26 October 1881 Gunfight at the OK Corral. Two months after that infamous shootout, on 28 December 1881, Virgil Earp would be ambushed by members of the Cowboys and severely wounded. The Cowboys suspected were let off for lack of evidence. Virgil's brother Morgan Earp was assassinated in March 1882. Charges against those suspected were dismissed on a technicality. Wyatt Earp, appointed as deputy US Marshal to replace Virgil, concluded he could not rely on civil justice and decided to take matters into his own hands. He assembled a federal posse that included their brother Warren Earp and set out on a vendetta to apprehend and kill those they felt were responsible.