JOSEPHINE “JOSIE” EARP ALS CONDEMNING RANDOLPH HEARST NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.

JOSEPHINE “JOSIE” EARP ALS CONDEMNING RANDOLPH HEARST NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. Josie Earp was an American actress and professional dancer, but she is best known as the wife of Western legend Wyatt Earp. Although no official record of Josie and Wyatt’s marriage exists, she was on the scene following the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and they shared a life in the West of mining, operating saloons, etc. This wonderful 11 page (octavo) letter is written by Josie Earp from Oakland California July 28, 1924 to Wyatt’s friend and business secretary John Flood. Josie on reverse of envelope writes address and signs envelope as “W. Earp” for her husband who is ill. Josie instructs Mr. Flood to contact Mr. Hearst directly concerning a recent article about her husband that has run in a Hearst newspaper. “… Tell him that W(yatt) feels very much grieved at the article… Whoever wrote the article lied every word and he must have been in with the Cav Boys… Ask him please to retract… Say that in the early days his father George Hearst came to W(yatt) and his brother Virgil asking for protection from some of the toughs in Tombstone as he was going out to look at a mine and W(yatt) took him out on horseback and stayed with him two days… sent Wyatt a nice watch for being so nice to him… I just feel awful about it. It just seems like they cannot leave him alone. And always a pack of lies… Just when things are dying out some miserable mean man who knows nothing writes such terrible things… Ask him what he thinks of bringing suit as they think writing such awful lies… This time we will fight them all… Best of all they think he is dead otherwise they would not say such things…” There’s a lot more interesting content and the entire letter can be read online. CONDITION: Very good overall, ink is fine and dark and easily discerned. 4-47029 JS216 (4,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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	2183	$0.00	JOSEPHINE “JOSIE” EARP ALS CONDEMNING RANDOLPH HEARST NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. Josie Earp was an American actress and professional dancer, but she is best known as the wife of Western legend Wyatt Earp. Although no official record of Josie and Wyatt’s marriage exists, she was on the scene following the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and they shared a life in the West of mining, operating saloons, etc. This wonderful 11 page (octavo) letter is written by Josie Earp from Oakland California July 28, 1924 to Wyatt’s friend and business secretary John Flood. Josie on reverse of envelope writes address and signs envelope as “W. Earp” for her husband who is ill. Josie instructs Mr. Flood to contact Mr. Hearst directly concerning a recent article about her husband that has run in a Hearst newspaper. “… Tell him that W(yatt) feels very much grieved at the article… Whoever wrote the article lied every word and he must have been in with the Cav Boys… Ask him please to retract… Say that in the early days his father George Hearst came to W(yatt) and his brother Virgil asking for protection from some of the toughs in Tombstone as he was going out to look at a mine and W(yatt) took him out on horseback and stayed with him two days… sent Wyatt a nice watch for being so nice to him… I just feel awful about it. It just seems like they cannot leave him alone. And always a pack of lies… Just when things are dying out some miserable mean man who knows nothing writes such terrible things… Ask him what he thinks of bringing suit as they think writing such awful lies… This time we will fight them all… Best of all they think he is dead otherwise they would not say such things…” There’s a lot more interesting content and the entire letter can be read online. CONDITION: Very good overall, ink is fine and dark and easily discerned. 4-47029 JS216 (4,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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