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{{Short description|American lawman and Earp family brother (1851β1882)}} {{about|the 19th-century American lawman|the US government statistician|Morgan Earp (statistician)}} {{Infobox person | name = Morgan Earp | image = Morgan Earp.jpg | alt = Morgan Earp | caption = Morgan Earp, about 1881, in Tombstone | birth_name = Morgan Seth Earp | birth_date = {{Birth date|1851|4|24}} | birth_place = [[Pella, Iowa]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1882|3|18|1851|4|24}} | death_place = [[Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone]], Arizona Territory, U.S. | death_cause = [[Gunshot wound]] | restingplace = Hermosa Gardens Cemetery, [[Colton, California]] | opponents = {{unbulleted list| [[William Brocius]] | [[Frank McLaury]] |[[Frank Stillwell]]}} | other_names = | spouse = Louisa A. Houston | known_for = [[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]] | occupation = Soldier, sheriff, shotgun messenger, deputy U.S. marshal | parents = [[Nicholas Porter Earp]] and his second wife, Virginia Ann Cooksey | relatives = Siblings [[Newton Earp|Newton]], Mariah Ann, [[James Earp|James]], [[Virgil Earp|Virgil]], Martha, [[Wyatt Earp|Wyatt]], [[Warren Earp|Warren]], Virginia Ann, and Douglas Earp }} {{O.K. Corral}} '''Morgan Seth Earp''' (April 24, 1851 β March 18, 1882) was an American [[sheriff]] and [[Marshal|lawman]]. He served as [[Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone]], [[Arizona Territory|Arizona]]'s Special Policeman when he helped his brothers [[Virgil Earp|Virgil]] and [[Wyatt Earp|Wyatt]], as well as [[Doc Holliday]], confront the [[outlaw]] [[Cochise County Cowboys]] in the [[gunfight at the O.K. Corral]] on October 26, 1881. All three [[Earp brothers]] had been the target of repeated death threats made by the Cowboys who were upset by the Earps' interference in their illegal activities. The lawmen killed Cowboys [[Tom McLaury|Tom]] and [[Frank McLaury]] and [[Billy Clanton]]. All four lawmen were charged with murder by Billy's older brother, [[Ike Clanton]], who had run from the gunfight. During a month-long preliminary hearing, Judge [[Wells Spicer]] exonerated the men, concluding they had been performing their duty. Friends of the slain outlaws retaliated, and on December 29, Cowboys ambushed Virgil, leaving him maimed. Two and a half months later, on March 18, 1882, they ambushed Morgan, shooting him at night through the window of a door while he was playing billiards and killed him. The Cowboys suspected in both shootings were let off on technicalities or lack of evidence.<ref name=roberts>{{Cite book |last1 = Roberts | first1 = Gary L. | title = Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend | year = 2007 | publisher = Wiley, J | location = New York | isbn = 978-0470128220 | page = 544}}</ref>{{rp|242}}<ref name="historynet"/> Wyatt Earp felt he could not rely on the [[criminal justice system]] and decided to take matters into his own hands.<ref name=wgbh>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/transcript/wyatt-transcript/ |title=WGBH American Experience: Wyatt Earp, Complete Program Transcript |date=January 25, 2010 |number=2 (season 22) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130081133/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/transcript/wyatt-transcript/ |archive-date=January 30, 2017 }}</ref> He concluded the only way to get justice for his murdered brother was to avenge his death.<ref name="historynet"/> Wyatt assembled a [[wikt:posse#Noun|posse]] that included their brother [[Warren Earp]] and set out on a [[Earp Vendetta Ride|vendetta]] to kill those they felt were responsible. Morgan married Louisa Alice Houston sometime in the 1870s. They lived in Montana before joining his brothers in Tombstone. Louisa was staying with his parents in California when Morgan was murdered.
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