Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-11-01
FEARLESS RANGER SUCCUMBS
TO DEATH.
(krom Fridays Daily)

| Goldfeld, Nevada, of the death at tina
place of Virgil carp on October Is
of pneumonia, and the shipment of hi
remains from there to Portland Oregon
for burial. He was born in the stat
of Indiana, and was 60 years of ag
at the time of his death. He was on
of the best known men on the Pacif
coast, as well as one of the bravest.
His decease recalls to mind many ex
citing incidents of the early history o.
this section and southern Arizona, wher,
he lived for number of years, and as
sisted in Kidding the country of many
a border desperate.
In company with his two brothers
Wyatt and Morgan, and Doe Holiday
he came to Prescott about the year
1877. Shortly after his arrival here
and while Ed Bowers was sheriff of
Yavapai county, the town was visited
by two cowboys from the Bradshaw
basin section, who enlivened matters
by shooting up saloons and other re-
sorts, finally riding out of the place,
shooting right and left as they went
in the direction of the Brooks ranch,
just outside of the city limits
Arriving at the Brooks ranch, the
cowboys sent word to the officers that
they were camped there, and if any of
the officers wanted them to come out
and get them. These men were consid-
cred bad ones, and were known to be
dead shots. Sheriff Bowers organized
aposse of citizens, of which Virgil
carp happened to be one, and the posse
started for the Brooks ranch on horse
back preceded by Deputy United
States Marshal Stanford and another
deputy in a hack. The party in the
hack passed the bad men unmolested,
but the cowboys opened fire on the
sheriff's posse, which was on horse
back Sheriff Bowers horse was
shot in several places, but he returned
the fire, and did not get hit.
On arriving at the scene Virgil
carp, who was armed with a Henry
rife, proceeded up the creek in the di-
rection of the shooting, and noticing
one of the cowboys crouching under |
an oak tree reloading his gun, shot |
and killed him instantly The first shot |
hit him in the heart, and the second |
shot struck about two inches from |
the first. The other cowboy was shot |
with a charge of buckshot and lived
for two days, finally dying in the hos
pital
A peculiar feature connected with
he shooting was that the man struck
by the shot fred by carp was found
ying against the tree with a cigarette
n his mouth, which was held there I'M
ii after the body was removed to town.
After this incident carp came into
prominence as a determined man and
| good shot.
In 1879 Virgil carp and Doc Hol-
iday left Prescott for Tombstone,
which was the scene of the greatest
mining excitement of the time. On
thriving at Tombstone, Virgil carp, his
wo brothers and Doc. Holiday were
appointed Deputy United States Mar
halls, and rendered very effective ser
nee against the rustlers and border
uffians that infested that section, CO.
operating for time with the city and
county peace officers.
Later in 1882, the lawless element
we're not quite subdued, and so motor
Gus did they become that President
Arthur of the United States issued a
calling upon the bandits
o disperse and threatening them with
at the hands of the
military authorities and the United
states marshals if they did not dis
'and. Up to the time of issuing this
PROCLAMATION stage coaches were be-
ng held up with almost the regularity
f clockwork whenever any treasure
vas in transit, merchants in outlying :
districts were being held up and their
.Oods taken, and the people generally 4;
made to pay tribute to the bandits.
While the Earps and Holiday were i
ndeavoring to enforce the law they :
we're naturally picked out for the ven {
.eanee of the outlaw gangs. and sew {
raj fights and skirmishes took place, !
n which many lives were lost; notably ,
ne fight on the streets of Tombstone 1
etween the Clantons and McLowers {
n one side and the Earps and Doc {
Holiday representing the strong arm i
f the law, in which the two McLowerys !
nd Billy Clanton were killed and Vir- (
il carp shot in the left arm, the use i
f which he never fully recovered. t
After the termination of the trou- {
les with the outlaw gangs, and when s