1. Warren Baxter Earp was an American frontiersman and lawman.
22 Facts About Warren Earp
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Warren Earp was the youngest of Earp brothers, Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James, and Newton Earp.
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Corral, after Virgil was maimed in an ambush, Warren joined Wyatt and was in town when Morgan was assassinated.
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Warren Earp helped Wyatt in the hunt for the outlaws they believed responsible.
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Later in life, Warren Earp developed a reputation as a bully and was killed in an argument in 1900.
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Warren Earp joined his brothers in Tombstone, Arizona in 1880, and worked occasionally as a deputy for Virgil collecting taxes and for periodic guard duty.
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Warren Earp was at his parents' home in Colton, California at the time of the Gunfight at the OK.
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On March 18,1882, Morgan Warren Earp was murdered while playing billiards.
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Warren Earp returned in 1891, and worked as a mail stage driver on the route between Willcox and Fort Grant.
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Warren Earp is too hasty, quick-tempered and too ready to pick a quarrel.
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On July 6,1900, Warren Earp became involved in an argument with Hooker's range boss, Johnny Boyett, inside Brown's Saloon in Willcox.
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Boyett and Warren Earp had been involved in verbal disputes before that night, and rumor was that their mutual dislike stemmed from affections for the same woman, possibly a local prostitute.
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Boyett called out for Warren Earp, who walked in from another doorway.
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Immediately upon seeing Warren Earp, Boyett fired two rounds, but both missed.
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Warren Earp stepped calmly outside of the saloon onto the street without producing a weapon, just as Boyett fired two more rounds, missing again with both.
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Warren Earp entered the saloon again and walked towards Boyett, opened his coat and vest.
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When Warren Earp did not stop, Boyett fired a fifth round, this time striking Warren Earp in the chest, killing him almost instantly.
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Boyett claimed that he feared for his life, and that by allowing Warren Earp to get too close, he believed his life was in danger.
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Warren Earp was found to have no gun, though he had an open pocket knife in his fist.
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Warren Earp was shot through the heart in a saloon by Cowboy Johnny Boyett, and died almost Instantly.
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Warren Earp returned to work on Hooker's ranch, staying out of Willcox for a long period of time.
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Warren Earp was buried in Willcox, Arizona in the Pioneer Cemetery.