Tombstone (1993) - Frequently Asked Questions - IMDb Josephine first met John "Johnny" Harris Behan at the ranch house, who she described as, "young and darkly handsome, with merry black eyes and an engaging smile. They likely headed west to one of the growing towns along the Kansas-Iowa-Missouri border area. She attributed the highly exaggerated stories about Wyatt Earp to Josephine. All in a day's work! His elder brothers joined the Union Army when the American Civil War began, while Wyatt, 13 years old, and his younger brothers took care of the farm. Corral on October 26, 1881. [28] When Stuart Lake was researching his book Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal he heard stories about Sadie's personal history. The Wives of Wyatt Earp, from Aurilla Sutherland to Sadie Marcus [106] During an investigation of the boxing match by a panel appointed by San Francisco Mayor Washington Bartlett, they learned Josephine Earp was a "degenerate horseplayer" and that she frequently took loans out against her jewelry. [26]:46 Neighbors in Prescott witnessed Behan visiting the "house of ill fame" on Granite Street on several occasions during December 1874. [21] Mattie resumed life as a prostitute and committed "suicide by opium poisoning" on July 3, 1888. [18] Behan claimed their daughter Henrietta wasn't his, and a request for support for Henrietta was stricken from the divorce petition. Wyatt Earp in 1869 4. She may have arrived in Prescott, Arizona as early as 1874. Enchanted by a performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. . [21], Josephine loved to play poker[104] and developed a serious gambling habit,[11] losing heavily at times. Josephine gambled so recklessly that Wyatt cut her off and asked other gambling houses to do the same. During a month-long preliminary hearing, Judge Wells Spicer heard testimony from a large number of witnesses. "[84][19][21], Among the facts Josephine wanted scrubbed from Earp's history, she persuaded biographers Flood, Lake and Burns to write that Earp was a non-drinker. Whether it was intentional or not, Mattie killed herself by overdosing on laudanum and alcohol. On Oct. 26, the Earps were ambushed by the cowboys in broad daylight. While Blaylocks first few years as a drifter are largely undocumented, by around 1872, she was working as a prostitute in Fort Scott, Kansas, then later settled in Dodge City where shed meet Earp. Levine says another gun in the collection was owned by Wyatt's . Wyatt began a relationship with Josephine "Sadie" Marcus, who had during 1880-81 been in a relationship with Johnny Behan in Tombstone. 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Even though he was very ill, she still didn't cook for him. E.C. Allegedly a runaway, she's said to have left . They recorded events in her life but found Josephine was evasive about her early life in Tombstone. Wyatt Earp is the most recognizable face of the Earp family. It was apparently not his first run-in with the law. [27], Josephine is quoted in I Married Wyatt Earp that she received a letter and $300 from her father, urging her to return to San Francisco. [39] Josephine said she left the acting troupe in February 1880, just after the Markham troupe ended its initial run of performances in Prescott. What happened to Wyatt Earp? - TimesMojo "United States Census, San Francisco, California", "San Francisco Morning Call Newspaper Vital Statistics", "I Married Wyatt Earp: The Recollections of Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp", "Voting Ward Maps, 1852, 1860, 1870, 1880", "The Jewish First Lady at Legendary Lawmaker Wyatt Earp's O.K. Grace recalled that Josie, who had never had many domestic skills, did very little housekeeping or cooking for Wyatt. There is no legal record of a marriage between the two. Blaylock continued to work as a prostitute. The end of Matties story is not a happy one. Celia Ann Mattie Blaylock was a prostitute and the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp, a western frontiersman famous for his participation in the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. "[21] After Wyatt's death, Josephine told her friends and family to stop calling her Sadie, Wyatt's name for her, and insisted they call her Josie. Mattie Blaylock - Wyatt Earp's Common Law Wife - Legends of America Wyatt Earp | The Old West Sarah returned home to Iowa less than a year later. Wyatt Earp (1994) - IMDb [64]:p235 Author Stuart Lake wrote in a letter that "Johnny Behan's girl" was the key to the whole yarn of Tombstone. [44] She said that Sieber and his scouts led her stagecoach and its passengers to a nearby adobe ranch house. It is in large part due to Josephine's efforts to build and burnish the reputation of her common-law spouse that he has been depicted in books and movies as a champion of justice . [71] Director John Ford said that whenever Josephine left town for religious conventions, Earp would come into town, play poker, and get drunk with the cowboy actors. [26]:52 In March 1882, Sadie sent a postal money order to her mother, Mrs. H. Marcus, in San Francisco. Josephine Earp (Actress, wife of Wyatt Earp) ~ Bio Wiki | Photos | Videos Sid Grauman of Grauman's Theater and cowboy actor and long-time friend of Wyatt Earp William S. Hart paid for her funeral and burial. But Leah never left San Francisco with Josephine. The facts about Josephine Earp and her relationship to Wyatt were relatively unknown until amateur Earp historian Glenn Boyer published the book I Married Wyatt Earp. To understand the homosexual representation by Jason Priestly in "Tombstone" well I think one must grasp that a couple of years before Wyatt Earp died in Los Angeles, an embittered old man at the poor treatment he thought himself to have received in Breckenridge's own biography, "Helldorado" complaining to his own working biographer, Stuart Lake, that "Helldorado" was a kind of torpedo job . [71][86][29]:78, They boarded the steamship Rosalie for Nome, Alaska on September 21. Earp named a mining claim he filed on February 16, 1880 "Mattie Blaylock. [46][47] She was the step-daughter of Yavapai County Sheriff John P. [3][1][4][5] Sophie was a widow with a 3-year-old daughter, Rebecca Levy, when she married Marcuse, who was eight years younger than she. In 1879, five prostitutes lived there. [26]:45, After Wyatt's death, Josephine collaborated with two of her husband's cousins, Mabel Earp Cason and her sister Vinolia Earp Ackerman, to document her life. She was buried in the Pinal Cemetery in Pinal, Arizona. In 1868 she ran away from home at age 16, taking her 13 year old sister Sarah, with her. Garner and I discuss Wyatt Earp's life as a sporting man and his involvement in horse racing and boxing. This page is not available in other languages. Josephine wanted to keep what she viewed as their tarnished history in Tombstone private. [18]:93, Behan and his wife were divorced in less than a month, in June 1875. At this point, Mattie's profession was listed as keeping house. The United States Census confirmed her as his common-law wife by 1880. [54] In 1874, 14-year-old Sadie Mansfield worked under the watchful eye of Madam Josie Roland as a prostitute in a brothel on Granite Street, between Gurley and Alarcon streets, and near the Yavapai County Courthouse where Sheriff Behan worked. My heart was stirred by his attentions in what were very romantic circumstances. [26]:56. )[43], In September 1880, Behan and Sadie left Tip Top for Tombstone. Josephine and Wyatt went to great lengths to keep her name out of Lake's book, and she threatened litigation to keep it that way. It is a very good read and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about the life and times of Wyatt Earp. But they'd met only four years earlier, while passing through Texas. She approached several publishers for the book, but backed out several times due to their insistence that she be completely open and forthcoming, rather than slanting her memories to her favor. The Tragic Story Of Henry Duke Of Cornwall, Henry VIII's Son Who Died At Just Seven Weeks Old, 32 Disturbing Photos Of Life Inside Soviet Gulag Prisons, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. Both made a stagecoach journey from San Francisco to Prescott, Arizona Territory; both traveled with a black woman named Julia; both were sexual partners with Behan; both were 19 years old, born in New York City, and had parents from Germany. In I Married Wyatt Earp, author Glen Boyer states that Josephine took dance lessons and had a maid. [2] What is known for certain is that she traveled to Tombstone using the name Josephine Marcus in October 1880. This is the book from which the movie Tombstone was based. On the inside were the German Jews and on the outside were the Polish Jews. [2][26]:47 In January 1876, Josephine or Sadie left Prescott, stopped at a Los Angeles hotel, and returned to San Francisco before March 6. Corral. Mattie Blaylock (left) and Wyatt Earp (center) as portrayed by Dana Wheeler Nicholson and Kurt Russell in. Role: Allie Earp, Virgil's wife Also known for: Played the wife of the title character in Showtime's "Ray Donovan" series (2013-2017) and prostitute Trixie on HBO's "Deadwood". He met another woman, Josephine Sadie Marcus, around 1882 and spent the rest of his life with her. She then made her way to Kansas where she first worked as a prostitute in Scott City before moving on to Dodge City. Of those three, there's a "maybe" around Marcus, but it should come as no surprise that Mattie Blaylock, the woman usually described as the "second Mrs. Wyatt Earp," had a history of prostitution. In my confusion, I could see no way out of the tragic mess. Blaylock's relationship with Earp was rediscovered by Earp researcher John Gilchriese and author Frank Waters in the 1950s, when they uncovered a coroner's report for "Mattie Earp", and a deathbed conversation in which she told someone, "Wyatt Earp had ruined my life. Josephine wrote in I Married Wyatt Earp that she and Wyatt were married in 1892 offshore by the captain of Lucky Baldwin's yacht. He was named after his father's commanding officer in the Mexican-American War, Captain Wyatt Berry Stapp, of the 2nd Company Illinois Mounted Volunteers. Celia Ann Mattie Blaylock was born around 1850 into a religious family in Iowa. Heartbroken and addicted, Blaylock tried her best to prevail. Behan was sympathetic to ranchers and certain outlaw Cowboys, who were at odds with Deputy U.S. With no intentions to waste time and wait to be married off, Blaylock took destiny into her own hands and ran off then met a man named Wyatt Earp. "[20] While Blaylock was living with Earp, she suffered from severe headaches and became addicted to laudanum, an opiate-based pain reliever widely available at the time. This podcast is dedicated to Nick's wife, Linda. Behan left on an 'electioneering' tour toward Black Canyon, Wickenburg and other places" north and west of present-day Phoenix. [2] He began campaigning and the Prescott Miner reported on October 6, 1874, that "J.H. Mrs. Hirsch, because of Doras part in it was as anxious as my people (family), to keep it a secret. "[18]:79 Victoria cited liaisons with several woman, but specifically mentioned a "Sadie or Sada Mansfield", a 14-year-old "woman of prostitution and ill-fame" as co-respondent in the divorce action. [21], Wyatt died on January 13, 1929. [11], Throughout her later life, Josephine worked hard to manage what the press and public knew about her and Wyatt's life in Arizona. Knowledge of her place in Wyatt's life was concealed by Josephine Earp, his later common-law wife, who worked ceaselessly to protect her and Wyatt's reputation in their later years. [83] Josephine frequently griped about Wyatts lack of work and financial success and even his character and personality. Then Blaylock and Earp stopped in the booming silver town of Pinal City, Arizona Territory, for two months in 1879. Upon their return, they arrived late in the evening and a day earlier than expected, at the house built with her father's money. Wyatt's commonlaw wife, Matty Blalock, became addicted to opium in . After Wyatts notorious gunfight at the O.K. He was known as a lawman, gambler, and boxing referee, exemplifying the pinnacle of American grit, inspiring practically every Hollywood western in some way. Corral is quiet, and it's had an unremarkable existence for the two years it's been standingalthough . [42]:p275-198[77], After the Coeur d'Alene mining venture died out, Earp and Josie briefly went to El Paso, Texas before moving in 1887 to San Diego where the railroad was about to arrive and a real estate boom was underway. Childhood & Early Life. Money flowed from Nevada through San Francisco, and for a while the Marcus family prospered. [43][57] The only difference noted in the 1880 census is their occupation: Sadie in San Francisco is listed as "At home", while Sadie in Tip Top is recorded as a "Courtesan". She often appeared on stage and in publicity photos wearing a corset and pink tights: shocking attire for the 1870s. Dust cloud hangs over auction of Wyatt Earp's guns - USA Today [112], Cemetery officials re-set the stone flush in concrete, but it was stolen again. His first was Urilla Sutherland who died early in his marriage. There were few employment possibilities for young girls. Corral. She hoped to return to the days of bustling mining town prostitution, but the boom had passed, and Blaylock withered. He recorded Josephine as a member of the Marcus household,[5] information that may have been offered by her parents. [17] Although the biography became a bestseller, it was later strongly criticized for fictionalizing Earp's life and was found to be markedly inaccurate. At some point after leaving home, Celia chose the alias "Mattie", probably in an effort to conceal her identity and remain as anonymous as possible. Josephine told Earp's biographers and others that Earp didn't drink, never owned gambling saloons, and that his saloons didn't offer prostitutes, which all have been documented. Her confusing recollection of events show how easily Josephine mixed fact and fiction. Boyer and other modern researchers argue that she actually lived with Behan. She continued to work as a prostitute during their early years together. Corral, she was at her home when she heard the sound of gunfire. Earp goes home to a wife addicted to a laudanum, a common drug of the time mixing morphine and opium. Her poor lifestyle would see her age out of favor, while her laudanum addiction saw her die of suicide by opium poisoning on July 3, 1888. The family was settled at a farm near Iowa. [63] One version of the story is that she had taken Behan's son Albert, who was hearing impaired, to San Francisco for treatment. Corral, which may have contributed to their animosity. Of the countless prospectors who rushed west to mine silver, only a few became rich. While in Los Angeles, Wyatt and Josephine became friends with many celebrities, including Cecil B. DeMille and Gary Cooper. Mattie Blaylock spent her entire childhood learning scripture and attending church. [76] Wyatt followed the crowd looking for gold in the Murray-Eagle mining district and paid $2,250 for a 50 feet (15m) diameter white circus, in which they opened a dance hall and saloon called The White Elephant. Her death was ruled a suicide. [71] Josephine was addicted to gambling on horse racing and her wagering increased until Wyatt gave her an ultimatum. When he delayed, she was ready to leave him. Three days later, Sieber and Sgt. Around 1875, Earp joined the Wichita city police after helping an officer in a search for a missing wagon. Tombstone: The Earp's versus the Red Sash Cowboys | ogwright "Allie's Story: Mrs. Virgil Earp and The "Tombstone Travesty", "Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics of Alcohol and Opioids", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mattie_Blaylock&oldid=1143484556, This page was last edited on 8 March 2023, at 00:57. Sadie "would always interfere whenever Wyatt would talk with Stuart Lake. After Earp left Tombstone and Blaylock, she waited in Colton, California to hear from him, but he never contacted her. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported on May 20, 1900 that Wyatt Earp and his wife set sail on the S.S. Alliance to return to Alaska. [79] Between 1887 and around 1896 he bought four saloons and gambling halls, one on Fourth Street and two near Sixth and E, all in the "respectable" part of town. [109]:259, Grace Welsh Spolidora, Welsh's daughter, spent a lot of time with the Earps. Mattie Blaylock ran away from home when she was 18. Texas Jack Vermillion - Wikipedia Tombstone (DVD, 2002, 2-Disc Set, Vista Series Directors Cut - eBay Josephine was apparently too full of grief to assist or to attend the funeral itself. Reportedly, her family took her back in, though they deemed her disgraced and a fallen woman. If Sieber helped her, the only time period that fits Josephine's story is when Sieber was in the Prescott area at Camp Verde from 1873 to 1875. [26], Josephine began using the name Sadie after she arrived in Arizona. The information in the letter is compelling because at the time it was written in the 1940s, the relationship between Wyatt Earp and Josephine Marcus while living in Tombstone was virtually unknown. [43], Josephine told the Earp cousins that she returned to San Francisco before the grand opening of Lucky Baldwin's luxury Baldwin Hotel and Theater on the northeast corner of Powell and Market St., which opened on March 6, 1876. [105], While they lived in San Diego, Wyatt raced Otto Rex, the horse he had won in a card game. She wasn't that upset. I can remember shedding many tears in out-of the way-corners. The coroners report stated that she died of supposed suicide by opium poisoning., Related read: Im Your Huckleberry: the Real Meaning of Doc Hollidays Famous Line. Josephine had to walk past the brothel every day on her way to school. [3], Wyatt and Holliday had been fast friends since Holliday saved Earp's life in Dodge City during 1878. Earp had married a woman named Urilla (sometimes spelled Aurilla) Sutherland in 1870, but she passed away of typhoid fever before the couple could celebrate their first anniversary. [71] Eager to escape the controversy over the boxing match dogging him, Earp gave up managing race horses in San Francisco and on December 20, 1896 he and Josie left for Yuma, Arizona. )[43] On October 20, 1875, the Arizona Weekly Miner of Prescott, Arizona noted that among the passengers en route from San Francisco were "Miss Saddie [sic] Mansfield and Mrs. Julia Barton, a servant. The name Sadie Mansfield was also recorded in Tombstone. A second stone of flat granite was also stolen. Later that year, Josephine's half-sister Rebecca Levy married Aaron Wiener,[7] an insurance salesman born in Prussia, as her parents were. She wrote that the famous Indian fighter Al Sieber was tracking the escaped Apache. Instead, Earp left Colorado in late 1882 and arrived in San Francisco where Virgil was seeking treatment for his arm. They had an estimated $80,000, a relative fortune (equivalent to about $2,610,000 today). Wyatt Earp was born in Monmouth, Illinois in 1848. A staff writer for All Thats Interesting, Marco Margaritoff has also published work at outlets including People, VICE, and Complex, covering everything from film to finance to technology. "[2] Considering that Josephine reported in later life at having first arrived with the Markham Troupe on December 1, 1879, and that Josephine joined Behan in Tombstone that same year, her reference to "my bad experience of a few years ago" means she must have been in Arizona for some time before 1879. Wyatt Earp had a total of three wives. . Josephine Earp - Wikipedia David B. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. In the gunfight, Virgil, Morgan and Wyatt Earp joined Doc Holliday to . She earned a certificate in genealogical research from Boston University and a certificate in antiques, collectibles, and appraising from Asheford Institute of Antiques. [64]:p235 While there are no contemporary records in Tombstone of a relationship between them, they certainly knew each other, as Behan and Earp both had offices above the Crystal Palace Saloon. Yes, 'Tombstone' is inspired by a true story. What drug did wyatt earps wife take? - Answers Running into town in the direction of the shots, Josephine was relieved to see that Wyatt was uninjured. Earp moved to Wichita, Kansas, and worked as a shotgun guard for Wells Fargo.
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