# Morgan Earp — Tombstone character guide

> Morgan Earp in Tombstone by Walter Noble Burns.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Morgan

**First appearance:** 0002-tombstone

## Snapshot

Wyatt's younger brother, a laughing, blue-eyed fighter who stands at the center of Tombstone's Earp clan until an ambush from the dark cuts him down.

## Who they are

Morgan is the Earp who jokes with Doc Holliday outside the saloons and trades easy hellos with the Clantons even as the feud hardens. His youth, yellow hair, and bold blue-gray eyes make him a marked man, and Indian Charlie studies his face on Allen Street until he can never forget it. The ambush that follows turns the vendetta from a street fight into a war without rules.

## In the story

### [Sources](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/chapters/sources)

The assassination of Morgan Earp is mentioned as an event documented through coroner's inquests.

### [III: Glad Hand and Trigger Finger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/chapters/iii-glad-hand-and-trigger-finger)

More headstrong and impetuous than his brothers, but equally courageous.

### [On the Benson Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/chapters/xi-on-the-benson-road)

Member of the posse, praised for tireless work in the pursuit.

### [Flashes of Storm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/chapters/xii-flashes-of-storm)

Involved in the search for stolen mules and receives threats from Ike Clanton and others; part of the posse chasing the highwaymen.

### [XIII: The Showdown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/chapters/xiii-the-showdown)

Intervenes in the Holliday-Clanton confrontation, warns Doc Holliday, and participates in the gunfight.

### [XIV: The Red Road of Vengeance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/chapters/xiv-the-red-road-of-vengeance)

His assassination is the catalyst for Wyatt's vengeance and the events of the chapter.

### [The Out Trail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/chapters/xv-the-out-trail)

Assassinated by enemies, prompting Wyatt's vendetta.

### [Sunshine and Peace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tombstone_se/chapters/xxii-sunshine-and-peace)

Mentioned as having been killed in Bob Hatch's old billiard hall.

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