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Was Wyatt Earp as good a hero as we have been led to believe? I’ve read he was involved in a “gold brick” swindle. Can you tell me more about that scam?

by | Mar 1, 2007 | Inside History

Was Wyatt Earp as good a hero as we have been led to believe? I’ve read he was involved in a “gold brick” swindle. Can you tell me more about that scam? John Logan Hall Denison, Texas I found the gold brick story in Ed Bartholomew’s book, one that takes pleasure in slamming Wyatt, but I don’t place much credence in it. Allen Barra tells me he and noted Earp expert, Jeff Morey, couldn’t corroborate the “gold brick” story about a faro game held at the Auditorium Hotel in Mobeetie,


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