Violence begets violence in Cochise County…
March 18, 1882. Morgan Earp is assassinated while playing billiards at Campbell and Hatch’s in Tombstone. Another bullet lodges in the low ceiling just over his brother Wyatt’s head.
The killers escape. But this kicks off the next phase of the Cow-boy/Earp feud: The Vendetta Ride.
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