Doc Holliday first me the young girl he married in St. Louis, Mo. He was at the time practicing at his profession as a dentist on 4th near the Planters Hotel. Her maiden name was Miss Mary Katherine Elder and after leaving St. Louis she was with her husband, no matter where he went,up up to the time he left Prescott to join Wyatt Earp in Tombstone. Wyatt Earp knew from the first time he met Holliday at Griffen, Texas, that she was Holliday's wife. And the writer can't see why Wyatt Earp mentions her as "Big Nosed Kate" **ILLEGIBLE** history. Mrs. Holliday did her best to prevent her husband from joining Wyatt Earp in Tombstone, and Prescott was the first place they had a misunderstanding since they were married. Mrs. Holliday wanted Doc to go to Globe and when they left Prescott they parted at Joliet. Doc continued on his way to Tombstone, Mrs. Holliday went to Globe. She made three trips from Globe to Tombstone and did her best to break up the partnership between Holliday and Wyatte Earp. She was in Tombstone the time the stage was held up n which Phil Philpot was killed. After that holdup the writer was doing a little detective work and pressed Mrs. Holliday for information. In her answer she said, I cant write you any blood and thunder stories about Doc Holliday as there is no such things in his past career. All I know is just how Doc acted that afternoon before the stage was held up. Yes I know that Morgan Earp was the messenger on the stage. Now as much as I think of Doc I will tell you what happened. Doc came home in a hurry, changed his clothes. I asked him, why he was in such a hurry. He said that he had particular work on hand and that he would not be able to take me to supper. About a half hour after he left, Warren Earp came to me with a note from Doc to send him his rifle. I asked Warren why Doc wanted his rifle. He said he did not know. Doc did not come home until late that night. He did not bring his rifle. It was four of five days after the holdup that he brought the rifle back. I thought that after the holdup things looked very suspicious about the Earps and Doc. Something tells me that Doc was in with Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan in that affair. But if Doc was in it he did not get any of the spoils. One night after we had retired, Warren Earp came after Doc and said that Wyatt wanted to see him at his house. He was gone one hour and a half. I could see that he was very much put out about something. He kept saying 'the damned fool. I did not think that of him.' Then he said, 'I have to get up early in the morning but I will have to think about it.' This was after the stage holdup. He did not get up until 9:00 a. m., when we went to breakfast. 'Well, I don't know what I am going to stack up against today. I am getting tired of it all'.


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