For your consideration is this Rare December 18, 1881 Tombstone Epitaph Newspaper from the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, framed. Originally part of the H. H. Bancroft Collection of The Bancroft Library, the primary special-collections library of the University of California, Berkeley. The collection of western North American and California is the largest such collection in the world. Each page is stamped at the top, "H. H. Bancroft Collection Bancroft Library". The Tombstone Epitaph , Arizona's oldest continuously published newspaper, was founded in 1880 by John Clum, who believed "no Tombstone is complete without its epitaph," and it documented the events of the Wild West, including the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The Tombstone Epitaph is considered a leading voice in documenting the rich history of the American West. The newspaper continues to be published today, with a focus on Western history. This edition features the contents of a threat in the form of a letter addressed to Judge Wells Spicer and delivered to the Epitaph. Spicer was the Justice of the Peace who presided over a preliminary hearing, later nicknamed the "Spicer Hearing", over the first degree murder charges filed by Ike Clanton. The purpose of the hearings was to ascertain if enough evidence was present to warrant holding the defendant(s) for trial - the defendants being Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp, and Doc Holliday - for the events of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Spicer's subsequent decision could "attach no criminality to (Virgil's) unwise act" and eventually the four were free from a full trial. The grand jury accepted Spicer's ruling and refused to indict Holliday and the Earps. Following the published threat letter was published Spicer's lengthy retort which ended with these words, "In conclusion, I will say that I will be here just where they can find me if they want me." Both letters are identified with "arrows" pointing to them. At the bottom of the frame is labeled, "TOMBSTONE EPITAPH December 18, 1881 WITH SUPPLEMENT LETTER TO JUDE WELLS SPICER REGARDING THE O.K. CORRAL HEARING AND HIS RESPONSE MILT JOYCE ARRESTED BY JOHN BEHAN." The newspaper is in amazingly preserved condition. Normal age tanning and wear exhibited, tears observed on edges, repairs noted. Wood frame is in good overall condition with scuffing to edges. Visible image measures 23.5"W x 35.5"L, frame is 27.5"W x 39.5"L x 1.5"D from hangers. Weight is 11lb, 10oz.