1. Only thirty years old at the time, “Mark” Smith would go on to have a long political career, which included being one of two men appointed as the first U.S. senators representing the state of Arizona in 1912. Will McLaury was still grieving the death of his wife that summer, leaving him to raise three young children.
2. During his campaign labors, Fitch was dubbed “the silver-tongued orator of the Pacific.” His skills had been on display in the summer of 1881 in Tombstone, when he had presented a rousing Independence Day speech.
3. Specifically, Doc Holliday was represented during the Spicer hearing by U.S. Court Commissioner Thomas Drum, but Fitch was the lead attorney for the defense.