![]() ![]() In Tombstone, he is portrayed as being killed by the Cowboys during the Vendetta, although that is also historically inaccurate. Notably by Monte Markham, making his feature-length movie debut, in Hour of the Gun, in which he is depicted as the sheriff of a neighboring county recruited by Wyatt Earp into the posse (a historical inaccuracy), by Todd Allen in Wyatt Earp (film) (which portrays him as a Tombstone deputy marshal working for Wyatt and Virgil), and by Michael Rooker in the 1993 film Tombstone, in which he is portrayed as a member of the Cowboys who quits the gang in disgust to join Earp. McMaster has been portrayed in almost every film about the Earps. A probate record filed by his siblings in 1906 listed his death in Colorado in 1892. However, official records do not list him as a soldier. Wyatt Earp claimed in the Flood manuscript that McMaster had been killed in 1898 in the Philippines while serving as a soldier in the Spanish–American War. In a letter written to his father, Will McLaury wrote that McMaster had been killed by the Cowboys. ![]() Among the other participants in the Vendetta were Wyatt and his younger brother Warren Earp, Doc Holliday, "Turkey Creek" Jack Johnson, and Texas Jack Vermillion. He assisted Wyatt Earp in taking his revenge on the outlaw gang for the death of Wyatt's brother, Morgan Earp, and the shooting of his other brother Virgil Earp, all following the Gunfight at the O.K. He had, by all accounts, previously met and become friends with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday in Dodge City, Kansas. Once a member of the Cowboys (an outlaw gang), he later changed his views and sided with the Earps. He played an important role in the vendetta. By the time the clash between the Earps and the Cowboys came about, McMaster's allegiance was with the Earps. Some accounts have since indicated he was possibly working undercover for the Rangers to break up the outlaw Cowboys. McMaster fired several shots at Virgil before escaping. On September 10, 1881, Tombstone City Marshal Virgil Earp attempted to arrest McMaster, who resisted. In Tombstone, City Marshal Virgil Earp knew that McMaster was wanted for the robbery, but according to The Tombstone Epitaph Virgil had received instructions from Pima County Sheriff Bob Paul to wait to arrest McMaster until Diehl was in custody. Pony Diehl (aka Charles Ray) and McMaster were suspects. When they found that the Wells, Fargo & Co. On February 24, 1881, two men robbed the stage traveling between Globe and Florence. He was also a suspect in a stagecoach robbery near Globe, Arizona. Army mules and two horses from a camp near Tombstone. In July 1880 he was suspected of stealing U.S. By most accounts he was a good lawman, and was respected for his talents with a gun. ![]() McMaster worked for the Texas Rangers in 1878, the same year that he first met Brocius. Soon after, along with Brocius, Johnny Barnes, and Pony Diehl, McMaster moved to Arkansas. In 1878 Curly Bill escaped from prison, allegedly helped by McMaster. He met "Curly Bill" Brocius, who was a prisoner under McMaster's Ranger division. Not much is known of his life before heading out west, but he moved to Texas and became a Texas Ranger. McMaster was born in 1853 in Rock Island, Illinois, the son of Sylvester W. Sherman McMaster (1853–1892) was an outlaw turned lawman, who was one of the six men involved in the Earp vendetta ride. ![]()
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