Spicer said that Virgil in " calling upon Wyatt Earp, and J . H . Holliday to assist him . . . committed an injudicious and censurable act, and although in this he acted incautiously and without due circumspection, " in the end " the Earps acted wisely, discretely and prudentially, to secure their own self preservation . " " He needed the assistance and support of staunch and true friends, upon whose courage, coolness and fidelity he could depend . . ."
