The Oshkosh Northwestern 15 Apr 1938 Page four:
Philip McCourt, 81, native of Oshkosh, Wis., and a brother of Elizabeth "Baby Doe" McCourt, who became the wife of Sen. H. A. W. Tabor of Colorado, passed away recently at Denver, Colo., where he had resided since 1883 when he went there shortly after his sister's wedding in Washington.
He had lived at the Windsor hotel in Denver, for many years, occupying a room just two doors away from the suite in which Senator Tabor, his brother-in-law died in 1899.

Newspaper clippings of Mr. McCourt's death were sent here to Mrs. Ella Lundine, by her brother, W. H. Finch of Denver. Mrs. Lundine visited in Denver last fall, at which time she went to the Windsor hotel, which is furnished as it was in the early days.
The Oshkosh woman visited with Mr. McCourt who seemed "especially glad" to chat with somebody from Oshkosh. Conversation was difficult, for Mr. McCourt's hearing was impaired.

He had been in ill health for several months prior to his passing away. He was taken seriously ill with uremic poisoning at the hotel where he lived, but he was removed to Denver general hospital, where he died.

Mr. McCourt was born in Oshkosh, Wis. With the exception of a few years, he had lived in the hotel constantly since going to Denver shortly after his sister's marriage in 1883.

Mr. McCourt's first position in the city was as treasurer of the Tabor Grand Opera House, which Senator Tabor built. After Tabor's death in 1899, Mr. McCourt worked for a few years with his brother, the late Peter McCourt, manager of the Broadway theater. Then he turned to mining, but with little success. The few thousand dollars he inherited in 1932 from Peter McCourt was used to buy machinery for the Matchless mine. For more than four months he and his sister, without help, tried to wrest new wealth from the crumbling shafts of the Matchless mine.

Mr. McCourt's wife whom he had married in Denver, died in 1926, and he had no interests outside of the determination to place the Matchless once more among the best producers in the state.
Even though he returned to Denver finally convinced that the mine was exhausted, he understood and approved his sister's action in jealously guarding the property. He was always reticent about talking of the past, but when Baby Doe was found dead on March 7, 1935, he broke his silence to condemn those who were saying that, in her last years, she had been unreasonable.

The many valuable presents Mr. McCourt received from Tabor were converted into cash. The items of historical value were turned over to his sister's estate and many of them are now the property of the state historical society.

He is survived by two younger brothers. Willard E. McCourt and Mark McCourt.

Mr. McCourt was buried in Mount Olivet cemetery near the bodies of Senator Tabor and Baby Doe Tabor.
Note: His marriage was to Blanche F. McCarey.