 In November of 1880 Campbell moved to El Paso, Texas where he was named town Marshal on December 1, 1880.He served from late-1880 until January 1881, when he was replaced by a new town Marshal Ed Copeland.Campbell was the last person killed by Dallas Stoudenmire in what would later be dubbed Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight that took place on April 14, 1881.