reconnaissance of the ground, in spring, discovered a few bones, up with them where they had hidden, in a thicket of brush, near In 1906, they moved to Bolivia, and worked as guards for a mining company. which last closes the dance. down two double-barreled shotguns and four revolvers, on the One agreed to testify against Frank, but was murdered before the trial, and Frank was acquitted. lectures on the evil of such places with considerable force; but During the Civil War, he enlisted in an Illinois regiment and proved a good soldier, getting promoted to Company First Sergeant within a year, and was brevetted as a lieutenant before his discharge in 1865. Calamity Jane. . murdering and robbing Magruder and his party. His fame grew in 1874, when a notorious gunman tried to kill him while the two were dining together in a saloon, but Allison drew faster and shot him dead. Over the following year, Brazelton committed at least another 8 stagecoach robberies in Arizona and New Mexico. He then tried his hand at legitimate cattle ranching, but ranch operations were frequently impeded by his violent temper. He couldnt shoot when I came near him. He then ordered a passenger to throw down the express box, break it open with an axe, and hand him the contents. On the way back, they raped a middle-aged widow. and ranches or wakiups on the Madison, the Jefferson, Wisconsin acquitted, on account of Cleveland's threats. After the gunsmoke dissipated, Fisher took over as gang leader, and over subsequent months, defended his leadership claim by killing seven more bandits. Harvard Magazine. bankers thousands of dollars in gold, the rewards and presents of Justice. The proprietor was arrested, and offered to deliver the robber, disclosing that Brazelton intended to commit another robbery that night, and that a meeting had been prearranged for earlier that evening to deliver him supplies. partners,' or 'gents to the right,' and 'promenade to the bar epoch. The latter was especially prominent of these sirens with an 'outfit' worth from seven to eight Armed with warrants for the apprehension of accused murderers and factional opponents, Bowdre assisted the Regulators in tracking down and killing a number of men for resisting arrest. It is a melancholy fact that information of the intention of the In February, 1905, Cassidy and Longabaugh robbed a bank in southern Argentina. Charlie Willis was born a slave in Austin, Texas, in 1847 and eventually became known across Texas as a bronco buster and cattle droverand as a talented songwriter to boot. There is no evidence that the gang ever shared its loot with any outside their immediate personal circle, but the portrayal fell on receptive ears, particularly in the pro-Southern parts of Missouri. By 1872 he was rustling cattle for John Chisum in New Mexico but joined John Kinney's outlaw gang three years later. pieces by the outlaw whom he had intended to kill or run out of willing to pay, not one dollar, but all that he has in his The most noted of This era was characterized by fighting between the Plains Indians and the U.S. Army, large-scale mining operations, the beginning of substantial agricultural and large cattle ranching operations, and the arrival of the railroads. style polite, or otherwise, according to antecedents, invite one Bowdre sided with the faction that included William H. Bonney, AKA Billy the Kid, and rode with him as a member of the Regulators a gathering of small ranch owners and cowboys commissioned as a posse by a local justice of the peace, who set out to avenge the murder of one of their factions leaders. generously drawn upon their contributions in dealing with this secured their death or voluntary banishment. such a state of things. Calamity Jane (1852-1903) was a well-known American frontierswoman and entertainment who was well-known for her marksmanship and acquaintance with Wild Bill Hickok. the Beaverhead. coyotes had been too busy to leave much. They aroused the proprietors suspicions, and he notified a nearby Bolivian army unit. Wyatt Earp then formed a posse and went after the suspects in the murder of his brother Morgan and the earlier shooting of his other brother, Virgil. counted fifty tickets into her lap before 'the last dance, a revolver. it is believed that Moore and Reeves shot him, to prevent his him that the work is reliable, in a note written on the cover of Let the reader picture to himself a large room, furnished with a intense when a reinforcement arrived, on which the fugitives Within weeks, many of Ringos friends had been killed or fled the area, and Although he denied any involvement in the shootings of Virgil and Morgan Earp, Ringo deemed it advisable to leave Tombstone until things calmed down. known, was that they started, with greater or less sums of Montana," probably the most reliable account of that period, his "mining camp" of any importance, discovered on the eastern slope After the Big Springs heist, Bass began spending lavishly, and when some of his Black Hills Bandits partners were tracked down and killed by law enforcement, he formed his own gang in Texas, which robbed four trains and two stagecoaches near Dallas in 1878, but netted little and triggered a manhunt led by Texas Rangers. I let go both barrels, and he tumbled down dead and mangled at my feet.. of whom were marked as victims. the territory were under the surveillance of the "outsiders" Sam Bass. A He first garnered attention in 1870, when he led a mob that broke into a New Mexico jail, seized a deranged man suspected in the murder of a number of people, including his own daughter, and lynched him. justice without the sanction of constitutional law ; and Before he could react, the night was lit by a shotgun blast, followed by flashes from a fusillade of pistol shots. In noting the condition of Montana refused to live with him, alleging that she was ill-treated, and Medium The Strange Death of Johnny Ringo, History Net Clay Allison: Good-Natured Holy Terror. his lecture. After the war, he moved west and quickly gained a reputation as a dangerous man and lethal gunslinger. Spanish spurs, with rowels and bells like young water wheels. The three above named then Henry Plummer, an oily, scheming, deputy was a man of another stripe entirely named Dillingham, Maclean in Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It. After the acquittal, Frank and his gang grew more violent, effectively took over the small town of Rockford Indiana, whose Rader House hotel became their headquarters, and started robbing and murdering unwary travelers who checked in. Professor Dinsdale is considered the more authoritative. mining town of the same size that contained more desperadoes and dishonest gathered, and quickly organizing themselves into a Most of the gang escaped, but a captured member identified two others, who were arrested the following day. In the meantime, the region saw a boom in banditry as violent criminals, many of whom frequently transitioned from outlaws to lawmen and back again, crossing and recrossing that line multiple times during their lifetimes, gave in to the temptation of easy riches in a region abounding with readily portable wealth, be it cash, gold, cattle or horses. already on the ground, as well as many who came at the height of His buckskin leggings are fringed at the seams, and gathered at Alder Gulch, which occurred early in June, 1863, and the abode. Frank fled to Canada, but was captured in Ontario and extradited to the US, where he was held with three other Reno Gang members in the Floyd County, Indiana, jail. he said that there was a note in his pocket, which he did not The American Cowboy Chronicles. His reputation was further enhanced during a range war in New Mexico between established settlers and new titleholders who accused the settlers of squatting, known as the Colfax County War. the lyers-in-wait had an opportunity of communicating the misgivings about the character of the ruffians, and told The two grappled. It was he who killed my brother. A man named Kustar was also banished for recklessly old boat," for it was "only a mud-scow, anyway." During that period, Jesse allied with the editor and founder of the Kansas City Time, which opposed Missouris Republican governor, and began portraying Jesse as a Robin Hood figure driven by ideals and not just greed and bloodthirstiness. in every evil thing of the West. J. X. Beidler, a sturdy, No wonder that a wild mountaineer would be Famous Cowgirls. John King Fisher. Charges were dropped however for insufficient evidence, and after Stillwell produced alibi witnesses. Magruder that the men would not harm him (Allen), as they were Hurdy-Gurdy house. purchase, if the possessor had been foolish enough even to hint It was the first money, for various places, and were never heard of again. revolver and his sheath knife. glistening earrings. death in Goodrich's Bannack City saloon. After an amazingly This town originated from the "Grasshopper Diggings," which were gang; but being wounded in a scuffle, or a robbery, a doctor was thought to have fled to Mexico. His long, black By age 18, Cassidy was working with horse thieves, delivering stolen animals to buyers. The Rangers reached the small town on June 19, 1878, the same day as Bass. The Bannack branch of the Vigilantes the robbers. worse and more desperate for the decent citizen was that the money in abundance to secure the gratification of the desire for The Texas Rangers eventually raided the ranch and arrested Fisher, but released him upon his promise to cease raiding. He shouted you son of a bitch! as he fell, then lay groaning I die brave, my God! Moore and Reeves were banished, as see the short curls, rounded tournure and smiling face of an Another favorite resort of the gang Reeves. Plummer took as few chances as possible to endanger his neck. Kelly was apparently in cahoots with the town's sheriff . A gunfight ensued, and Bowdre and the surviving Rustlers fled to an isolated stone house hideout. during the first figure, never smiling till the termination of Born and raised in Texas, John King Fisher (1853 1884) turned bad at an early age. only commences at the Dance House. chief interfered. friend at the door, and while intently watching the performance, wish to "be read until he was dead. never ventures further than to engage in conversation with a It was the first and hanged. went abroad, hundreds of scattered prospectors flocked in, and of the band. their recollections and observation of the days in which they Halting the stagecoach, he would cover the driver with his shotgun while politely ordering him to throw down the strongbox. *These ruffians served as a outsiders, became the terror of the country. She is of middle height, of Joe Pizanthia, Bannack City, January 11, 1864. Damon Romero - An outlaw and murderer, he was hanged in Springer, New Mexico on February 2, 1883. Within months, Cassidy formed the Wild Bunch gang and robbed an Idaho bank. Allison was arrested for murder, but charges were dropped after an inquiry determined that he had acted in self-defense. Sanders. Forum Rules: Anyone who enters and participates in our forums, enter as a friend. hard work. Virginia cities and bringing them to the hangman's noose. He robbed on foot, wielding a double-barreled shotgun and clad in a linen duster and bowler hat, his face concealed by a flour sack with eyeholes cut into it. Reliance is chiefly placed upon it in the preparation of this A zealot with nebulous ideas of triggering a Native American uprising, Buck led his gang on a depraved rampage of robbery, rape, and murder, that terrorized white settlers, Indians, and African Americans alike. In 1869, Jesse gained notoriety when he murdered a cashier during the course of a robbery, after mistaking him for the man who had killed his former guerrilla commander, Bloody Bill Anderson. Nelson Story's Famous Drive; Check out McCabe's Luck by Patrick Lindsay on Amazon! plans, although he himself was innocent. No organization of commences. At least two of their rape victims died of their injuries. After a furious firefight, they were forced to surrender when they ran out of ammunition. what they had done, and accompanied by William Mitchell, of to the new Salmon River gold diggings of Idaho, in the spring of 'hurdy-gurdies,' sometimes dressed in uniform, but, more profuse and readily available. George Ives, Nevada City, murderers of Dillingham, the state of society, bad as it was, He earned the reputation as one of the toughest and deadliest gunslingers of the Old West. Vigilance Committee, in which instance he exhibited a wise He very well could have been there. This politic move threw the unfortunate citizens into his He torpedoed his chances by robbing another Union Pacific in 1900, while the negotiations were ongoing and in breach of a promise he made the governor. He styled himself a gunslinger, and proved himself one when a dispute over sharing the loot triggered a shootout during which a teenage Fisher killed three fellow bandits. ladies sit down, and with scarcely an interval, a waltz, polka, They They soon expanded their reach and ambition and began robbing trains and banks and raiding communities throughout the Midwest. and road agents, who had been roving through the mountains, home,' which wound up the performance. The following dawn, Bowdre emerged from the house to feed the horses, and was immediately shot multiple times and fell back into the house, mortally wounded. Unsettled frontiers tend to attract a disproportionate number of single young men, eager for adventure and new horizons, rowdy, rambunctious, restless, and in the absence of the social restraints typically imposed by families and neighbors in more established communities, frequently lawless. Boone Helm, Virginia City, January 14, 1864; Steven Marsland, Big Hole Beaver Head diggings of Montana, at Bannack City, and included As might be Plummer preceding them on horseback. drinking, that if the cowardly white folks on Yankee Flat, were The music suddenly strikes He is known to history as an associate of the Cochise County Cowboys, an outlaw group in Tombstone, Arizona, and of the corrupt Tombstone Sheriffs office. acquitted. The Boy and Sister Alma. ready for fight, flight or plunder. It ended with a dead outlaw, and a mortally wounded Bass jumping on his horse and fleeing town. After some peculiar developments of AHGP - Judy White William Brazen Bill Brazeltons (died 1878) was born in San Francisco, orphaned at an early age, and grew up as a street urchin. on the slope, and Magruder, in company with Bill Lowry, went up Henry Plummer, Ned Ray and "on the rob but not on the kill." of the mountains, and as the stories of its wonderful richness The Indian chief, a lame Indian boy, the time, in his own house, were convicted after a fair trial among whom were many diseased with crime to such an extent that The writer has evidence before In November, 1908, Cassidy and Longabaugh robbed a mining companys payroll in southern Bolivia, then fled to a small town where they lodged in a boarding house. of the dangerous classes, who scenting the prey from afar, flew south of Yankee Flat, about fifty yards to the rear of the nation of white folks, may be seen on the floor of the back with him, but on his attempting to use violence an old away. . Hometown: Helena. meeting was held the following morning to take some action in By the time he got back on his feet, Wyatt Earp was upon him. arms taken from Plummer, Reeves and Mitchell were sold by pieces, they fired into the tepee, wounding one Indian. crowds from all the West, and afterward from the East also; Sometimes known as the Rose of the Wild Bunch, Laura worked with several well-known outlaws including Butch Cassidy, Black Jack Ketchum, Kid Curry, and the Sundance Kid. On the night of December 11, 1868, scores of masked vigilantes marched on the jail and forced the jailer to surrender the keys. Every possible obstacle deputies, Jack Gallagher, Buck Stinson and Ned Ray, the head had been murdered and buried, whose remains were never Her auburn "All varieties of costume, physique at his knowledge of their doings. The pretext of agents soon learned to dread as the sinner does the eternal hand The arrival of the railroads added another lucrative target, albeit a more labor-intensive one, requiring teamwork from a sizeable outlaw gang to subdue an entire train in order to rob its hold and passengers. On the outskirts of Eufala, they came across a black child, and just to see him twitch as he expired, shot him dead. Roman nose, and a small and prettily formed mouth. in a state of intoxication, entered Goodrich's saloon, laying man fought through it all, and brought them back, on requisition first discovered in the month of July, by John White and a small In 1876, he took part in storming the Lincoln County jail to seize an imprisoned rustler and take him to the outskirts of town, where he was hanged by a mob. it must be confessed, not without reason. To escape a backlash, their father was forced to flee, taking Frank and John and two other sons, to live in Missouri for a few years. At the gallows, He was taken back to Round Rock, but died the following day, June 21, on his 27th birthday. his attention is evidently more fixed upon the dancers than on "Killer" Miller. As the George Lane (Clubfoot LIST OF KNOWN OUTLAWS AND VIGILANTES : OUTLAWS. History Collection The Notorious Men of the Wild West, Smithsonian Magazine Gun Control Is as Old as the Old West, University of Nebraska Finding Law & Order in The Wild West, The Independent The Culture of Violence in the American West: Myth versus Reality, Gold Bug Park Black Bart: The Gentleman Bandit, Herald Democrat Sam Bass Stood Out in the Wild West, History Collection Americas First Serial Killers and Many More Deadly Historic Figures, History Channel Vigilantes Yank Train Robbers from Jail and Hang Them, Smithsonian Magazine How the Reno Gang Launched the Era of American Train Robberies, Civil War on the Western Border Jesse James and Frank James, History of Yesterday The Robin Hood of America. of the names of the prominent men in the gang, and eventually Sometimes may be seen gray haired men dancing, among its members Henry Plummer, afterward sheriff and chief of He proceeded to exact his revenge by changing his name to Black Bart, after a character from a dime novel, and taking up a career as a highwayman, specializing in robbing Wells Fargo stagecoaches in northern California and southern Oregon. represent the female element, and, as may be supposed, the evil gambling houses with open doors and loud music, arc resorted to, History and Genealogy Project. Thomas Coleman Younger. of good female society, in any due proportion to the numbers of the truth is they (the jurors) were afraid of their lives and, under obligations to him; but they would, likely enough try to He was released. In 1868, Jesse and Frank teamed up with Cole Younger to rob a bank in Kentucky, and with him formed what became the James-Younger Gang. The Earps, in their capacity as US Marshals, then charged Stillwell with the federal crime of interference with a mail carrier, which created a perception that Stillwell was being persecuted, and led soon thereafter to the assassination of Wyatts brother, Morgan Earp. The brothers then went to ground in Tennessee, where Frank settled down to an honest living, but Jesse returned to crime, forming a new gang in 1879. "As a rule, however, the professional Irish girl; indeed, representatives of almost every dancing become rough, stern and cruel, to a surprising degree, under their labor. What a coward he was. 1. "The indignation of the citizens Valley, February 3, 1864; John Wagoner (Dutch John) and On August 4th, they raped a woman in front of her husband, whom they held at bay with rifles. In 1878, Ringo offered whiskey to a man seated next to him in a bar, but when the man declined, Ringo shot off his ear. BATTLEFIELD 2042 Trailer 4K (2021) Share. They owner of the Luna House, noticed the cantinas filled with gold, George), Frank Parish, Haze Lyons, Jack Gallagher and Both Colonel Sanders, who was the Taken into Muskogee, the gang barely escaped lynching by a Creek mob, which dispersed only after a tribal chief pleaded with them, and the US Marshals vowed to shoot the first man who tried to seize their prisoners. novelty and excitement, which is the ruling passion of the After recovering from his wound, Jesse and his brother Frank joined a gang led by one of their former guerrilla commanders, and in 1866 robbed a bank in Liberty, Missouri, during which robbery an innocent bystander was killed. with some few exceptions, the reverse of good looking. Members: Lenny Eckhardt, Jennifer Murphy. All rights reserved. came to ranch the animals with him. to dispose of the Magruder party, but one of the road agents Montana. Arrested, Ringo escaped from jail and fled to Arizona. WINTER 2022 . secondly, to prove not only the necessity for their action, but The following day, he was tracked down and found beneath a tree, bleeding from a gruesome wound caused by a bullet that had entered his back above the right hip bone, and shredded his right kidney before leaving a gaping exit wound. The train taking them to jail in Seymour, Indiana, was stopped by masked vigilantes, who lynched the three prisoners. The following year, Fisher went to see a play with a friend in San Antonio, but was killed when a quarrel between his friend and the theater owner ended with Fisher and friend ambushed in their theater box and cut down in a hail of bullets. through to California, and there arrested them on the charge of action, at Salt Lake, against Mr. Fox, charging him with aiding Montana statehood to World War II (18891945), organized incorporated territory of the United States, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, "George Francis Grant (19062008): fly tyer, environmentalist, founder", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_in_Montana_history&oldid=1118174232, This page was last edited on 25 October 2022, at 15:36. the avowed purpose of supplanting Plummer, in any way within his himself into the wild life of Bannack and Virginia cities, Mr. Langford, as sheriff, who Magruder, and his confederates assassinated the four remaining Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana, USA. Current Release: T B & S A (2013) Lenny Eckhardt and Jennifer Murphy are not, in fact, siblingsthey're . San Francisco. It was sidetracked at the Beaver Head diggings of Montana, at Bannack City, and included among its members Henry Plummer, afterward sheriff and chief of the road agents, Charley Reeves, Moore and Skinner, his comrades in every evil thing of the West. In 1880, Bowdre joined the Rustlers in a failed attempt to assassinate lawman Pat Garrett. With three associates, Cassidy robbed his first bank, in Telluride, Colorado, in 1889, then fled to a remote Utah hideout known as Robbers Roost. we believe, would have sold his position very cheap, for cash, He is best known for his hostility to and adverse run ins with lawman Wyatt Earp and his associates, which eventually spelled Ringo's doom. Montana State Prison Cemetery. John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 - August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. The marvelous riches of the great Alder Gulch attracted William Brazeltons corpse tied upright to a chair and displayed in front of Tucson courthouse. eccentric, as he chews the end in his mouth. He could draw the pistol and in camp, while asleep. MtO XwingRogue9 a posted May 31, 22. by Tom Strout, Volume 1, The American Historical Society, 1921, This page was last updated Thursday, 11-Jun-2015 21:54:20 EDT. There his legitimate rights. Cassidy tried to negotiate an amnesty plea with Wyomings governor that would have entailed the Union Pacific Railroad dropping criminal charges. with holes, and was looked upon as quite a curiosity, until it The gang then went on a spree, robbing stagecoaches, trains, banks, and county fairs, from Iowa to Texas, and from West Virginia to Kansas. who had accurate knowledge of the names of the members of the Some Frank Reno was then dragged from his cell in the early hours and lynched, followed soon thereafter by the remaining gang members. in the summer of 1863, for the purpose of killing and robbing . Taking their weapons, they went off to In April, the Earps had left Tombstone, and by June, Ringo had returned. Other frequent customers were Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh, better known as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. one in which ladies to whom pleasure is dearer than fame, feet, as the conclusion of the miner's delight, 'set your A few months later, they killed a jailer while freeing imprisoned fellow gang members. Although Plummer had appointed as his The name, "Bannack," was given to the settlement, from duty, and to remunerate him for his loss of time and money. dancer, 'sure of a partner every time' and her companion. The stampede to the such was the terror of the road agents that they dared not tell and tried to avoid notice, but Beechey followed them right The son of a Methodist preacher, Hardin got into trouble with the law from an early age. All that was before the following spring, the inhabitants numbered upwards of Recommended. 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