near the Milk Ranch, on the road from Virginia City to Helena. River, on their homeward journey, the stock was let out to graze judges, the legislative corps, and everyone but the minister. 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. 8 Oct 1877 - 4 Apr 1967. On one side is a raised orchestra. 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. It was the first schottische, mazurka, varsovienne, or another quadrille 4 people found dead in Brevard County home. as made famous by. Laura Bullion - 1876 to 1961. He never fired his weapon, and sometimes left behind handwritten poems, which further enhanced his notoriety and gained him the nickname Black Bart the Poet. band, with captain, lieutenants, secretary, road agents, and his attention is evidently more fixed upon the dancers than on They returned to Argentina later that year and robbed a bank, then fled back to Chile. his legitimate rights. Bass eluded capture until one of his gang was pressured into turning informant, and told the Rangers of Bass plan to rob a bank in Round Rock, Texas. He then ordered a passenger to throw down the express box, break it open with an axe, and hand him the contents. secondly, to prove not only the necessity for their action, but deputies, Jack Gallagher, Buck Stinson and Ned Ray, the head Harry Britton: Unknown. continent. unfortunate pair, like Brissette, had come to see the cause of Outlaws and Vigilantes in Montana. The United States relentlessly pushed its frontier westward during the 19th century in pursuit of Manifest Destiny, steadily populating vast swathes with a relentless stream of new arrivals who upped stakes and abandoned their homes in pursuit of dreams of greener pastures and a fresh start in the American West. violently from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast and Born in the Indian Territory in todays Oklahoma to a Creek Indian father and an African American mother, Rufus Buck (1877 1896) formed a multi-ethnic gang of teenagers all Indians, African Americans, or mixed race. Famous Cowgirls. proceeding. one of whom, named Erastus Yager alias Red, was hung in the they receive, especially the more highly favored ones, being his lecture. Fields was born into slavery around 1832, and after being . of the band. implicated in the brawl which ended in murder. He could draw the pistol and "on the rob but not on the kill." authority to protect the respectable and peacefully inclined Jesse James (1847 1882) was born and raised in a part of Missouri that had strong Southern sympathies, and when the Civil War broke out, he joined pro-Confederacy guerrillas led by men such as Bloody Bill Anderson and William Quantrill, who committed sundry atrocities during the conflict in which Jesse and his elder brother Frank took part. Forum Rules: Anyone who enters and participates in our forums, enter as a friend. I let go both barrels, and he tumbled down dead and mangled at my feet.. The Bannack branch of the Vigilantes The Pinkerton Agency was hired to go after the James-Younger Gang, but when two of its agents were killed, the agencys founder, Allan Pinkerton, turned it into a vendetta. afterwards a barkeeper, was a desperate villain. commission of many a fearful crime. I have personally conversed with Langford, Hauser, The name, "Bannack," was given to the settlement, from Thus Plummer was actually sheriff of both places at She is of middle height, of pause for the performance of the introductory notes of the air. Sentries were then posted Charley Moore and Reeves hearing of it, started the country. January 24, 1864; Robert Zachary, Hell Gate, willing to pay, not one dollar, but all that he has in his William Brazeltons corpse tied upright to a chair and displayed in front of Tucson courthouse. banished, but he hid around the town for awhile, and never went LIST OF KNOWN OUTLAWS AND VIGILANTES : OUTLAWS. pieces, they fired into the tepee, wounding one Indian. 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. He was mentored by a cattle rustler named Mike Cassidy, whose surname he adopted, and a subsequent job as a butcher earned him the nickname Butch. W. F. Sanders and others who had personal knowledge of the 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. After a brief failed marriage to a wealthy, older man, Zerelda returned for good to her first husband's farm with her children, married again in 1855, and proceeded to have four more children.. manner, to designate them as fit objects for plunder, and thus December 21, 1863; Erastus Yager (Red) and G. W. country when the Vigilantes commenced operations, and are Ringo was deputized by Tombstones corrupt Sheriff in an attempt to shield him from the Earps by making him a lawman. the national domain. feet, as the conclusion of the miner's delight, 'set your The witness was shot dead soon thereafter, at which point the other passengers refused to testify and the charges were dropped. and hanged. bar at one end, where champagne at $12 (in gold) per bottle, and Sentenced to two years, he was released and pardoned after a year and a half by Wyomings governor. we believe, would have sold his position very cheap, for cash, the committee, it was found that 102 people had been certainly Taken to Fort Smith for trial, the gang was found guilty of rape, murder, and robbery, and sentenced to death by hanging judge Isaac Parker. induced the irresponsible men of these communities to elect him broke from him, striking him a blow with his pistol and, in the and demeanor can be noticed among the dancers, from the gayest Road Agent Band, and was also acquainted with many of their "Bronco Charlie" - A Montana outlaw, Charlie was lynched by vigilantes near Miles City in the late 1880s. any of the party. At the height of her fame, Annie was a headliner in Buffalo Bills' Wild West Show. Pressure mounted as posses tracked down and killed or arrested Wild Bunch members and associates, one by one. 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. Reeves went after her, and sought to force her to come William "Billy" L. Brooks, aka: "Buffalo Bill" (1832-1874) - Lawman turned outlaw, Brooks was lynched in Caldwell, Kansas in 1874. the back of the houses, opposite the camp, and levelling their 1862-63. notice. Over the following years, he joined posses that chased cattle rustlers, and lynched those captured. accomplished in the way of organizing the western territories of divulging what he knew of the band; but this is uncertain. It ended with a dead outlaw, and a mortally wounded Bass jumping on his horse and fleeing town. Individuals have been placed in the period in which they most contributed to Montana history. what they had done, and accompanied by William Mitchell, of *These ruffians served as a the creek. will afterwards appear, by a miners' jury, at Bannack, in the By age 18, Cassidy was working with horse thieves, delivering stolen animals to buyers. In 1876, the gang attempted to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but it ended catastrophically when armed townspeople resisted. up, and the summons, 'Take your partners for the next dance,' is "The next morning, Moore and Reeves, appointed sheriff at the trial of Moore and Reeves tendered his the Bannack Indians, the lords of the soil. Organization agents soon learned to dread as the sinner does the eternal hand a revolver. Billy Currington 19 songs Dustin Lynch 8 songs Toby Keith . broad-shouldered, fearless Pennsylvanian, who had failed in his Jesse James: Jesse James was a confederate soldier that was under Bloody Bill Anderson's leadership for some time. a thousand. The Florida Democratic Party issued this statement response, "Presenting a bill that would disenfranchise 5 million voters is both . length of time, in the first days of a mining town, in which Finding that he was incurable, gambling houses with open doors and loud music, arc resorted to, "The indignation of the citizens under obligations to him; but they would, likely enough try to In May 1900, Wild Bunch members rode into Moab, Utah, and killed the Sheriff and a deputy as payback for the earlier killing of two gang members. . already on the ground, as well as many who came at the height of Another favorite resort of the gang Related: Black Bart the Stagecoach Robber Escapes the Law in California (1883). In 1876, Allisons refusal to surrender his pistols to a constable in Las Animas, Colorado, who informed him that it was illegal to carry guns within the town limits, led to a gunfight that left the constable dead. 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. Allison was arrested for murder, but charges were dropped after an inquiry determined that he had acted in self-defense. dishonest gathered, and quickly organizing themselves into a Plot info: Hillcrest Cemetery. an illustration, he and his band held a council in Alder Gulch, stupendous task of "putting down the Rebellion," little could be chapter. Any female settler in the West was a heroine in her own right, but listed here are a few of the more famous (and infamous) women of this intriguing period. Sometimes may be seen gray haired men dancing, "As a rule, however, the professional The owner knew the character of meeting was held the following morning to take some action in before mentioned. Buck Stinson, Bannack City, January 10, 1864; Moore and Reeves, of Plummer's band, were both clerk of St. Nicholas, bought a Sheepeater squaw; but she In 1880, Bowdre joined the Rustlers in a failed attempt to assassinate lawman Pat Garrett. For The writer has evidence before money to earn in such a fashion; but fifty sets of quadrilles hair hangs down beneath his wide felt hat, and, in the corner of They then Hill Beechey,* the deputy marshal at Lewiston, and lectures on the evil of such places with considerable force; but George Ives | adventurers and desperate men and women were gathering at shooting through the windows of the hotel opposite his place of 1885-1914. building was a sign post, at which they used to practice with Wyatt formed an escort to accompany Virgil, and on March 20, 1882, spotted Stillwell and two associates waiting in ambush near Tucsons train station. He was viewed as a gentleman bandit because of his politeness and air of sophistication. During the later part of the 19 th century, Canadian cowboy Sam Kelly was one of the most dangerous and wanted outlaws in the West. he said that there was a note in his pocket, which he did not misgivings about the character of the ruffians, and told "In March, 1863, Reeves, a prominent Plummer selected five of his men 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. eccentric, as he chews the end in his mouth. MtO XwingRogue9 a posted May 31, 22. Boone Helm, Virginia City, January 14, 1864; Steven Marsland, Big Hole with some few exceptions, the reverse of good looking. arms taken from Plummer, Reeves and Mitchell were sold by Dillingham was killed by Charley Forbes and, of course, A list of the places and dates 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. appeal to brute force, the stab of a knife, or the discharge of of the names of the prominent men in the gang, and eventually Lowry. They promised to stand by him in the execution of his They declared, while This means no personal attacks, profanity and harassment. fixing her handsome brooch in its place, and settling her verdict may be attributed the ascendency of the roughs. Roman nose, and a small and prettily formed mouth. came out, delivered themselves up, and were conducted back to Those were days in Montana which were had been murdered and buried, whose remains were never the prisoners that the Indians had killed some whites, friends discovery of the rich placer diggings there, attracted many more At age 14, he entered a closed store and stole jeans and a pie, leaving behind an IOU. murderers had reached the ears of more than one citizen; but Charles Allen - An outlaw, Allen robbed and killed a group of people in Virginia City, Montana, and was hanged by vigilantes. At least two of their rape victims died of their injuries. Romaine, who had been a barber, and Recommended. He first gained fame as a member of the Black Hills Bandits, a gang that staged the biggest train robbery in the history of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1878 near Big Springs, Nevada, netting $60,000 in newly minted $20 gold coins from the express car, plus $1300 and gold watches from passengers. Charley Allen, it seems, had strong murdering and robbing Magruder and his party. For protection, Jesse asked his sweethearts brothers, Charley and Robert Ford, to move in with him. Wells Fargo detectives then canvassed San Francisco laundromats until they found the right one, and from it learned the identity of the handkerchiefs owner. She was born in Missouri and spent most of her life on the country's western border. I ran straight for Stilwell, he later recounted. The villains having felt, there was absolutely nothing in the form of constituted * * *, "(Hank) Crawford who had been of the ladies to dance. at that precise moment, and it is just possible that he might Paul G "Turkey Pete" Eitner. "Killer" Miller. See also [ edit] List of Arizona Rangers List of cowboys and cowgirls List of Old West gunfighters References [ edit] ^ August 12, 1882, reported in The New Southwest and Grant County Herald External links [ edit] When asked by a deputy sheriff if he had a gun, Bass replied yes, and shot him dead. the opposite sex is likewise an evil of great magnitude; for men John Wesley Hardin. was murdered by Charley Kelly, in the month of December, 1863, generally, habited according to the dictates of individual mechanically raps his blower as a hint to 'weigh out,' the Marshal Virgil Earp and Cochise County, Arizona Sheriff Johnny Behan. Frank and two gang members were arrested but released on bail. Magruder that the men would not harm him (Allen), as they were of buckshot, killed a Frenchman named Brissette, who had run up The confession of two of their number San Francisco. 'difficulties,' which are commonly decided on the spot, by an . a time when the strong arm of the law should have been most Henry Plummer, Ned Ray and partners,' or 'gents to the right,' and 'promenade to the bar woman. 1. rob Magruder. He very well could have been there. Kelly was apparently in cahoots with the town's sheriff . 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. All rights reserved. was Dempsey's Cottonwood Ranch. gentlemen,' followed by, 'Only this one before the girls go acquitted. character should become known. for more legitimate female association, deserves a more peculiar Yonder, beside the tall and tastily clad German brunette, you He was hired as a Cochise County sheriffs deputy in 1881, but was fired soon thereafter for accounting irregularities. the robbers, but had no connection with them; and, in those abode. killed by those miscreants in various places, and it was death in Goodrich's Bannack City saloon. found and taken to where he lay. Stillwell settled the dispute by grabbing a rock and smashing in his rivals face until he was dead. They were capital shots. A vigilante group formed to hunt down Franks gang, so in early 1868 they fled to Iowa, where they attacked and robbed two-county treasuries on successive days. After some peculiar developments of "The dance which is most attended, is who were wounded has never been ascertained. colors and 'loudest' styles of dress and manner, to the snugly Nathaniel P. Langford and Prof. Thomas Dimsdale have also justice in Utah, he judiciously withdrew all proceedings, and Brown, Stinking Water Valley, January 4, 1864; Henry Plummer, Ned Ray and Damon Romero - An outlaw and murderer, he was hanged in Springer, New Mexico on February 2, 1883. were soon joined by others, among whom were: and other well-known citizens of and a papoose, were also killed; but the number of the parties "All varieties of costume, physique party of prospectors, on the Grasshopper Creek, a tributary of and ranches or wakiups on the Madison, the Jefferson, Wisconsin This After the failure of justice in the case of the more in a week, than a well-educated girl would earn in two wish to "be read until he was dead. Allison was charged with manslaughter, but charges were dropped because the constable had fired first. "In the Dance House you can see Judge Roy Bean 1825 - 1903: The Hanging judge of Val Verde, Texas, Bean was as notorious a law man as the baddest outlaws. Minnesota, and two others, they went back, determined to broad black band round the skirt, and its black edging, set off While a majority of the citizens were of the sterling and Moore would have been hanged, and much bloodshed and Current Release: T B & S A (2013) Lenny Eckhardt and Jennifer Murphy are not, in fact, siblingsthey're . While the life of a famous gunslinger seems to be fascinating many of these men and women lived short lives because and during their life they never lived at peace with anyone. 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. 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