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Did Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders include any outlaws or lawmen?

by | Dec 20, 2009 | Inside History

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Did Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders include any outlaws or lawmen? Jari Teilas Kotka, Finland The legendary captain of Company A, William O. “Buckey” O’Neill, was a Yavapai (Arizona) County sheriff and Phoenix deputy city marshal. Yet he’s listed as a lawyer on the troop roster. Following the 1889 Canyon Diablo train robbery, O’Neill and his posse captured outlaw Bill Sterin. Legend goes that Sterin enlisted in the Rough Riders under another name and died at the San Juan Heights, iron


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