An Escape Into a New Life

Outlaw Joe Horner becomes lawman Frank Canton.

September 13, 1875. Four men escape from a jail in Jacksboro, TX. One of them, Joe Horner, has been awaiting trial for rustling, robbery, and murder. He later moves to Wyoming and becomes a lawman there, in Oklahoma and Alaska under the name Frank Canton. He also serves as a range detective, a mercenary, and a hired killer. Because of all that, Canton gains a reputation as one of the most dangerous gunmen in the Old West.