Oliver Yantis was not the most successful outlaw. He was one of the first members of the Bill Doolin Gang. Just a week after Doolin’s former outfit, the Daltons, met its end at Coffeyville, KS, on October 6, 1892, he and Bitter Creek Newcomb and Yantis held up a train near Caney, KS. They came away with less than $100.
Three weeks later, on November 1, the trio hit a bank at Spearville, KS, ge
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