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Aliases, Flintlocks and Cowboy Vests

by | Jul 15, 2023 | Ask the Marshall

Were there are any instances of small-time outlaws using the name of more famous outlaws as an alias? Jeffery Stafford Hyde, Cheshire, UK We do know that Tombstone’s Billy Claiborne insisted on being called Billy the Kid—but that wasn’t really an alias. I’m not aware of any famous cases of a small-time outlaw pretending to be a famous badman—except maybe in the movies. If there were, it would be few and far between as he would be playing with fire. If an outlaw found that somebody e


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