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An old man who died in San Diego in 1948 claimed on his deathbed to be gunman “Buckskin” Frank Leslie.

by | Dec 20, 2009 | Inside History

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An old man who died in San Diego in 1948 claimed on his deathbed to be gunman “Buckskin” Frank Leslie. Was he telling the truth? Tom Dancik Cleveland, Ohio Probably not, but the circumstances concerning “Buckskin” Frank Leslie’s death remain shrouded in mystery. Buckskin Frank worked during the 1870s as an Indian scout, but he is best known for killing the self-anointed “Billy the Kid” Claiborne in Tombstone, Arizona, after a confrontation in the Oriental Saloon on November 14, 188


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