Some of those western outlaws were tough to the end. What does a condemned man say when he was asked if he had any last words? Does he whimper and say “I was framed!”
The ones we admire the most were those who “died game!” I say this with one caveat. This what is reputed they said but either way it makes a good story.
My favorite is the notorious Mexican bandit Augustine Chacon when he was about to be hung in 1902 in Solomonville, Arizona. He had a lot of admirers and on his way
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