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One Hell-Firin’ Minute of Smokin’ Action

by | Jun 2, 2007 | Inside History

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August 22, 1891 Deputy Ed Short has learned that the ill man lodging at the Rock Island Railroad hotel in Hennessey, Oklahoma, is none other than “Black-Faced” Charley Bryant, an extremely dangerous member of the Dalton outlaw gang currently terrorizing the territory.   Surprising Bryant in his room, Short clamps cuffs on him. His only problem: the closest secure jail is about 140 miles away in  Wichita, Kansas.   The next day, Short, wearing two six-shooters and carrying a Winchester


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