Charles Ray liked to hang out with bad guys. Going by the name Pony Diehl (or Deal), he first gained notice as a member of the John Kinney and Jesse Evans Gangs. He later rode for “The House,” the Murphy-Dolan faction, during the Lincoln County War.
Then Diehl headed west—to Tombstone (photo), where he became a Cowboy. He was accused in the shooting of Virgil Earp, but never tried. Later in 1882, he claimed to have killed “Johnny Behind the Deuce” O’Rourke—again, not prove
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