The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James

Ed O’Kelley blows away Bob Ford.

June 8, 1892. Ed O’Kelley blasts Robert Ford into eternity in Ford’s tent saloon in Creede, Colorado. O’Kelley says, “Hello, Bob,” just before he shotguns the “dirty little coward” who killed Jesse James. There are several theories as to why O’Kelley did the deed, but none has been confirmed. O’Kelley did less than 10 years in prison. He was killed in a fight with an Oklahoma City policeman in January 1904.