Bill Longley meets his maker. October 11, 1878. Outlaw Bill Longley meets his maker after being hanged in Giddings, Texas. Longley boasted that he'd...
A Hanging Gone Wrong
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The Marlow Brothers
Whether highborn or from the wrong side of the tracks, those who came West appreciated grit in a person, never mind if displayed by a hero or an...
Who Got Al?
The death of outlaw Spencer is a mystery. Al Spencer was an outlaw who bridged the Old West and the gangster era. He learned his craft from Henry...
A Poor Start
The first holdup by the Sundance Kid didn’t go so well. Harry Longabaugh’s (the Sundance Kid) career as a train robber began less than gloriously....
Bill Doolin Checks Out
A posse kills the outlaw chieftain. August 24-25, 1896. Outlaw leader Bill Doolin is gunned down by Deputy US Marshal Heck Thomas' (photo) posse at...
Butch Busts his First Bank
Cassidy grabs the cash in Idaho. August 13, 1896. Butch Cassidy, Elzy Lay and Bub Meeks hold up the bank in Montpelier, Idaho. They get away with up...
The Death of a Legend
Wild Bill Hickok cashes in his chips. August 2, 1876. Wild Bill Hickok is playing poker in Nuttall and Mann's Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory....
Doc Holliday and the Con Man
Perry Mallon nearly ended Doc’s career. July 30, 1882. Flim-flam man Perry Mallon is arrested in Toledo, Ohio on charges of being a "suspicious...
A Conman’s End Game
Soapy Smith cashes in his chips. July 8, 1898, Jefferson Randolph Smith II--better known as conman Soapy Smith--is shot to death on a wharf in...
A Berry Gets Plucked
Outlaw Jim Berry doesn’t get far after a big haul. Jim Berry was a part of a robbery outfit (photo) that included Sam Bass and made its mark in the...
Butch’s Beginnings
Cassidy’s first bank robbery. Monday, June 24, 1889. Butch Cassidy and Matt Warner enter the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride, Colorado at around...
No Winners
The fatal gunfight between an outlaw and a lawman. “Black Face’ Charlie Bryant—his face bears powder marks from a shooting scrape—was a member of...