Harry Tracy escapes a Utah prison. October 8, 1897. Harry Tracy (photo) and Dave Lant escape from the Utah penitentiary, where they are doing time...
A Bold Breakout
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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...
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...
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...
Behind the Eight Ball
March 18, 1882 Morgan Earp vs. Frank Stilwell, Pete Spence and others. A one-night showing of the play Stolen Kisses is being staged at the...
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 Second Chance
Outlaw Cole Younger gets out of prison. July 10, 1901. Outlaws Cole (photo) and Jim Younger are released from the Minnesota prison in Stillwater...
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...
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...
He Knew Where the Bodies Were
Burt Alvord and a practical joke. The story (maybe the legend) goes that Arizona lawman/outlaw Burt Alvord loved practical jokes. He and Matt Burts...