Hoosier outlaws pull a fast one on their jailers. On this date in 1868, those words are written above a hole in the wall of the Council Bluffs, Iowa...
April Fools!
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Pinkerton
A Pinkerton Plan Blows Up
Detectives bomb the James farm and have a p.r. nightmare. January 25-26, 1875. Pinkerton agents attack a farmhouse outside Kearney, Missouri. It is...
You Can Run but You Can’t Hide
The Missouri Kid thought he’d get away with murder. William Rudolph had no luck. The 20-year-old and a cohort robbed a Union, Missouri bank in 1903....
Bounties
How was reward money collected in the Old West? Was it paid out by local law enforcement, banks, the court system, or did it come from some other...