Alfred Y. Allee wasn’t afraid to use his gun. The Karnes Co., Texas deputy shot and killed a robbery suspect in 1882. H…
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The Youngest Younger Kills a Dallas Lawman After a drunken argument in a store County Sheriff Charles Nichols ends up dead.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Nichols has a dubious distinction—the first Dallas County (TX) lawman to die in the line of duty,…
Charlie Rich Deals a Deadly Hand
Charlie Rich was just 17 when he dealt the cards in a poker game at Nuttall & Mann’s Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Terr…
A Deadly Feud Between Two Jims
Jim Harkey and Jim Barbey were both riders at the Cottonwood Mott Line Camp in west Texas in 1880. Nobody knew of any t…
Chunk Colbert’s Deadly Grudge
Chunk Colbert tried to take on the wrong man in Clay Allison. On January 7, 1874 the two men sat down for a friendly mea…
No One Steals from Barton’s Joint
Jerry Barton was associated with the Cow-boy faction in southeast Arizona. He ran a bar in the town of Charleston—a Cow…
Is Clint Eastwood Ambidextrous?
Is Clint Eastwood ambidextrous? Bud Haak — West St. Paul, Minnesota You’re not the first to notice Clint Eastwood is goo…
Cool Under Fire
Billy the Kid was cool dude under fire, something he demonstrated on several occasions. For example, on the evening of J…
Doc Holliday’s First Killing?
On July 19, 1879 in Las Vegas, New Mexico a drunk Mike Gordon—either because of a problem with a girl or bad luck at the…
The Cheapskate of All Time
OK, there are probably hundreds of examples of men (and women) being cheapskates—not paying what they owed, or haggling …