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Henry
Starr when still a young man.
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Henry Starr (1873-1921)
– During his 32 years in crime
Henry
Starr robbed more banks than both the
James-Younger Gang and the
Doolin-Dalton Gang put together. As just a teenager in the
Oklahoma Strip, Henry, the
nephew of livestock rustler
Belle
Starr,
received his initiation in crime at an early age. He started robbing
banks on horseback in 1893 and ended up robbing his last in a car in
1921. In the late 1890's he organized a gang that robbed a number of
small banks in the
Oklahoma,
Texas,
and
Arkansas
area.
Starr
shot and killed Floyd Wilson, a deputy of Judge Isaac Parker in 1903.
Robbing a bank in Harrison,
Arkansas
on February 18, 1921,
Starr
was shot in the back by the former president of the bank.
Starr
received medical attention but died on February 21, 1921.
Henry
Starr is buried in the Dewey Cemetery north of Dewey,
Oklahoma.
There is no marker, but he is buried next to headstone labeled as
'Baby Starr.'
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