-
Frank Baker (18??-1878) - An
outlaw
member of the
Jesse Evans Gang
and a
lawman,
Baker served as a deputy sheriff in the Lincoln County,
New Mexico .
Embroiled in the
Lincoln
County War, he rode in the posse
that killed John Tunstall. He was killed by
Billy the Kid on March 10, 1878.
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Thurman "Skeeter" Baldwin (1867-19??)
-
Oklahoma
outlaw and member of the
Cook Gang.
He was captured after a bank robbery.
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"Cherokee" Bangs - A
Utah cattle
rustler, Bangs led a gang in the 1890s which sometimes included
Matt Warner.
-
"Kid" Bannister -
Oklahoma
outlaw
Bannister was killed by a saloon proprietor Tom Cook in
Oklahoma City.
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Claude Barbee - A wanted
Texas
outlaw, Barbee
was tracked down to a west
Texas ranch
by a Deputy Hamilton, which erupted into a gunfight and the lawman was
killed. Barbee fled, was captured, but escaped. He was pursued by
Pat Garrett,
but gave the lawman the slip and made it out to
California,
where he lived under another name aid died in the 1940s.
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John Barber - After robbing a bank in
Cisco,
Texas in
1887, Barber fled to
Oklahoma. He
was later killed by
U.S. Deputy Marshals,
Captain Gideon White and Barney Connelly.
-
John Barbour -
Outlaw member
of
Whitley-Cornett Gang of
Texas in the
1880s. He was later killed in
Indian Territory.
-
Santos Barela - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Barela
was hanged on May 20, 1881 in Mesilla.
-
Clinton Barkley, aka: Bill Bowen
(18??-??) - A
Texas gunman wanted for murder, he soon found himself in
the midst of the Horrell-Higgins Feud.
-
Wesley Barnett - An
outlaw in
Indian Territory
in the 1880s, he was killed by lawmen in 1889.
-
Johnny Barnes
(18??-1882) -
Outlaw member
of the
Clanton Gang
in
Arizona,
Barnes was shot and killed in 1882, some say by Wyatt Earp.
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Seaborn Barnes, aka: "Nubbin’s Colt" (1849-1878) -
Barnes
joined the
Sam Bass Gang
in 1878. He was killed with
Bass
at Round Rock,
Texas
in 1878.
-
Calisto Barrera - A
New Mexico
outlaw,
Barrera murdered John D. Bohn on August 16, 1882, near Sapello,
New Mexico.
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Will Barry - See
William Doolin
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Richard "Rattlesnake Dick" Barter, aka: Dick Woods
(1834-1859) - A
California
outlaw,
Barter made his living stealing horses and
robbing mining camps. He was killed in July, 1859 while robbing a mule
train.
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"Kid” Barton - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Barton
led a stage-robbing gang that operated at Raton Pass. He killed several
people and was hanged in the late 1860s.
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Jerry Barton - A gunfighter, Barton ran a
saloon in Charleston,
Arizona. At
some point, he killed his partner, and later a Mexican man in 1881. He
was imprisoned for the second killing.
-
Tucker Basham -
Outlaw member
of the
James Gang.
-
Samuel "Sam” Bass (1851-1878) -
The leader of the
Sam Bass Gang, the
outlaw
robbed stages in the Dakotas and trains in
Texas. He and another gang member,
Seaborn Barnes, were
killed at at Round Rock,
Texas in 1878.Captain
Andrew T. Baugh - A
Texas
outlaw and
cattle rustler, Baugh was lynched in 1885 when caught with a herd of
stolen cattle.
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Melvin
Baughan – When 32 year-old Pony Express employee, Baughan commited
murder, he was hanged on September 18, 1868 in Nemaha County, Kansas.
-
Edward H.O. "Ole" Beck, aka: Edward Welch
(18??-1912) - After meeting
Ben Kilpatrick
in jail, Beck joined up with
the
Wild Bunch. He and
Kilpatrick were both killed during a train
robbery on March 13, 1912.
-
Frank Beck - An
outlaw, Beck
helped murder Joe Hickson on October 28, 1884 at Good Hope,
New Mexico.
-
William "Cyclone Bill” Ellison Beck - An
outlaw, who
became a suspect in the robbery of an Army paymaster on May 11, 1889.
-
Courtney Belmont - A gunman and
outlaw,
Belmont rode with Matt Zimmerman in the 1880s in
Nebraska.
-
Dick Belmont - A gunman and
outlaw, Dick
rode with Matt Zimmerman but went to
Kansas
after Matt was killed. He was later shot and killed.
-
"Choctaw" Bell - An
outlaw member
of the Langford Gang of
Texas in the
early 1880s, Bell was killed by a posse in 1881.
-
Tom Bell - See
Thomas J. Hodges
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Santos Benavides - Horse thief and murderer,
Benavides was lynched in Albuquerque,
New Mexico on
December 29, 1880.
-
Jules Beni (18??-1861) - An Overland Stage station manager, Beni
often robbed the stage, as well as wagon trains and rustled cattle. He
eas replaced by
Jack Slade, who later killed him.
-
George Bennett
-
Outlaw member
of the Bill Dalton gang, Bennett was killed in 1893 at Longview,
Texas during
a bank robbery.
-
Charley Bentley - A
New Mexico
outlaw,
Bentley escaped from jail at White Oaks,
New Mexico in
March 1881.
-
James Berry -
Outlaw member
of the
Sam Bass Gang,
Berry was caught by lawmen after the train robbery at Big Spring,
Nebraska.
-
Benjamin F. Bickerstaff (18??-1869)
- A veteran Confederate guerilla soldier, Bickertaff looted Federal
supplies throughout
Texas. He was shot and killed by citizens
of
Alvarado in April, 1869.
-
"Big Sandy" - A
California
outlaw in the
1850s.
-
Charles Bill -
Outlaw Charles
Bill, was run out of the
New Mexico
Territory on February 6, 1906.
-
John Billee (18??-1890) - An
outlaw
operating in
Indian Territory, Billee murdered W.P. Williams with the help of
Thomas Willis. Wanted for robbery and murder, he was captured by
U.S. Deputy Marshals Will Ayers, James Wilkerson, and Perry DuVall and
taken to
Fort Smith,
Arkansas. He was hanged on January 16, 1890.
-
Billy the Kid -
See
William Bonney
-
Miles Bishop - A
New Mexico
outlaw in the
the mid-1860s.
-
Bil Bivins - A
Wyoming
outlaw, Bivins
was jailed for train robbery near Atlantic City in 1877.
-
Lige Bivins - A
Texas
outlaw, Bivins
as a member of a gang of raiders in Bell,
Texas, during
the
Civil War.
-
Black Bart - See
Charles E. Bolton
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H. J. Bassett - A member of Selman’s Scouts following the
turmoil of the Lincoln County War in New Mexico. He disappeared sometime
after late November,1878.
-
Isaac "Ike" Black (18??-1895)
- An
outlaw in
Kansas
and
Oklahoma,
Black was killed by a posse during a
shootout in
Oklahoma on
August 1, 1895.
-
Jim Black - A train robber in the
New Mexico Territory.
-
Pope Black - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Black
was shot and killed in the Florida Mountains, while resisting arrest,
December, 1882.
-
Robert "Arkansaw” Black - When
vigilantes
caught up with this
outlaw, Black
eluded lynching by challenging them to a fight.
-
Duncan "Tom” Blackburn (18??-??) - Robbed
stages in 1877 in
Deadwood,
South Dakota.
He disappeared after Boone May killed four bandits.
-
James Blackwell - A
New Mexico
outlaw,
Blackwell shot and killed W.B.Foster in Raton,
New Mexico on
August 8, 1882.
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Joe Blain - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Blain
shot and killed Joe Pitman in Luna Valley,
New Mexico on
February 18, 1888.
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William "Tulsa Jack" Blake (18??-1895) - A member of the
Doolin-Dalton Gang, he was killed by lawmen near Dover,
Oklahoma in
1895.
-
M. Blevins, aka: F.C. Marklin - After this
Texas
outlaw was
captured and imprisoned, he escaped from the
Texas
penitentiary in 1884, at the age of twenty.
-
Kenry Blun - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Blun
shot George C. Quaries on September 20, 1884 at Fairview,
New Mexico.
-
Charley Bobtail - An
Oklahoma
bootlegger and horse thief, Bobtail was arrested by
Heck Thomas.
-
Dan Bogan - Having committed a number of
crimes in
Wyoming,
Bogan later made his way to
Texas, where
he was indicted for murder in 1881.
-
Gus Bogles (18??-1888)
- Convicted of murdering J.D. Morgan, Bogles was hanged at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas on
July 6, 1888.
-
William James Bolt - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Bolt
was hanged in
Lincoln,
New Mexico on
June 18, 1886.
-
Charles E. Bolton, aka: Black Bart, Charles E. Boles, T.Z. Spalding
(1830-1917?)
-
G.C. Bolton - An
Oklahoma
cattle rustler, Bolton was captured by Sheriff Lake and Deputy Canton.
Convicted, he was sent to prison in Lansing,
Kansas.
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William
Bonney, aka: Billy the Kid, Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim, William Antrim,
Henry McCarty (1859-1881)
-
William James "Joe" Boot (18??-??) - An
outlaw
in
Arizona, Boot was
captured and sent to prison in 1899 after attempting his first stage
robbery with Pearl Hart.
-
Narciso
Borjoques (18??-1871) - A
California
killer and robber, Borjoques usually murdered his victims with a shot in
the head. He himself was shot and killed in a saloon brawl in 1871 while
on the run for murdering and burning the bodies of a rancher & his
family.
-
Dutch Henry
Borne (1849-1921) - The leader of a group of horse and mule thieves
who operated in
Kansas,
Texas, and
Indian Territory in the 1870's.
-
William Boucher - An
outlaw and
cowboy
of
Tombstone,
Arizona,
Boucher was suspected of stage robbery and killed on March 25, 1888 by
Sheriff Billy Breakenridge's posse.
-
Charles "Charlie" Bowdre (1848-1880) - Right hand man to
Billy the Kid,
Bowdre was killed in 1880 while he was awaiting trial for
the murder of Buckshot Roberts.
-
Ben Bowlegs,
aka: Ben Billy, Williams - Oklahoma
outlaw captured by
Bass Reeves.
-
Charley Bowlegs
- Son of Seminole Chief Billy Bowlegs, Charley was wanted for murder. He
committed suicide.
-
Reuben "Rube” H. Boyce - An
outlaw in
Kimble County,
Texas, Boyd
led a gang of rustlers. He was arrested for murder on January 24, 1878.
-
Thomas M. Boyd, Jr. - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Boyd
shot and killed John Foundation in Lake Valley on August 15, 1884.
-
Robert H. Boyle, aka: Homsburg - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Boyle
shot Pat Slavin in Magdalena,
New Mexico on
May 28, 1881.
-
"Sport" Boyle -
A gunman and
outlaw, Boyle
was member of the Dodge City Gang in
Las Vegas,
New Mexico.
-
Adam Brady - An
outlaw in
Indian Territory,
Brady was brought in by
U.S. Deputy Marshal,
Bass Reeves.
-
Jack Brady - An
outlaw in
1892, Brady stole $50,000 from a Wells Fargo stagecoach and was killed
by a detective.
-
Abner Brasfield - At the age of 22,
Brasfield killed
Arkansas
Justice of the Peace Bill Hamm when the two were arguing over land. The
fleeing murderer was later captured and served four years in an
Arkansas
prison. After his release, he served as a peace officer in Eufaula,
Oklahoma.
-
William Brazzleton
(18??-1878) - Robbed stagecoaches in
Arizona
while wearing various disguises until he was killed in August, 1878.
-
Henry Brent - A
Montana
outlaw, Brent
was run out of Bannack, by
vigilantes.
He was later killed during a fight with Indians.
-
Joseph Brinster -
Texas
outlaw hanged
in Isleta,
Texas on July
5, 1883.
-
Richard "Dick” Broadwell, aka: Texas Jack,
John Moore (18??-1892) -
Outlaw
member of the
Dalton Gang.
Killed at the Coffeyville,
Kansas
raid.
-
William B. "Curly Bill" Brocious (1845-1882) - An
outlaw
leader of the
Clanton Gang of
Arizona,
Curly Bill was a vicious, drunken gunman, cattle rustler and murderer.
After the Gunfight at the
O.K. Corral, Brocious attempted to kill
Virgil Earp and succeeded in assassinating
Morgan Earp. Wyatt
soon caught up with him and killed him on March 24, 1882.
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Leonard Calvert Brock, aka: Will Waldrip, Joe Jackson, Henry Davis
(1860-1890) - A member of the Rube
Burrow Gang, they robbed trains in
Texas and Alabama. He was captured and died in November, 1890, after
jumping from the fourth floor of the jail.
-
"Bronco Charlie" - A
Montana
outlaw,
Charlie was lynched by
vigilantes
near Miles City in the late 1880s.
-
William "Billy" L. Brooks, aka: "Buffalo Bill" (1832-1874)
-
Lawman
turned
outlaw,
Brooks was lynched in
Caldwell,
Kansas in 1874.
-
Hank Brophy - Cattle rustler in
New Mexico.
-
Ben Brown -
Oklahoma
outlaw member
of the Christian Gang.
-
George W.
Brown (18??-1864) -
Outlaw said
to have been associated with
Henry
Plummer's gang of
Innocents, he was hanged
along with
Red Yager.
-
Henry
Newton Brown (1857-1884) - A member of
Billy the Kid's Gang,
Brown
eventually turned
lawman
and became the city marshal of
Caldwell,
Kansas. Later, he turned
outlaw again and was hanged.
-
Hoodoo Brown (18??-??) - See
Hyman G.
Neill
-
Joseph Brown (18??-1844)
- Along John McDaniel, he plundered Mexican wagon
trains on the Santa Fe Trail and was hanged in St. Louis, Missouri on
August 16, 1844.
-
Robert C. "Bob”
Brown - Brown along with a gang of thieves attempted to rob a train at
Fairbanks,
Arizona in
1900. He was captured and sent to prison at Yuma. After his release he
disappeared.
-
"Long-Haired Sam”
Brown - A gunman and outlaw in the
Nevada mining
camps, Brown killed fifteen men and was shot and killed on July 7, 1861.
-
W.E. Brown -
Texas
outlaw Brown
was shot and killed by Sheriff Turnbo on September 6, 1887 in Pecos,
Texas.
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William "Billy”
Brown - A gunman, Brown killed his best friend, Robert Tate, on August 19, 1880 near
Fort Sill,
Oklahoma.
Brown claimed that he was trying to
defend
himself against a man who had threatened his life and fired at a shadowy
figure moving toward him, not knowing that it was his friend. He
was later arrested in
Texas, and
hanged at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas
on September 9, 1881.
-
William
Browning, aka: - An
outlaw train
robber in Illinois in the 1900s, Browning was killed in
Texas while
robbing a bank.
-
"Tex” Brunton -
With the law on his tail, Brunton fled from
Texas, to
California
and
Oklahoma.
-
Charles "Charlie" Bryant, aka: Black Face Charlie (18??-1891)
- A member of the Dalton Gang,
Bryant was killed in a gunfight with
U.S. Deputy Marshal
Edward Short, which left both men dead.
-
Roscoe
"Rustling Bob” Bryant – A former
John Kinney Gang member, he became a
member of Selman’s Scouts following the turmoil of the Lincoln County
War in New Mexico. He was shot and killed by other members of Selman's
Scouts in October, 1878 near Seven Rivers, New Mexico.
-
Rufus Buck (18??-1896)
- A Euchee Indian and leader of the
Rufus Buck Gang, Buck along with four members of his gang embarked on a
13 day crime spree in July, 1895. During the spree, they killed at least
two
people, including Deputy Marshal John Garrett, wounded several others,
robbed anyone who crossed their path, and raped several women. All five
were were apprehended. They were
hanged on July 1, 1896 at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas for murder, robbery and rape.
-
James "Coal Oil Jimmy” Buckley (18??-1871) -
An
outlaw stage
robber and murderer in northern
New Mexico.
In 1871, he was calling Elizabethtown,
New Mexico
home and leading a series of
stagecoach holdups on
the road to Cimarron. His career was cut short when the town posted a
$3,000 "dead or alive" reward. He was soon shot down for the reward.
-
Laura Bullion, aka: Della Rose, Rose of the Wild Bunch (1876?-19??)
- The girlfriend of
Ben Kilpatrick,
Bullion
rode with the Wild Bunch. She was imprisoned
in 1901. When she was released she lived the last years of her
life in Memphis, Tennessee
-
Eugene Bunch, aka: Captain J. F. Gerard (18??-1892) - Bunch was a
train robber who after making off with the cash from an express car was
killed by Pinkerton Agents on August 21, 1892 near Franklin,
Texas.
-
William "Billy”
Bunton -
Montana stage
station manager, Bunton was thought to have been the 2nd in Command of
Henry
Plummer's gang of
Innocents. He was hanged by
Montana Vigilantes.
-
Jim Burrow (18??-1888) - Brother of Rube Burrow, Jim was captured
and jailed i n1888. He died in jail of natural causes.
-
William Burbridge -
New Mexico
outlaw
Burbridge shot and killed William Heine on April 12, 1881 in San Marcial.
-
Pete Burleson - Burleson shot and killed Tom
Driscoll in Springer,
New Mexico,
on January 16, 1884. Driscoll died sixteen days later.
-
Reuben "Rube" Houston Burrow (1854-1889)
-
Leader of the
Burrows Gang, who operated in
Texas,
Arkansas,
Missouri
and Alabama. He was killed on October 7, 1890.
-
Sam Burt -
Montana
outlaw Burt
was lynched by
Montana Vigilantes
on December 17, 1875.
-
Matthew "Matt" Burts (18??-??)
- A
lawman and
outlaw, Burts rode with
Burton, Billie Stiles and
the Owens brothers. He was murdered in
California in 1925.
-
Sheppard Busby - An ex deputy marshal, Busby shot and killed
U.S. Deputy Marshal
Barney Connelly when the lawman tried to arrest him for adultery. Busby
was hanged at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas
on April 27, 1892.
