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Guadalupe Caballero, aka: The Owl - Caballero was a
member of
Vicente Silva's
White Caps Gang in
Las Vegas,
New Mexico.
Acting as the gang’s chief spy, he was later captured and sentenced to
ten years in prison for his participation in the killing of Pat Meas.
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Andrew Cameron -
New Mexico
outlaw and murderer, Cameron
shot and killed Donaciano Tafoya on April 25, 1881.
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Edmund
Campbell (18??-1875) - A black man, Campbell murdered Lawson Ross and
his wife in
Indian Territory in revenge for an insult. He was hanged on
September 3, 1875 at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas.
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William Campbell - Campbell rode with
outlaw
Jesse Evans.
Though arrested for the killing of Thomas King on December 6, 1896, he
was acquitted of murder.
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William Campbell, aka: The Kid -
Montana
outlaw member of the Ashly Gang of
Montana in 1884. He was killed by
lawmen.
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Frank M. Canton, aka: Joe Horner (1849-1927) -
Gunman,
outlaw,
lawman, and rancher,
Canton
lived in
Oklahoma,
Wyoming, Alaska, and
Montana.
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Louis Cardis - A
Texas
outlaw, Cardis led
the Mexican faction in the EI Paso Salt War and was killed by Judge
Howard in 1877.
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Peter Carl - A
New Mexico an
outlaw, Carl
shot and killed Harry Huber in a saloon in Rincon,
New Mexico on August
31, 1884. .
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John Carlisle - A
Texas
outlaw, Carlisle was
hanged in 1893 for conspiracy to commit murder.
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William L. “Bill” Carlisle - Train robber in
California and
Wyoming, Carlisle was the last of the Old West train
robbers. He was finally captured and imprisoned in the 1900s.
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Thomas "Kye" Carlile - Early leader of the
Cookson Hills Gang, he was the chief suspect in a Bixby,
Oklahoma and
Springdale,
Arkansas bank robberies. he was also suspected of murdering
a woman named Susie Sharp and four
Oklahoma
lawmen. He was killed by
lawmen in Cherokee,
Oklahoma in September, 1932.
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Patrie Carmondy - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Carmondy was jailed with Mexican conspirators Jagola and Gonzales, for
killing William Wiggins. The three escaped from jail in Socorro,
New Mexico in October 1888.
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Jose M. Carrolla, aka: Portuguese Jo -
Outlaw member of the Wild Bill Martin Gang, he was shot and killed by
John Perry on June 19, 1877.
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Alexander
Carter - A road agent in
Montana and
thought to have been a member of
Henry
Plummer's gang of
Innocents. He was hanged by
Montana Vigilantes.
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William Carver (1866?-1901) - An
outlaw and a
Texas cowboy, Carver
rode with the Black Jack Ketchum’s Gang, the Wild Bunch, and the High
Five Gang. While robbing with the Kilpatrick brothers, he was killed by
a posse led by Sheriff Lige Briant in 1901 outside of Sonora,
Texas.
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James P.
Casey - Editor of the San Francisco Times newspaper, Casey shot
James King, proprietor of the rival Evening Bulletin. When King
died six days later, in what was probably the largest vigilante
committee ever formed, some 2,600 men marched to the jail, broke Casey
out and lynched him along with his unfortunate cell mate on
May 14, 1856.
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Jim Casey - An
Oklahoma
outlaw, Casey was jailed for the alleged killing of a Yukon
deputy. When he attempted to escape from jail on June 30, 1895, he was
shot.
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Joe Casey - An
Arizona
outlaw, Casey was
jailed by Sheriff Bob Paul in 1882 in Tucson,
Arizona. After escaping,
he was captured and hanged.
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John P. Casey - A horse thief, Casey was
apprehended in the Black Hills of
New Mexico in June 1889.
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James C. Casharego
- See George Wilson
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Butch Cassidy, aka: Robert Leroy Parker, Hiram Bebee (1867-1911 or
1937) -
Leader
of the Wild Bunch, the gang robbed trains and banks in Utah, Nevada,
Wyoming,
Colorado,
New Mexico, and other states. He and Harry Longbaugh,
the Sundance Kid, were allegedly killed in Bolivia or Argentina in 1908.
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Candido Castillo - An
outlaw with rewards on
his head totaling $2,400, he was shot and killed by a posse near
Espanola,
New Mexico in 1884.
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Catfish Kid - A
Texas
outlaw, the “kid”
reportedly killed deputy Sheriff L.S. Pierce in a gunfight and was
imprisoned for murder.
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Jim Catron, aka: The Pagnas Stage Robber -
This
Colorado
outlaw was shot and killed by a guard in the 1880s at Fort
Garland,
Colorado.
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Cattle Kate - See
Ellen
Watson
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Icnacio Chaco -
Outlaw member of the
Castillo Gang.
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Augustine Chacon, aka: Paludo,
Peledo, the Hairy One
(18??-1902) - Led a gang who murdered
and robbed in
Arizona. He escaped jail and execution twice before he was
captured by the deputy sheriff of Cochise County, Burt Alvord. He was
hanged on November 21, 1901.
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William Chadwell, aka: Bill Stiles -
Outlaw
member of the James-Younger Gang, Chadwell was killed on September 7,
1876 during the First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota robbery.
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Wade Chamberlee -
Oklahoma train robber
arrested by Grant Johnson.
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Joe Chancellor - See
Tom O'Day
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Juan Chaves - A
New Mexico horse thief, he
was captured by the 9th Cavalry in February, 1876.
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Paz Chaves - A horse thief who operated
around Boquilla,
New Mexico.
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Antonio Chavez - A
New Mexico
outlaw, he was
shot and killed during a holdup outside San Simon New Mexico on May 21,
1880.
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Carlos Chavez - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Chavez
was hanged for slaying Yum Kee in Silver City, New Mexico in 1884.
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Fernando Chavez - A
New Mexico
outlaw, he
was lynched in Las Lunas, New Mexico on October 6, 1881.
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Josefito Chavez - An
outlaw and horse thief,
he was also a gunman in the Lincoln County War of
New Mexico.
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Pedro Chavez - An
outlaw and member of Augustin Chacon's gang in the 1890s. He was arrested for robbery,
escaped prison at Tuscon,
Arizona, and was killed in a gun battle with
Sheriff Wakefield.
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Jose Chavez y Chavez -
Outlaw member of
Vicente Silva's
White Caps Gang of
Las Vegas,
New Mexico. The last
surviving member of the gang, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Otto Chenowith - A
Wyoming horse thief, Chenowith was placed in a sanitarium in the East.
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Cherry, aka: The Kid -
Outlaw member of Ike
Stockton's gang. Dyson Eskridge shot him in the back.
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John Childers, Jr. (1849-1873)
- Robbed and murdered Rayburn Wedding in October, 1870 in the Cherokee
Nation of
Indian Territory. Though he was immediately arrested, he
escaped from a federal jail in Van Buren,
Arkansas. He was recaptured in
1871. On August 15, 1873, he became the first man to be hanged at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas.-
Frank Choalt - An
outlaw who escaped from a
prison train on April 16, 1906.
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Bob Christian, aka: Tom Anderson - Brother to
Will "Black Jack" Christian, Bob was a member of the
High Fives
Gang. In 1895, he murdered Deputy Sheriff W.C. Turner and Oklahoma
City Police Chief Milt Jones.
He was jailed in
Fronteras, Senora, Mexico in 1897 for
"shooting up the town."
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Will "Black Jack" Christian, aka: Ed Williams, 202
(18??-1897) - He and brother, Bob, ran the
High Fives Gang in
Arizona until
Will was killed by a posse in 1897.
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Willard Erastus
Christianson, aka: Matt Warner, Ras Lewis (1864-1938) - Both an
outlaw and a
lawman, Christianson started started out as an
outlaw, changing his name to Matt Warner. He rode with
Butch Cassidy and wound up in
prison. Afterwards, he served as Justice of the Peace
and deputy sheriff in Carbon County,
Utah.
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Ned Christie
(1852-1892) - Cherokee
Indian
outlaw, Christie was a horse thief who killed
Marshal Dan
Maples and others. He was killed by a posse on November 2, 1892 in the
Cherokee Nation of
Indian Territory.
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William F. "Billy" Claiborne (1860-1882) -
A gunman
and cowhand, moved to Cochise County,
Arizona, where he became a member
of the Clanton Gang. He survived the O.K. Corral gunfight and was killed
by Buckskin Frank Leslie in Tombstone in November, 1882.
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John Clancy - He allegedly robbed a stage in
September, 1879 near Tecolote,
New Mexico and was captured, tried and
acquitted.
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Eddy "Newt"
Clanton (??-1934) -
Outlaw member of the Cookson Hills Gang,
participating in numerous bank robberies in
Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska
between 1932-34.Also suspected of two murders, he was killed by police
officers in Chelsea,
Oklahoma in February, 1934.
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Finneas Clanton
- Son of Ike Clanton and member of the Clanton Gang. Although not as
active an
outlaw as his brothers, he did serve a prison sentence for
cattle rustling.
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Isaac “Ike” Clanton (1847-1887) -
Gunman and member of the Clanton Gang of
Cochise County,
Arizona. He was unarmed when the Earps and Doc Holliday
advanced on them at the O.K. Corral.
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Newman Haynes “Old Man” Clanton (1816-1881) -
The head of the Clanton Gang in Cochise
County,
Arizona, was accused by the Earps of rustling, ambushing
smugglers, and harboring
outlaws. He was never prosecuted or arrested
for these alleged crimes.
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Robert Clanton
- A gunmen who killed Jerome and Dick Maddox and Lew Coates in a
gunfight in Portland, Missouri in 1863. He escaped to
Texas, but was
apprehended twenty-five years later for murder.
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William “Billy” Clanton (1862-1881)
- A gunman and member of the Clanton Gang in
Arizona. He participated in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and was
killed along with Frank and Tom McLowery.
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Barnard Clark -
Oklahoma outlaw that rode with Al Spencer and Jelly Nash.
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Thomas Clark aka: Pennsylvania Butch - An
outlaw and member of the gang that held up a train outside Marcus,
Illinois. He was arrested and sent to the prison at Joliet.
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Newton Clayton - A murderer and bank robber
in
Oklahoma.
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George Cleveland - A black
outlaw, he was a
member of Kit Joy's gang and was killed by the gang after escaping from
jail at Silver City,
New Mexico on March 1884.
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Emanuel Clements, Sr., aka: Mannen
(18??-1887)
- An
outlaw, cousin, and cohort of John Hardin, he killed two men in
July, 1871 in
Indian Territory. He was later jailed in Kansas by Wild
Bill Hickok but was released on request of Hardin. He was killed at
Ballinger,
Texas, on March 29, 1887.
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Daniel "Dynamite Dick" Clifton (1865-1897) -
Outlaw member
of the Doolin-Dalton Gang and the Little Dick West Gang, he participated
in several train and bank robberies. When the gang was captured, he
escaped from a Guthrie,
Oklahoma jail, freeing thirteen other prisoners
including Bill Doolin. He was arrested on a whiskey charge in
Texas and
then sent to the Guthrie,
Oklahoma jail. He was killed outside Checotah,
Oklahoma on November 7, 1897 by U.S. Deputy Marshals George Lawson Hess Bussey.
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Charles Cosy - An arsonist, Cosy was brought
in by U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves.
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Charles Clyde - Was arrested for stealing
mules in April, 1884.
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Tilton Cockerill - An
outlaw and former army
officer, he led a group that robbed a train at Verdi, Nebraska on
November 4, 1870.
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Bill Coe - Leader of the
Oklahoma Bill Coe
Gang, he headquartered in an area now known as Robber's Roost in the
Oklahoma Panhandle. He died around 1858.
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Chas Coe - A
lawman and
outlaw, he killed
two men in Grayson County,
Texas in 1884 and was indicted for murder.
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George Collins - A train robber, he killed a
Pinkerton detective and was hanged on March 26, 1904.
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Henry Collins - A gunman, he allegedly
helped Sam Bass rob a train in 1878 at Mesquite,
Texas.
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Joel Collins - An
outlaw, he joined Sam Bass
in a train robbery near Big Springs, Nebraska and was killed by soldiers
near Hays City, Kansas.
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William Collins (18??-1878) - An
outlaw, he
joined Sam Bass after his brother, Joe was killed and participated in a
train robbery. He was arrested, escaped, and fled to Canada where he and
U.S. Marshal Bill Anderson shot and killed each other.
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James Colville - An
outlaw rustler, he was
apprehended in March, 1883 by the militia of A.J. Fountain.
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AI Connor - A
Texas
outlaw, he was one of
five brothers chased by
Texas Rangers for many months in the 1880s.
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Bill Connor - A
Texas
outlaw, he was one of
five brothers chased by
Texas Rangers for many months in the 1880s.
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Fred Connor - A
Texas
outlaw, he was one of
five brothers chased by
Texas Rangers for many months in the 1880s.
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John Connor - A
Texas
outlaw, he was one of
five brothers chased by
Texas Rangers for many months in the 1880s.
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Willis Connor - A
Texas
outlaw, he was one
of five brothers chased by
Texas Rangers for many months in the 1880s.
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Jim Cook - An
outlaw and brother of William
Cook, he was wounded while resisting arrest in the Cherokee Nation of
Indian Territory.
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William “Bill” Tuttle Cook, aka: The Cherokee
Kid, John Williams; John Mayfield (1873-1900) -
Outlaw leader of the
Cook Gang,
which committed several bold robberies throughout the
Indian Territory.
He was arrested January 11, 1895 and sentenced to forty-five years
imprisonment in the federal prison at Albany, New York. He died there on
February 15, 1900.
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John Cooper - A road agent in
Montana and
thought to have been a member of
Henry
Plummer's gang of
Innocents. He was hanged by
Montana Vigilantes.
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Tom Cooper, aka: Tom Kelly - An
outlaw, he
rustled cattle in Hillsboro,
New Mexico in 1877.
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James Copeland
(1815-1857) - Killing, robbing, and thieving, mostly in Mississippi,
Copeland was the co-leader of a 60 man gang known as the Wages and
Copeland Clan. He was captured and executed at Augusta, Mississippi on
October 30, 1857.
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Burt Corman -
Shot and killed Matt Craig on December 27, 1886 in Fairview,
New Mexico.
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Silveria Coma - Murdered Tavian Pacheco on
July 15, 1882, in Sabinal,
New Mexico.
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Brack Cornett (18??-1888)
- The most well known of the
outlaw members of the
Bill
Whitley or
Brack Cornett Gang, the desperadoes robbed banks and trains in
Texas in the
1880's. Whitley
was killed on September 25, 1888, and Cornett was tracked and killed by
Sheriff Alfred Allee the same year.
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Gregorio Cortez (1875-1916) - A
Texas rustler and
outlaw, he killed
Kames County Sheriff Morris and Gonzales County Sheriff Robert Glover.
After serving just eight years in prison, he was pardoned.
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Charlie Cotner - Bank robber in Sequoyah County,
Oklahoma.
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Jim Crane (18??-1881)
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Juan Nepomucena Cortinas, aka: Juan Cortina,
Cheno - A Mexican bandit chieftain, led raids against towns north of the
Rio Grande River during the 1850s. He captured the U.S. Army garrison at
Brownsville,
Texas. After
Texas Rangers killed several of Cortina's
leaders, the Mexican bandit retired and died in 1892.
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Can Costillo - A
New Mexico
outlaw, he was
wanted for murder.
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Pat Coughlin -
Outlaw cattle rustler and
friend of Billy the Kid, he was apprehended by John W. Poe but released
after the only witness was gunned down.
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Ed Coulter - An
outlaw, he was lynched by
vigilantes in
New Mexico in October, 1881.
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James H. Craft - An
outlaw and partner of
Charles G. Walrath, he murdered William Shook near Ojo Caliente,
New Mexico. Both he and Walrath were lynched on June 30, 1879.
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Jim Crane - An
outlaw in
Arizona and
New Mexico who died in a shoot-out in 1881.
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Ben Cravens - An
Oklahoma
outlaw, he was
jailed for rustling cattle, but escaped. He was again captured in July,
1894 and given a long prison term but escaped by killing a guard. He was
recaptured in November, 1896, but escaped again.
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Foster Crawford - An
outlaw who rode with
Elmer "The Slaughter Kid" Lewis, and robbed and murdered in
Texas. The
pair were captured by
Texas Rangers, jailed, and lynched on February 27,
1896.
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Zacariah Crompton - An
outlaw and horse
thief, he and several others killed Isidoro Patron, Isidoro Padilla,
Dario Balazar, and Jose Candelaria in Lincoln County,
New Mexico on
December 20, 1873.
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Tom Crook -
Oklahoma
outlaw who killed U.S.
Deputy Marshal Charley Pettit in the Osage Nation of
Indian Territory.
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Charles H. Crosthwaite - A gunman and
newspaperman, he was hanged for killing George W. Johnson in January,
1889.
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Jackson
Crow (18??-1888) - Killed a prominent merchant named Charles Wilson in
the Choctaw Nation of
Indian Territory in 1884. He was hanged in
Fort Smith,
Arkansas on April 27, 1888.
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Patrick Crowe - An
outlaw, he robbed a train
in 1894 and stole diamonds in Denver,
Colorado. He was captured in
Cincinnati, Ohio and sentenced to three years in prison.
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Boudinot Crumpton, aka: Bood Burris
(18??-1891) - Convicted of killilng his traveling companion, Sam Morgan
in
Oklahoma, Crumpton maintained his innocence to the end. He was hanged
at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas on June 30, 1891.
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Florentino Cruz - An
outlaw in
Arizona and
New Mexico, he was killed by Wyatt Earp in 1882.
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Ed Cullin, aka: Shoot 'em Up Dick -
Outlaw
member of Black Jack Ketchum's gang, he was killed during a train
robbery in December, 1897.
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Jim Cumming, aka: James Cunnieus - Wanted
for larceny and murder, Cumming killed Captain Will Fields in the Creek
Nation of
Indian Territory.
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James Robert Cummins or Cummings, aka: "Windy Jim," James Johnson,
"Old Jim" (1847-1929) -
Outlaw
member of the James Gang, he was present during several robberies, and
eventually settled in Missouri where the law forgot about him. He
published a book about his life in 1903.
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Forest Cunningham -
Oklahoma bank robber, was killed on
May 13, 1930 in
Stephens,
Oklahoma.
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Jess
Cunningham -
Oklahoma bank robber.
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John
Cunningham -
Oklahoma bank robber. Died in the McAlester penitentiary on
July 29, 1932.
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Manuel
Cunningham -
Oklahoma bank robber.
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George Curry, aka: Flat Nose, Big Nose, Tom Dilly (1864-1900) - An
outlaw
member of the Wild Bunch, taught the skills of robbery to Harvey Logan
(Kid Curry,) whom he raised. He was shot and killed after a bank robbery
in 1900 by the lawmen from Vernal,
Utah.
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John Curry - An
outlaw killed along with
Dick Rodgers on March 13, 1885 while attempting to help a prisoner
escape from the Springer,
New Mexico jail.
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Frank
Curtis -
Oklahoma
horse thief, captured by Grant Johnson
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George
Curtis -
Oklahoma
horse thief, captured by Grant Johnson
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Old John Cush -
Outlaw member of the Black
Jack Ketchum gang, he was captured by Jeff Milton and sent to prison. | |