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Outlaw Index - D

 

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  • Christopher “Kit” Dalton, aka: Charles Bell, Thomas Mabry (18??-1920) - An outlaw and second cousin of the Dalton brothers, Kit robbed and looted along the North South border during the Civil War and claimed he rode with both the James and Bass Gangs. He died in 1920.

  • Emmett Dalton, aka: Charley McLaughlin (1871-1937) - Outlaw member of the Dalton Gang, he survived the raid on Coffeyville but was shot and captured while attempting to rescue his brother Bob. He served over fourteen years in prison, moved to Hollywood, California and wrote a book about the Dalton Gang.

  • The Dalton Gang killedGrattan “Grat”  Dalton (1865-1892) - Served as a Kansas deputy marshal before turning outlaw, robbing banks and trains with the Dalton Gang.  He was killed during the Coffeyville, Kansas bank robbery attempt on October 5, 1892.

  • Robert "Bob" Dalton (1868-1892) - Served as a lawman before forming the Dalton Gang in 1891. He was killed during the Coffeyville, Kansas bank robbery attempt on October 5, 1892.

  • William “Bill” Dalton (1866-1894) - Serving in the California legislature before turning outlaw, Bill joined Bill Doolin's gang after the death of his brothers. He became a leader of the Doolin-Dalton gang and was killed by lawmen in September, 1894.

  • J. Frank Dalton, aka: Happy Jack - An outlaw who was wanted in Limestone County, Texas in 1886 for horse theft. He later claimed he was Jesse James.

  • John Daly (1839-1864) - Outlaw member of the Three Fingered Jack McDowell's gang, he ran a gambling house and saloon in Aurora, Nevada where he killed at least two men in cold blood. When vigilantes captured him and three other gang members, he took poison but they lynched him anyway.

 

  • Boston Damewood - A California outlaw and highwayman, he was lynched by a mob of 200 in Los Angeles. Bill Daniels - Led a gang of outlaws who robbed the Tucumcari, New Mexico bank and shot a boy who was holding his hands in the air.

  • Isom DartIsom Dart aka: Ned Huddleston (1849-1900) - Born into slavery in Arkansas Dart drifted into Texas, then Colorado, where he began to rustle cattle. He was shot dead on October 3, 1900 by Tom Horn.

  • Emmet R. Daugherty - The nephew of Henry Starr, Daugherty attempted murder in Oklahoma.

  • Roy Daugherty "Arkansas Tom Jones" (1871-1924) - An outlaw and member of the Doolin-Dalton gang, he was captured at Ingalls, Oklahoma and served seventeen years in prison. Upon his release, he returned to a life of crime and was killed by law officers on August 16, 1924.

  • Jim Davenport - Texas outlaw and cowboy, Davenport was accused of killing Elk Hereford. When the Texas Rangers tried to apprehend him in Cotulla, Texas in 1899, he fought them and was killed.

  • Bill Davis - Oklahoma murderer was captured by Grant Johnson.

  • George Davis - See Dolly Graham

  • Jack Davis (1845?-1879?) - An outlaw and friend of Bill Longley, Davis and robbed trains with Sam Bass and Joel Collins.

  • John Davis (18??-1884) - Killed a boy named William Bullock, at Brownswood, Texas. Arrested by Heck Thomas, he was convicted and hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on July 11, 1884.

  • Frog Davis - Killed Sheriff Jim Musgrove in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory. He was convicted and hanged for the crime.

  • Lewis Davis - (18??-1896) - Creek Indian outlaw and member of the Rufus Buck Gang. He was hanged on July 1, 1896 at Fort Smith, Arkansas for murder, robbery and rape.

  • Lucky Davis (18??-1896) - Creek Indian outlaw and member of the Rufus Buck Gang. Was hanged on July 1, 1896 at Fort Smith, Arkansas for murder, robbery and rape.

  • Curtis Dayson - Outlaw member of the Cook Gang in Indian Territory, he was captured after a bank robbery.

  • Charles Ray "Pony" Deal (or Diehl) - A former member of the John Kinney Gang, Diehl joined the  Jesse Evans Gang during New Mexico's Lincoln County War. Afterwards, he went to Arizona and joined the Clanton Cowboys. He was sought after by Wyatt Earp during the Earp Vendetta Ride but wasn't found. He claimed to have killed Johnny O'Rourke in 1882, after O'Rourke allegedly killed his friend, Johnny Ringo. Later, Deal was killed in a gunfight.

  • Isaac Deer - Oklahoma outlaw captured by U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves.

  • William E. Delaney, aka: Bill Johnson; Morman Bill (1856-1884) - An outlaw suspected of murder in Pennsylvania, he fled to the west where he joined a gang in Arizona. He was captured by Deputy Ben Daniels and hanged in Tombstone in March, 1884.

  • Tom Deloach - Shot and killed Joe Holland in September, 1885 outside of EI Paso, Texas.

  • Dan Demmons - Led an outlaw gang in Texas and New Mexico in the 1870s. He was captured in 1880.

  • Boyd Dempster - A New Mexico outlaw, he was shot and killed in Georgetown, New Mexico, on December 26, 1881by Deputy Sheriff Glasgow.

  • Patas de Rana, aka: El Coyote - Outlaw member of Vicente Silva's White Caps Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico, he shot and killed Vicente Silva on orders of the gang on May 19, 1895. The gang's breakup came after one of them was ordered hanged by the gang court.

  • James Devine, aka: Jones, James Johnson, Curran - New Mexico outlaw lynched in Raton on April 16, 1881.

  • Timmie Dick - A Creek Indian outlaw in Indian Territory, Dick was convicted of murder and executed in 1906.

  • James Diggs (18??-1878) - Oklahoma murderer, Diggs killed J. C. Gould, a cattle drover for the sum of $27.00. He was hanged on December 20, 1878 at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

  • John Herbert Dillinger (1903-1934)

  • Jerry Dillon - A New Mexico outlaw who killed Captain Paul Dowlin on May 5, 1877 near by Fort Stanton.

  • Lee Dixon - Outlaw member of the Smith-Dixon Gang. He was wounded by Deputy James Cole upon  his capture and later died in the jail hospital.

  • Cornelius Donahue "Lame Johnny" (1850-1878)

  • Bill DoolinWilliam M. “Bill” Doolin, aka: Will Barry (1858-1896) - Leading theDoolin-Dalton Gang that robbed trains and banks in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Missouri and Kansas, Doolin was shot and killed by U.S. Deputy Marshal Heck Thomas on August 24, 1896.

  • John Dorsey - A New Mexico outlaw, Dorsey was lynched after killing Constable Joe Carson in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

  • Joseph Dorsey - An Oklahoma outlaw brought in by U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves.

  • Bob Dossay - An Oklahoma outlaw, Dossay was killed by Ceasar Payne in the Seminole Nation of Indian Territory.

  • Charley Dotson - Outlaw member of the Cookson Hills Gang who participated in the bank robberies at Haskell, Oklahoma and York, Nebraska in 1933.

  • Daniel Dowd - An outlaw companion of Bill Delaney, Dowd was hanged in March 1884, in Tombstone, Arizona.

  • William Downing - Outlaw member of the Alvord-Stiles Gang, he also served as the crooked sheriff of Willcox, Arizona, allowing the gang to escape after a train robbery. He killed over thirty men and was shot dead by Sheriff Billy Speed in August, 1900 at Willcox.

  • Robert “Bob” Dozier (1800-1878) - Oklahoma outlaw Dozier was executed for his crimes on December 20, 1878.

  • Dell Dublin - A Texas outlaw captured in Coryell, Texas, after committing murder.

  • Dick Dublin -  A Texas outlaw captured in Coryell, Texas, after committing murder.

  • E. Leont Duboise - An outlaw imprisoned in February, 1886.

  • Bluford "Blue" Duck 18??-1895)

  • Thomas Duffy - A New Mexico outlaw who was jailed in Las Vegas for killing Thomas Bishop in Liberty, New Mexico. When he tried to escape on September 19, 1880, he was shot and killed.

  • Giovanni Dugi, aka: Dagi, Duque - A New Mexico outlaw who was lynched on June 4, 1879 in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

  • Frank Duke - A cattle rustler imprisoned in the Socorro, New Mexico jail in 1884.

  • Dick Duncan - An outlaw and nephew of Thomas “Black Jack” Ketchu, he was hanged for murder at Eagle Pass, Texas in 1891.

  • Jack Dunlap (or Dunlop), aka: Three Fingered Jack (18??-1900) - Outlaw train robber and member of Black Jack Christian’s Gang, he was shot by a guard in 1881 and left for dead by the gang. He was later taken to Tombstone, Arizona where he informed on the others.

  • Henry Charles Dukes - Shot and killed Constable Lawrence Coffman in 1930

  • Rose Dunn, aka: The Rose of Cimarron - Outlaw lover of George Newcomb and friend of the Dalton-Doolin Gang. She helped Newcomb escape from a gun battle outside Ingalls, Oklahoma and served time in a U.S. reformatory.

  • William B. Dunn (18??-1896) - Outlaw cattle rustler, Dunn was brought in by Sheriff Lake and Deputy Canton. He later helped U.S. Deputy Marshals Heck Thomas and Bill Tilghman capture George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb and Charley Pierce in exchange for clemency for the cattle thievery. However, Newcomb and Pierce were killed rather than captured and Dunn became very unpopular in Pawnee County. He blamed this on Frank Canton and when he went after him, Canton killed him.

  • John Dupont - New Mexico outlaw who shot and killed Bartole Garcia on January 14, 1883 in La Joya, New Mexico.

  • Grover Durrell - Oklahoma outlaw who rode with Al Spencer and Jelly Nash in Indian Territory. 

 

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