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• Cat Mace - An outlaw and and gambler, he was wanted for killing two men in Texas. He was killed by Jim McClease at Gunnison, Colorado in the 1890s.

• John W. Mackey, aka: "Buttermilk John" - Outlaw member of the Christian Gang, he was captured in 1895 a short time after the killing of Deputy Sheriff W.C. Turner.

• Abler Manley -  When Ellis McVay, an Oklahoma farmer, provided shelter for the night of December 3, 1880 for Abler and his brother, Amos, the two were obviously unappreciative. Before they left, they killed McVay and cut off his hired man’s hand. Their motive was unknown. Tried and convicted of murder, both were hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on September 9, 1881.

• Amos Manley -  When Ellis McVay, an Oklahoma farmer, provided shelter for the night of December 3, 1880 for Amos and his brother, Abler, the two were obviously unappreciative. Before they left, they killed McVay and cut off his hired man’s hand. Their motive was unknown. Tried and convicted of murder, both were hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on September 9, 1881.

• Juanito Maes - An outlaw, he stole horses around Boquilla, New Mexico.

• Patricio Maes -  Outlaw member Vicente Silva’s White Caps Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico, he was hanged by the gang on October 23, 1892, as a suspected traitor.

• Zenon Maes -  Outlaw member Vicente Silva’s White Caps Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

• German (Herman)  Maestas - Outlaw member Vicente Silva’s White Caps Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico, he was hanged on May 25, 1894, in Las Vegas for killing his common-law wife and her lover.

• Tomas Madril (18??-1875) - A member of the Mes Gang, which competed with the John Kinney Gang in New Mexico. On August 8, 1875, Madril, along with Jermin Aguirre, Jesus  Mes, and Pas Mes were ambushed and killed by the John Kinney Gang and Jessie Evans near the San Augustin Ranch.

• John Mahoney - An outlaw, Mahoney was one of the gang that killed Jock Harriman on December to, 1883, in Wallace, New Mexico.

• Manuel Maldonado - Outlaw member Vicente Silva’s White Caps Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

• James Malone -  An outlaw, he was executed for murder on March 15, 1878 in Arizona.

• Smoker Mankiller - A Cherokee Indian outlaw, he shot and killed his neighbor in Indian Territory. He was hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on September 3, 1875.

• Hilario Mares - An outlaw and member of Vicente Silva's White Caps Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

• Marlowe Brothers - Outlaw brothers, Boone, Alf, Epp, Charley, and George were horse thieves who killed a lawman in 1889. During the gunfight that ensued, Alf and Epp were shot and killed.Boone was later poisoned by bounty hunters, and George and Charley fled to California.

• Stephen Marshland - 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. 

• Robert Martin -  An outlaw who led a gang in Arizona in 1879.

• William Martin, aka: Wild Bill, Jones - An outlaw in Lincoln County, New Mexico, he was killed by John Perry in June 1887.

• George Massagee - An outlaw convicted of robbing a post office in the New Mexico Territory.

• Robert Massey (18??-1883) - As Massey and a man named Edmond Clark were driving a cattle herd from Dodge City to Dakota territory in the summer of 1881, Massey shot Clark in the back of the head. Massey took Clark’s possessions as well as the proceeds from the cattle sale. He was arrested the following April, tried and convicted of murder and robbery and was hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on April 13, 1883.

• Dave H. Mather, aka: Mysterious Dave (1851-1930?) - Known as both a lawman and an outlaw, Mather tended to lean towards the lawful side, serving as a Dodge City, Kansas Marshal; El Paso, Texas Assistant Marshal, and a  U.S. Deputy Marshal in New Mexico. However, he was also involved with the lawless Dodge City Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico and was suspected several times of horse and cattle rustling.

• Clarence L. "Gunplay" Maxwell, aka: James Bliss, Thomas Bliss, William Seaman (1860?-1909) - Actually born James Otis Bliss, this outlaw/gunfighter is best known as "Gunplay" Maxwell. A bank and stagecoach robber, gunfighter, and miner, Maxwell was killed in Price City, Utah by Deputy Sheriff Edward Johnstone in August, 1909. 

• Jim McCall -  A cattle rustler near Springer, New Mexico in the 1880s.

• John McCall, aka: Jack, Broken Nose Jack, Bill Sutherland - A gunman, shot and killed Bill Hickok on August 2, 1876. He was hanged for murder on March 1, 1877.

• David C. McCanles (18??-1861) - A gunman, he was killed by Wild Bill Hickok on July 12, 1861 at Red Rock Ranch in Nebraska.

• Bill McCarty - An outlaw, brother of Tom McCarty, and brother-in-law of Matt Warner, he joined Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, and was killed during the Delta, Colorado bank robbery.

• Henry McCarty, aka: Billy the Kid - An outlaw and member of the Aelbee gang in South Dakota, he was frequently confused with New Mexico’s Billy the Kid.

• Patrick McCarty (18??-1887) - McCarty killed Thomas Mahoney and his brother in the Cherokee Nation. The two victims had been working on the railroad, and as they were returning to Kansas, McCarty was traveling with them. While the men were sleeping he shot one and bludgeoned the other with an axe, taking their teams, wagons and $200. He was captured, convicted of murder and hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on April 8, 1887.

• Tom McCarty (1855-1900?) - An outlaw, brother of Bill McCarty, and brother-in-law of Matt Warner, he is credited with introducing Butch Cassidy to outlawry. He was killed in a gunfight in Montana.

• Hamp McCauley - An outlaw, he was lynched by vigilantes in Napa, California after he was tried for murder in 1851.

• "One-Legged Jim" McCoy - An outlaw, he killed Sheriff Charles McKinney in La Salle County, Texas and was hanged in San Antonio in 1887.

• Green McCullough - An outlaw, he was lynched in San Antonio, Texas.

• J. McDaniels -  Outlaw member of the PittsYeager Gang, he was killed in 1884 in Texas.

• William “Bud” McDaniels - An outlaw and former Quantrill’s Raider during the Civil War, he rode with the James Gang.

• J. McDonald - A gunman, he shot and killed his friend Robert Taylor on January 13, 1890 in Clayton, New Mexico.

• Walter McDonald - A gunman, he shot Thomas Richards in 1884 in Coeur de'Alene, Idaho.

• Annie McDougal (or McDoulet), aka: Cattle Annie - An outlaw, at eighteen, associated with the Doolin Gang and was suspected of stealing livestock and selling whiskey. Steve Burke captured her and Bill Tilghman caught her partner Little Britches and they were sent to reform school.

• "Three-Fingered Jack" McDowell (18??-1864) - An outlaw, he led a gang of outlaws and was lynched in Aurora, Nevada in February 1864.

• Orpheus McGee (18??-1876) - Orpheus McGee shot and killed Robert Alexander on April 20, 1874 in Oklahoma. H claimed that Alexander had murdered a friend of his and the shooting was out of revenge. He was hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on April 21, 1876.

• Patrick McGowen -  Though McGowen claimed self defense in the killing of a man in Oklahoma, he was found guilty of murder and hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on September 9, 1881.

• Edward McGuire - An outlaw, he sheltered horse thieves on his New Mexico ranch and was caught.

• James McIntire (1846-1902) - A Texas gunman and lawman from 1860, he was a Texas Ranger, city marshal of Las Vegas, New Mexico, deputy sheriff, cowboy, hunter, gambler, and outlaw with a $1,000 reward on his head for the deaths of two men near Silver City, New Mexico.

• Amos McIntosh -  Said to have killed U.S. Deputy Marshal Lee Atkings, McIntosh was arrested by Grant Johnson.

• Robert McKemie, aka Little Reddie (18??-??) - Outlaw member of the Sam Bass Gang, who rant with them in the Dakotas in the 1870s.

• Archie McLaughlin (18??-1878)

• M. “Red” McLaughlin An outlaw robber, he escaped jail in Springer, New Mexico on July 4, 1884.

• Frank McLaury (1848-1881) - A member of the Clanton Gang, he was one of the three cowboys killed by the Earps in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881.

• Tom McLaury (1853-1881) - A member of the Clanton Gang, he was one of the three cowboys killed by the Earps in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881.

• Irving McManus -  An outlaw, he rode with the Black Jack Ketchum gang in the 1890s.

• Sherman W. McMasters (1853-??) - McMasters was an outlaw turned lawman who would become one of the six men involved in the Earp Vendetta Ride. It is unknown when or how he died.

• Bill McNew -  A gunman and accused rustler, he fought with Oliver Lee in the Lee-Good feud in Tularosa, New Mexico.

• Martin McRose - An outlaw, he rustled cattle and was killed by EI Paso city marshal Jeff Milton.

• Sam McWilliams, aka: The Verdigris Kid (1876?-1895) - An outlaw and member of the Bill Cook Gang, who operated in Indian Territory. He was killed by lawmen in 1895.

• Harvey Meade - 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. 

• John Medlock - An outlaw, he was hanged on May 25, 1906 in Raton, New Mexico.

• Florentino Medran - Outlaw member Vicente Silva’s White Caps Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

• Henry Wilbur “Bob” Meeks - An outlaw member of the Wild Bunch, he was imprisoned in the 1900s. He died in an insane asylum on November 22, 1912, in the State Hospital in Evanston, Wyoming.

• Augustus “Gus”  Menczer (1856-1882) - A gunman and saloon owner, he killed several men after a shoot-out with his business partner in Raton, New Mexico in 1882. A mob lynched him on June 28, 1882.

• Nica Meras - An outlaw, he stole horses in Lincoln County, New Mexico and was shot in 1877.

• Charles Merideth - An outlaw, he killed "Red" Dent Kyes in Clayton, New Mexico in March 1890.

• David Merrill - An Oregon outlaw, Merrill rode with Harry Tracy who killed him in 1899, after a prison escape.

• Cruz Mes - An outlaw and horse thief, he was killed along with Roman and Pancho Mes on a road near White Sands, New Mexico, in 1876.

• Jesus Mes  (18??-1875) - A member of the Mes Gang, which competed with the John Kinney Gang in New Mexico. On August 8, 1875, Mes, along with Jermin Aguirre, Pas Mes, and Tomas Madril were ambushed and killed by the John Kinney Gang and Jessie Evans near the San Augustin Ranch.

• Pancho Mes - An outlaw horse thief, he was killed with Roman and Cruz Mes on a road near White Sands, New Mexico, in 1876.

• Pas Mes (18??-1875) - A member of the Mes Gang, which competed with the John Kinney Gang in New Mexico. On August 8, 1875, Mes, along with Jermin Aguirre, Jesus  Mes, and Tomas Madril were ambushed and killed by the John Kinney Gang and Jessie Evans near the San Augustin Ranch.

• Roman Mes - An outlaw horse thief, he was killed with Pancho and Cruz Mes on a road near White Sands, New Mexico, in 1876.

• ''Wild Bill" Metcalfe - An outlaw, he fled Lorna Parda, New Mexico in November 1877 after killing a man. He was later jailed and lynched by a mob.

• Mexican Frank - 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.

• Chas Middleton - An outlaw, he was wanted by the sheriff of Bastrop County, Texas in 1886.

• John Middleton - An outlaw and cousin of Jim Reed, he rode with Quantrill’s Raiders during the Civil War. Later, he killed Sheriff J.H. Black in Texas, and was shot and killed southwest of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

• John Middleton - An outlaw and gunman who, along with Billy the Kid, became a part of the posse of Regulators in Lincoln County, New Mexico. They ambushed Sheriff William Brady and George Hindman on April 1, 1878.

• Thomas “Doc” Middleton - Outlaw member of a gang of horse thieves in Nebraska in the 1870s-1890s. He died in 1913.

• Pantaleon Miera - An outlaw, he stole horses and killed several men in New Mexico. He was lynched in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on December 29,1880.

• "Wild Bill" Miller - An outlaw, he was killed by lawmen in Corwell County, Texas on January 13, 1869.

• Bill Miller, aka: Bill Smith, Bill Bryant, Martin Roers -  (18??-1905) - A notorious murderer and horse thief of Jacksboro, Texas, Miller was killed near Wiburton, Indian Territory on July 18, 1905 by U.S. Deputy Marshal Davis.

• Edward "Ed" T. Miller (1856?-1881) - The younger brother of Clell Miller, Ed rode with Quantrill's Raiders during the Civil War. Afterwards, both he and his brother joined the James-Younger Gang. He is thought to have participated in the Muncie, Kansas train robbery in 1874 and the Glendale, Missouri train robbery in 1879. However, he somehow got on the bad side of Jesse James, who killed him in December, 1881.

• Eli “Slick” Miller - A New Mexico outlaw, he was captured by A.J. Fountain.

• James B. Miller, aka: Killin' Jim, Killer Miller, Jim the Killer, Deacon Miller (1866-1909) - Killing his first man when he just 18, Miller became a hired gun in the 1880s, a "career" he would continue for the next two decades. He served as an occasional lawman in Pecos, Texas.  He killed Sheriff Bud Frazer and was suspected of forty other killings including Pat Garrett and A.A. Bobbitt. On April 19, 1909, he was hanged by vigilantes in Ada, Oklahoma.

• Jesse Miller, aka: Jesse Williams, Jesse Davis -  Outlaw member of the Cole Estes Gang, who robbed trains in New Mexico.

• McClelland "Clell" Miller (1850-1876) - Member of Quantrill's Guerillas during the Civil War and outlaw member of the James-Younger Gang. He was killed during the Northfield, Minnesota bank robbery on September 7, 1876.

• William Miller, aka: Bill Zeke - A bank robber and bootlegger in Indian Territory, he rode Choc Floyd and George Birdwell.

• William "Bill" Miner, aka: Old Bill (1847-1913) - An outlaw, he robbed stages for decades before being arrested and sent to a Georgia prison, where he died in 1913.

• William Mitchell, aka: John W. King - An outlaw, he killed several men in a Hood County, Texas feud, for which he received a life sentence and was sent to a Texas prison in 1912. He escaped from at the age of seventy.

• Jose F. Montoya - Outlaw member Vicente Silva’s White Caps Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

• Narciso Montoya - An outlaw, he killed Luis Gallegos and was lynched in Taos, New Mexico on June 10, 1881.

• Jim Moon - An outlaw, he led a gang that stole mules from Texas and New Mexico army posts in 1870.

• Charlie Moore - A member of Selman’s Scouts following the turmoil of the Lincoln County War in New Mexico. He was robbed and killed by unknown persons in the White Sands, New Mexico Territory in December, 1878.

• Jim Moore (18??-1875) -  A hardened killer, Moore had allegedly killed seven people before he murdered Officer William Spivey. He was hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on September 3, 1875.

• William Moore, aka: Outlaw Bill (18??-1881?) - An outlaw, Moore rode with John Casey in New Mexico stealing horses and committing murder. He later fled to Alaska.

• William “Gad” Moore - 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. 

• Frank Morgan -  An outlaw, he held up the San Marcial, New Mexico stage on May 15, 1881 and was killed.

• Ed Morrell - An outlaw, he aided the escape of Chris Evans from a California jail in 1893.

• George Morris -  Along with his son, George murdered a man named Ed Davis in Oklahoma. Both killers were arrested by Heck Thomas. George was sentenced to life in prison, and his son, a long prison term as an accessory.

• Harvey Morris - A gunman in the Lincoln County War of New Mexico, he was killed during the McSween gunfight on July 19, 1878.

• W.C. Morris - A gunman, Morris dueled with "Editor Shannan" and killed him at Visalia, California in 1860.

• Peter Morrissey - A New Mexico outlaw, was killed in June 1877 by a posse.

• William Morton - A gunman in the Lincoln County War of New Mexico, he rode with the posse that killed John Tunstall in February. He was killed by Billy the Kid in March 1878.

• "Scar Face" Mosely - An outlaw, he was killed by the Montana Stranglers near Glendive, Montana in 1884.

• Henry Mosier - A gunman who participated in the killing of Jock Harriman in Wallace, New Mexico  on December 10, 1883.

• George Moss (18??-1888) - A black outlaw, he killed a rancher named George Taff on the Red River of Oklahoma after stealing his cattle. He was hanged in Fort Smith, Arkansas on April 27, 1888.

• Ace Moyer - A gunman and founder of Laramie, Wyoming, he was hanged with his brother Con in 1868.

• Con Moyer - A gunman and founder of Laramie, Wyoming, he was hanged with his brother Ace in 1868.

• Henry Munson - Outlaw member of Bill Cook Gang of Oklahoma, he was killed on August 2, 1894 during a gun battle at Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

• Joaquin Murrieta (1830-1853) - The half-mythical "King of the California Outlaws, he reportedly killed former Texas Ranger Harry Love before he was killed in 1853 by a posse.

• Procopio Murietta - An outlaw and nephew of Joaquin Murrieta, he terrorized Santa Cruz, California and rode with Timbucio Vasquez in the late 1860s.

• Zeke Murillo - An outlaw, he led a gang of rustlers headquartered in Shakespeare, New Mexico.

• Jim Murphy (1861-1879)

• John Murphy -  An outlaw sentenced to prison for train robbery at Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1905.

• John A. Murrell, aka: The Great Western Land Pirate

• George West Musgrave, aka: Jeff Davis, Jesse Miller, Jesse Johnson, Jesse Williams  (1874-1947)- An outlaw member of the High Fives Gang in the 1890s in New Mexico and Arizona.

• Lee H. Musgrave (18??-1868) - Organizing a gang of outlaws who rustled horses and livestock, Musgrave was captured by Dave Cook's Rocky Mountain Detective Agency and jailed in Denver, Colorado. While Cook was away, a vigilante mob stormed the jail and hanged him from a bridge over Cherry Creek.

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