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"Kid" Wade -
(1862-1884) -
A horse thief in northern
Nebraska and the
Dakotas, Wade rode with Doc Middleton, and later formed his own gang.
The Kid was lynched at Bassett,
Nebraska in February, 1884.
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Joe Walker (1850-1898) - An
outlaw Walker
rustled cattle with various
Utah
outlaws before he joined with Butch Cassidy and
the Wild Bunch and began to rob banks. A posse shot him to death in May,
1898 at Thompson,
Utah.
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William Walker (18??-1889) - An
outlaw and alleged
leader of the Missouri "Bald Knobbers" a gang of over 400 members. He
was hanged in May 1889 at Ozark, Missouri.
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William Walker (18??-1889) - William Walker
killed Calvin Church in the Choctaw Nation of
Indian Territory in
December, 1888. While admitting his role in the murder, Walker claimed
that he had been hired by another man to kill Church. He was to receive
ten dollars and two quarts of whiskey for the crime. He was hanged at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas on August 30, 1889.
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William Wall - An
outlaw member of the Wild
Bunch, he was captured and sent to prison. He was released on January
11, 1900, along with Matt Warner.
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Dan Wallace, aka: Texas Dan -
Texas
outlaw
Wallace was captured after robbing and killing a rancher near San
Antonio in the late 1880s.
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William E. Walters, aka: Bill Anderson, Billy Brown, Bronco Billy
(1869-??) - Walters rode
with the
Black Jack Ketchum Gang in the
late 1890s. He was captured and sent to prison. Released in 1917, he
died a few years later.
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Charles G. Walrath - After shooting and
killing William Shook, Walrath was hanged.
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Bill Warderman - Member of the
Black Jack Ketchum Gang.
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Matt Warner -
See
Willard Erastus Christianson
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George Washington - A
New Mexico
outlaw,
Washington was lynched in June, 1882 in Lincoln,
New Mexico.
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James Wasson (18??-1886) - Wasson was wanted
for the 1872 murder of a man named Henry Martin, but eluded capture
until 1884. After he killed Almarine Watkins in
Oklahoma, he was finally
captured. He was hanged at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas on April 23, 1886.
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Ellen
Watson, a/k/a Cattle Kate - (1861-1889) - An alleged cattle rustler
by those involved in the Johnson County War of
Wyoming,
Watson
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Henry Watts - An
outlaw horse thief, Watts
was captured in June, 1881 with Charlie Allison in Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
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John Watts - A cattle rustler who was killed
by the militia in
New Mexico in March, 1883.
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Gilbert Webb - Arrested for complicity in
the robbery of an Army paymaster at Fort Thomas,
Arizona on May 11,
1889.
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John Joshua (J.J.)
Webb (1847-1882) - Both an
lawman
and an
outlaw, Webb served as a
Dodge City,
Kansas
Deputy Marshal before moving on to
Las Vegas,
New Mexico.
There, he served as a "crooked
lawman"
when the
Dodge City Gang was in control.
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Wilfred Webb - Arrested for complicity in
the robbery of an Army paymaster at Fort Thomas,
Arizona on May 11,
1889.
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George "Red Buck”
Weightman (18??-1896) -
Thought to have hailed from
Texas
Weightman
was a noted horse thief and killer before joining the
Doolin Gang. He was killed by lawmen
near Arapahoe,
Oklahoma
in 1896.
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Charles Knox Polk Wells (1851-1896)- An
admitted
outlaw and murderer originally from Missouri, Wells robbed
banks and trains and allegedly killed over thirty men including an uncle
and a jailer. He was convicted of murder in May, 1882 and received a
life sentence. He died in an Iowa prison.
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Henry Wells -
Oklahoma
outlaw Henry Wells
rode with Al Spencer and Jelly Nash.
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Tom Welsh - A
New Mexico
outlaw Welsh
killed Joe Hickson in Good Hope,
New Mexico on October 28, 1884.
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Kinch West -
Outlaw member of the Tom Story
Gang of
Oklahoma.
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Richard West, aka: Little Dick (18??-1898) - West was working as a
cowboy on the Halsell ranch in
Oklahoma
when he met
Bill Doolin and joined up with the
Oklahombres in 1892. He was tracked down on April 8, 1898 by
Heck Thomas
and
Bill
Tilghman and
was killed in a gunfight.
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"Red River” Tom Whealington - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Whealington was shot and killed with Dick Rogers while
attempting to break a friend out of jail in Springer,
New Mexico on
March 13, 1885.
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Ben Wheeler - See
Ben Robertson
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Grant Wheeler (18??-1895) - A train robber
in Arizona,
Wheeler was pursued by ex-Tombstone
lawman
and railroad detective,
Billy Breakenridge into
Colorado.
Surrounded by a posse on April 25, 1895 in Mancos,
Colorado and wounded,
he committed suicide rather than be taken in.
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Frank Wheeler - A member of
Selman's Scouts
following the turmoil of the Lincoln County War in
New Mexico. He was
shot and killed by Sam Perry in Hillsboro,
New Mexico Territory on July
16, 1879.
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James Wheeler -
New Mexico
outlaw Wheeler
shot and killed Adolph Davidson in Chance City,
New Mexico in April
1886.
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V. S. Whitaker - A member of
Selman's Scouts
following the turmoil of the Lincoln County War in
New Mexico. He was
killed by a posse led by Juan Patron near Fort Sumner,
New Mexico
Territory on October 10, 1878.
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Ham White - A murderer and stage robber on
the road between San Antonio and Austin,
Texas.
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Henry Clay White (18??-1900?)
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Pete Whitehead - An
Oklahoma murderer,
Whitehead killed Jack Bullard and a deputy in Roger Mills County,
Oklahoma.
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William Henry Whitley, aka: Bill, Will (1864-1888) - The co-leader
of the a gang sometimes referred to as the
Bill Whitley Gang, and at other times, the
Brack Cornett Gang,
Whitley was a bank and train robber in
Texas
during the late 1880's. He was killed by
U.S. Deputy Marshals in
Floresville,
Texas
on September 25, 1888.
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William Whittington - Whittington, along
with Daniel Evans, killed their traveling companions in
Oklahoma for the
cash and goods they carried. Both were hanged at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas on
September 3, 1875, the first hanging on new Judge Isaac C. Parker.
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W. Wiggin - An
outlaw lynched in San Marcial,
New Mexico in September, 1882.
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William Elliot Wiley, alias Colorado Bill
(18??-1879) - Elliott killed David J. Brown in Muskogee,
Oklahoma in
February 1879. Also suspected of murders in four different states, a
local newspaper noted that "He will hardly be wanted...after they get
through with him here." He was hanged at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas on August
29, 1879.
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Burt Wilkinson (1862?1881) - A member of the
Stockton Gang of robbers in northern
New Mexico,
Wilkinson shot Silverton,
Colorado
Marshal Clate Ogsbury on August 24,
1881. When a $2,500 reward was offered for his arrest, gang leader,
Ike Stockton, turned him in. In no time, Wilkinson was arrested and
lynched on September 4, 1881.
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Ben Williams - A peace officer and attorney
who was involved in the El Paso Salt Wars, Williams was involved in a
shoot-out in Las Cruces,
New Mexico on September 14, 1870. When the
smoke cleared, he and his brother-in-law, Joe Morgon were dead.
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Charles Williams -
New Mexico
outlaw
Williams was lynched near Harshaw,
New Mexico in November, 1883.
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Doc Williams -
Outlaw member of the
Christian Gang.
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Ed Williams - See
Will Christianson
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Jess Williams -
Outlaw member of Black Jack
Christian's gang.
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Thomas Willis (18??-1890) - An
outlaw
operating in
Indian
Territory, Willis robbed and murdered W.P. Williams with the help of
John Billee in the
Kiamichi Mountains of
Oklahoma.
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
where he was hanged on January 16, 1890.
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Aaron Wilson - (18??-1875) - Black
outlaw
Aaron Wilson killed James Harris with an axe and then shot and killed
Harris' 12 year old son. The motive was theft. He was hanged at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas on ctober 12, 1875.
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George Wilson, aka: James Casherago
(18??-1896) - On May 15, 1895, Wilson killed his traveling companion,
Zachariah W. Thatch, with an axe. He was the last man hanged at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas on July 30, 1896.
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Jim Wilson - A
New Mexico
outlaw, Wilson
shot and killed Dane Williams in Central City,
New Mexico on March 20,
1886.
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Sinker Wilson (18??-1876) - Sinker Wilson
murdered a sheep drover named Datus Cowan in 1867. He was arrested,
convicted and sentenced that year, but escaped jail and remained at
large for nine years until captured early in 1876. Has hanged at
Fort Smith,
Arkansas on September 8, 1876.
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William Wilson - During the Lincoln County War of
New Mexico, the Dolan/Murphy faction paid Wilson $500 to kill one
of his opponents, one Robert Casey, promising him that the law would
look the other way. Lawrence was wrong and Wilson was hanged twice on
December 10, 1875.
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William "Billy” Wilson - See
David L. Anderson
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Len Woodruff (18??-??)
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Dick Woods - See
Richard Barter
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Nick Worthington - A
New Mexico and
Colorado
outlaw, Worthington stole horses and killed several men before he was
shot and killed by civilians in Cimarron,
New Mexico in June 1878.
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Nelson Ellsworth Wyatt, aka: Zip, Dick
Yeager, Wild Charlie (1864?-1895) - An
Oklahoma
outlaw, Wyatt was a
cattle rustler and post office robber, who also killed a deputy sheriff
in
Kansas. Pursued by lawmen in
Oklahoma, he was wounded at the time of
his capture on August 4, 1895. He later died in the Enid,
Oklahoma jail
on September 7, 1895.
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Wa-Har-Key Son - A Choctaw Indian, he was
wanted for the double murder of Mr. Marriot and his wife. He was
arrested by Heck Thomas and sentenced to life in prison.
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Archie Wolfe - An
outlaw in the Cherokee
Nation of
Indian Territory, Wolfe was a friend of ned Christie. He was
captured in Chicago, Illinois.
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Jack Womankiller -
Outlaw in the Cherokee
Nation of
Indian Territory, Womankiller was convicted of killing a
settler. He was hanged at Fort Smith on July 11, 1884.
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