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Dick Liddel
James Andrew “Dick” Liddel (1852-1901) – An outlaw who robbed with Kit Dalton and the James Gang, he turned himself in to Sheriff Timberlake after Jesse James was killed. After serving several years in prison, he died a natural death in 1901.
Zachary Light – A gunman and one of the best shots in Mason County, Texas, Light shot and wounded “Judge” Adams. He was later killed by Les Dow in Seven Rivers, New Mexico when he attempted to rob him.
Del Lockhart – A New Mexico outlaw, he was lynched in October 1881.
Harvey Alexander Logan, aka Kid Curry (1865-1904) – A cowboy and rustler, he participated in many train robberies with the Wild Bunch He later joined the Black Jack Ketchum Gang. After allegedly killing nine men, he was cornered by lawmen and killed himself rather than be arrested.
Lonie Logan (1871-1900) – An outlaw member of the Wild Bunch, and brother of Harvey Logan, he was killed by a posse in February 1900 in Missouri.
William Logwood – A gunman, he shot and killed Juan Chavez y Pino on July 11, 1882, in the Nogal Mountains of New Mexico.
John Long – An outlaw, he was wanted for killing Marshal George Wellman in 1892 in Johnson County, Wyoming.
“Big” Steve Long (18??-1868) – Known mainly as a professional gunman, Long also was a lawman and an outlaw. When outlawry became his main objective in 1868, he was lynched, along with two other men, by a vigilante mob in Laramie City, Wyoming, on October 28, 1868
William Preston Longley, aka Wild Bill, Rattling Bill, Tom Jones, Jim Patteson, Jim Webb, Bill Black, Bill Henry, Bill Jackson (1851-1878) – Texas outlaw Bill Longley was from a respectable family, but his hot temper, his fondness for liquor, and unsettled conditions during reconstruction led him to become one of the most daring gunfighters of his day. He is said to have killed 32 persons before he was captured and hanged on October 11, 1878.
Harry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid, 1901.
Harry Longabaugh “Sundance Kid” (1863-1911?) – Best known as the Sundance Kid, he and Butch Cassidy led the notorious outlaw gang, the Wild Bunch. Together with other members of the gang, they performed the longest string of successful train and bank robberies in American History.
James Lowe, aka: James West – An outlaw and horse thief, he was lynched in Las Vegas, New Mexico, on February 7, 18 86.
Christopher Lowry – 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.
Elmer “Chicken” Lucas – Outlaw member of the Bill Cook Gang. After an Oklahoma bank robbery, he was captured and received a fifteen-year sentence in Detroit’s federal prison.
Cecilio Lucero – Outlaw member of Vicente Silva’s White Caps Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico. After killing Benizno Martinez and Juan Gallegos, he was lynched.
Quinia Lucero – An outlaw, he shot and killed Jose A. Samora on April 20, 1884, in Wallace, New Mexico.
Sostenes Lucero – Outlaw member of Vicente Silva’s White Caps Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico. With Juan Romero, he shot and killed gang member Antonio Rael.
Tomas Lucero – Outlaw member of Vicente Silva’s White Caps Gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He died in the 1940s.
Bill Luttrell (18??-1893) – The brother of Charles Luttrell, who had been hanged for his crimes in 1893, Luttrell tried to kill U.S. Deputy Marshal Hiram Eastwood, who he blamed for capturing his brother. Instead, Bill Luttrell was killed by the marshal in June, 1893.
Charles Luttrell (18??-1893) – An outlaw, he killed a witness to Sam Sparks’s murder in Lee County, Texas in 1880 and robbed a Missouri-Kansas-Texas train at Pryor Creek, Oklahoma in 1893. He was captured that same year and was hanged after attempting to escape several times.
Hayes Lyons (18??-1864) – A telegraph man in Virginia City, Montana, Lyons was thought to have been a member of Henry Plummer’s gang of Innocents. His family lived at Hook’s Station, Nebraska, so that was probably where he came from before making his way to Alder Gulch. In June 1863, Lyons, as well as Buck Stinson and Charley Forbes were arrested for killing an honest deputy sheriff by the name of Don H. Dillingham. The three were ordered to be bound in logging chains to prevent their escape while they awaited trial. They were later tried by a “miner’s court,” but were soon freed. He was then banished from the city, but the following year was tracked down by the Montana Vigilantes and hanged on January 14, 1864, along with Boone Helm, Frank Parish, “Clubfoot George” Lane, and Jack Gallagher.
© Kathy Weiser-Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2021.
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