August 27, 1895, Herald, Salt Lake City, Utah – Three murderers were taken out of the county jail by a mob of 230 men at 1 o’clock this morning and [ … ]
Category: Old West Catacombs
Women Duel in the Wild West
The year was 1877. The location was Denver, Colorado. In May, the locals were entertained by midget Tom Thumb in P. T. Barnum’s stage show. Three months later, there was [ … ]
Serial Killer H H Holmes Execution
Capital, Mitchell, Dakota, May 15, 1896 – Serial killer H H Holmes, convicted on circumstantial evidence of the murder of Benjamin F. Pitzel, was hanged in Philadelphia Thursday. The execution took [ … ]
Both Officer and Highwayman Shot to Death
July 28, 1896, Record-Union, Sacramento, California – The daring and mysterious outlaw who has terrorized this section of the State for the past six weeks, holding up travelers, singly and in [ … ]
John Wesley Hardin Kills a Town
There are several great stories about John Wesley Hardin, one of the Old West’s best-known outlaws. One is how he hunted down and killed Juan Bideno. When Hardin told the [ … ]
Pauline Cushman – Female Spy of the Civil War
Born in New Orleans on June 10, 1833, Pauline Cushman grew up to be a raven haired woman so beautiful that, when arrested as a female spy of the Civil [ … ]
Clay Allison’s Death
July 26, 1887, The Globe Live Stock Journal, Dodge City, Kansas – Reporting in Clay Allison’s Death: Clay Allison, a brave, true-hearted and oft-times dangerously reckless man, when in his [ … ]
Potts Family to Hang – Old West Execution
Following are two story takes place following the Old West execution of the Potts family. June 20, 1890, Elko, Nevada – This has been a sad and a tragic day [ … ]
Billy the Kid Kills A Sheriff
The Lincoln County War was going full tilt. William Brady was the sheriff of Lincoln County. Brady was known to be in the pocket of the Murphy-Dolan faction… the bad [ … ]
Cherokee Bill – “I Came Here To Die”
In the Old West it seemed necessary to have the appropriate name before a person could make a reputation. That sure was true with a man named Crawford Goldsby, and [ … ]