Clay Allison can be truly called an Old West psychopath. At the height of the Civil War when the Confederate Army was drafting into service anyone who could hold a [ … ]
Category: Old West Catacombs
Doolin Gang Shootout – Violent Men and Dark Times
This Doolin Gang shootout occurred in 1893, but first some history. In the fall of 1892 Bill Doolin formed a gang that robbed trains and banks, causing enough havoc to [ … ]
Shot His Wife Because She Loved a Second-Rate Barkeeper
April 9, 1889, Daily Record-Union, Sacramento, California – Mrs. Mary Sanders was shot and probably fatally wounded last Saturday night by her husband, who then attempted to commit suicide by [ … ]
A Preacher Robber
Preacher Robber Escapes Conviction of Bank Robbery on the Insanity Plea. April 19, 1895, Deming Headlight, Deming, NM – Portland, Oregon, April 18. – Rev. J. C. Reed, the Baptist [ … ]
Doc Holliday Obituary
Doc Holliday Obituary, originally published in the November 12, 1887 edition of the Ute Chief, Glenwood Springs, Colorado – J. A. Holliday died, in Glenwood Springs, Colorado Tuesday, November 8, [ … ]
The Dalton Gang and The Coffeyville Bank Robberies
On October 5, 1892, the famous Dalton Gang attempted a daring daylight robbery of two Coffeyville, Kansas banks at the same time. They wanted to do something no other outlaw [ … ]
The Woman in Black in Sing Sing Prison
SHE FREQUENTLY VISITS SING SING PRISON. A Mysterious Woman Whose Repeated Visits to the Famous Penal Institution Have Excited Interest as to Her Identity. February 9, 1894, Chief, Red Cloud, Nebraska [ … ]
Interview With Wild Bill Hickok
This is an interview by Henry M. Stanley, African explorer who uttered the famous line “Dr. Livingston, I presume?” He met James Hickok while working for the Weekly Missouri Democrat. [ … ]
Train Robber Marion Hedgepeth & Serial Killer H. H. Holmes
Here is the answer to our May Outlaws and Villains contest, along with his criminal tie-in to the Old West: Marion Hedgepeth was born and raised in Missouri. As a [ … ]
Mickey Free – “Half Mexican, Half Irish and Whole SOB”
Wherever Mickey Free went, death seemed to follow. Even when he was a kid. On January 27, 1861, at the age of 12, Apache Indians kidnapped Mickey. An [ … ]