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 [ … ]
Category: Old West Catacombs
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 [ … ]
Wild Bill Hickok Married
Wild Bill Hickok married? Wild Bill had lived the life of a free-spirited man hunting buffalo, being a lawman, gambling and even a stint as an actor. By the time he was [ … ]
John Daly and the Vigilante Justice Committee
John Daly was born in New York. As a young man, he migrated to California. Leaving a string of dead men behind him, he then went to the gold mining [ … ]