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 [ … ]
Category: Old West Catacombs
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 [ … ]
The Death of Ned Christie – Best of the Old West Shootouts
More firepower was used to kill the subject of today’s story that any other single man in any of the Old West shootouts. When you’re finished I think you’ll agree. [ … ]











