Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Bat Masterson, along with many other historical figures of the time, is a character in the novel The Buntline Special (2010) by Mike Resnick. Dell Comics published a short-lived comic book based on the television series. The first issue was published as Four Color Comics #1013, followed by Bat Masterson #2–9 (1960–1962). All the issues had ...
Rudabaugh's gang attempted their first train robbery, on January 22, 1878, near Kinsley, Kansas. The robbery was a complete failure, and they came away empty-handed. The next day, a posse led by Bat Masterson, including John Joshua Webb, captured Rudabaugh and fellow gang member Ed West. The remaining members of the gang were captured shortly ...
Once a feared lawman, the legendary Bat Masterson trades his sheriff's badge for a pen to chase stories instead of outlaws. [5] Each week, the gunslinger-turned-newspaperman travels the frontier to chronicle the wildest stories of the Old West, meeting eyewitnesses who share their vivid memories of remarkable characters such as Wild Bill Hickok, Pearl Hart, Stagecoach Mary, Butch Cassidy, and ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Oct. 27—Bat Masterson, buffalo hunter, Army scout, lawman and gambler, died at his desk 100 years ago. He was writing his column for the old New York Morning Telegraph when his heart gave out at ...
Bill Tilghman's first documented service as a lawman began on January 1, 1878, when he became a deputy under Sheriff Bat Masterson. Within a month of his appointment, Tilghman was charged with being an accessory to an attempted train robbery. [8] On February 12, the charges against him were dropped for lack of evidence. [9]
After Masterson's recovery, he replaced Larry Deger as the town marshal. It is commonly believed that he replaced lawman Wyatt Earp, but it was actually Deger. On March 15, 1878, Masterson assisted his brother Bat Masterson, who was the Ford County sheriff at that time, and lawman Charlie Bassett in the capture of two train robbery suspects. [1]
Robert LeRoy Parker (April 13, 1866 – November 7, 1908), better known as Butch Cassidy, [1] was an American train and bank robber and the leader of a gang of criminal outlaws known as the "Wild Bunch" in the Old West.