I think it would be more fun to keep these as old stories instead of any modern tellings such as some of the above. You know, something from a really old newspaper as Paul has posted?

Here's an interesting one...rather unequal justice. From a newspaper report about a train wreck in Sept. 1897, near where my ancestors were:

The killing of a thief, who was caught carrying off goods from the wreck, by Sheriff Ware, was commended on all sides, while the fact that the lives of two others caught stealing, were spared, was deplored.