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Thread #130228   Message #2929347
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
16-Jun-10 - 04:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: Quiz: Old West Badmen and Goodmen
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz: Old West Badmen and Goodmen
Sometimes hard to tell the goodies from the baddies. Frank James (hmmm, I don't know his first name) never was tried and died with his boots off in 1915. Jessie Woodson James was killed by Bob Ford, but he might have dodged jail time as well, although there was a reward for him and Ford tried to collect.

Interesting name game, I have read biographies of some but can't recall full names without looking them up.

William Henry Bonney was probably the best known name for poor Billy, but Henry McCarty also has some suporters. As Bonney, he petitioned Gov. Lew Wallace, and his surviving letters are signed Bonney.