Both requests were granted. He also asked to die in his black frock coat; this request was denied. His body was left hanging for hours until a photographer could be found to immortalize the event.
James Butler Hickok a. Wild Bill was the most notorious man in the Wild West. A gunfighter, gambler, civil war spy, Indian fighter, peace officer, Hickok was said to have killed more than men.
During this time, he provided many services, such a spy, scout, and a sharpshooter. Suddenly he could not go anywhere without being recognized. In the s, Horn made a name for himself as a tracker and a bounty hunter. He was eventually hired as a detective by the famous Pinkerton Detective Agency and was responsible for the arrest of many feared criminals.
Quickly becoming known for his volatile temper and dangerous capacity for violence, he was forced to resign his position with the Agency after becoming linked to the murders of 17 people. Following his resignation, he developed a reputation as a hitman and is said to have been responsible for as many as 50 murders in his 43 years of life.
Thomas Horn was arrested, tried in a controversial trial and hanged the day before his 43rd birthday in A retrial was held in in which he was declared innocent. Robert Clay Allison was a Texas cattle rancher and gunfighter. Known for his unpredictable personality and violent temper, Clay was a gunslinger who is remembered as one of the deranged outlaws of the Old West.
Allison fought in the Civil War, but was discharged after a blow to the head started causing unpredictable behavior in him. Historians believe this event explains some of his shockingly brutal actions, which included once beheading a man he suspected of murder and carrying the head into his favorite bar to share a drink.
After this incident, which bond his reputation as one of the most dangerous figures of his day, Allison was participating in a number of gunfights against fellow gunslingers. The most famous of these gunfights was against outlaw Chunk Colbert, whom Allison shot in the head when the other drew his gun on him following a meal they had shared.
His gravestone is said to read:. He spent most of his life roaming the West, supporting himself with police work, mining, gambling, saloon-keeping, and real estate deals.
Famed lawman Earp is perhaps the most storied figure of the Wild West, but he was also an accomplished gunslinger who was greatly feared by the bandits of the time. Earp had a violent career that saw him travel to boomtowns like Wichita, Dodge City and the lawless town of Tombstone to serve as sheriff, and he participated in some of the most legendary gunfights of the s. The famous Gunfight at the O. All told, Earp participated in numerous gunfights in his life, killing anywhere from 8 to He would become the fearless Western hero in countless novels and films.
Hardin stood trial for one murder out of the many he had committed and was sentenced to 25 years in prison in Texas. He served 17 years of his sentence and was released in Hardin studied law in prison, and, amazingly, passed the Texas bar exam and was certified to practice law in July He relocated to El Paso, which is where he met his demise. In August , Hardin was shot and killed in a saloon by a man he had argued with earlier in the day.
Hardin was years-old at the time of his death. Born in Illinois , he started with humble beginnings. As he worked his way farther out West, he held in a number of law enforcement roles.
Earp worked as a sheriff, constable, and even a Deputy U. Marshal for a time. He also had other occupations as well—at certain points in his life, he was a professional gambler, brothel keeper, bouncer, and bartender. Earp was known all across the land because he traveled from each western boomtown, always looking for a way to make some quick money. Of course, he was also one of the most feared gunslingers in the West.
He was a renowned lawman, and the shootout at the O. Corral would help stamp his place in history. Earp, along with his two partners, Doc Holliday and Virgil Earp , came across five members of the notorious outlaw gang The Cowboys. After the dust settled, three of The Cowboys had been killed, and the other two fled the fight, leaving Earp and the marshals victorious in the battle. Wyatt Earp would go on to publish an autobiography— Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal —that would go on to be a bestseller.
Of course, his story lives on in Hollywood, with a number of movies that portray this famous gunslinger of the Wild West. On the other side of the law, there are few more famous than Billy the Kid. It is believed that by this cowboy had taken the lives of three men. Gunn, shooting the onetime Texas Ranger with a revolver. Before he could get away, though, Bogan was himself shot in the shoulder and then captured — although he managed to make a getaway in the midst of a raging blizzard.
Bogan later turned himself into the authorities because his wounds had caused him to get sick. However, in October he succeeded in breaking out of jail. And although famous detective Charlie Siringo pursued him, Bogan vanished without leaving much of a trace and possibly escaped to Argentina. While Bogan is not as well known as some of his contemporaries, author Robert K.
He had a notoriously short fuse and killed upon the slightest provocation. Longley was born in Austin County, Texas on October 6, and grew up on a farm close to Evergreen in Lee County, where he mastered the art of shooting.
This dangerous gunfighter was known to carry two Dance. At the time of his hanging, on October 11, , Longley said that he had killed eight people — although he earlier claimed the figure was Logan was taken away by police and beaten. So on December 27, the year-old Logan confronted Landusky in a saloon and shot and killed him with a pistol.
This gunman escaped from prison on two occasions and allegedly killed nine men in various shooting incidents during his time. In the end, on June 17, , Logan took his own life after being wounded in a gunfight in Parachute, Colorado — perhaps to evade capture one last time. Fast-drawing gunslinger and killer Luke Short was born in Mississippi in but was raised in Texas. Leaving home whilst in his teens, Short worked as a cowboy, an illegal whiskey trader and a professional gambler.
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