SinisterCrimes

On this day

8 June

  1. 1892

    Robert Ford is shot dead by Edward O'Kelley in his saloon at Creede, Colorado.

    Jesse James Killed before trial

    Northfield's townspeople broke the James-Younger gang in seven minutes in 1876. Six years later a new recruit shot Jesse James in his own parlour.

  2. 1894

    Bill Dalton, who had ridden with the Doolin gang after Coffeyville, is shot dead by lawmen in Indian Territory.

    Dalton Gang at Coffeyville Killed before trial

    On 5 October 1892 the Dalton gang tried to rob two Kansas banks at once in a town that knew their faces. In about ten minutes eight people were dead.