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1 May

  1. 1905

    Fearing arrest, they sell the Cholila ranch in Patagonia.

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Killed before trial

    From Telluride to the Wild Bunch, Patagonia and a mule with the wrong brand: the trail that ended at San Vicente, Bolivia, in November 1908.

  2. 1910

    After touring with his act, Voigt receives Luxembourg papers and settles in Luxembourg.

    Captain of Köpenick Convicted

    In 1906 an unemployed shoemaker in a second-hand captain's uniform commandeered a squad of soldiers, arrested a mayor and walked off with the town's cash.

  3. 1919

    Louis Besumer is acquitted of Harriet Lowe's murder.

    Axeman of New Orleans Unsolved

    In 1918-19 an intruder with an axe terrorized New Orleans, above all its Italian grocers. He was never caught, and his famous jazz letter may be a hoax.