Perpetrator
Robert Ford
- Born
- 31 January 1862
- Died
- 8 June 1892, aged about 30
- Record
- Wikidata Q918943 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang
Killed Jesse James; convicted of murder and pardoned the same day. Shot dead in Creede, Colorado, in 1892.
1876–1882 · Northfield, Minnesota, and St. Joseph, Missouri · 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. Read the case.
Dated events
Robert Ford shoots Jesse James in the back of the head at the house in St. Joseph.
The Ford brothers plead guilty to murder, are sentenced to death and are pardoned by Governor Crittenden the same day.
Robert Ford is shot dead by Edward O'Kelley in his saloon at Creede, Colorado.