Perpetrator
Sam Bass
- Born
- 21 July 1851
- Died
- 21 July 1878, aged about 27
- Record
- Wikidata Q2330543 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in Sam Bass and the Round Rock Shootout
Cowhand and racehorse owner turned train robber; died of wounds received at Round Rock on his 27th birthday.
1877–1878 · Big Springs, Nebraska; north Texas; Round Rock, Texas · Killed before trial
Sam Bass took $60,000 in new gold coins from a Union Pacific train in 1877. A year later an informer led him into a Ranger trap at Round Rock, Texas. Read the case.
Dated events
Sam Bass is born near Mitchell, Indiana.
Bass arrives in Denton, Texas.
Bass and Joel Collins drive a herd north, sell it and gamble away the owners' money in Ogallala and Deadwood.
Bass, Collins and others rob stagecoaches around the Black Hills with little success.
In the spring Bass's new Texas gang robs two stagecoaches and four trains near Dallas.
At Round Rock Deputy A. W. Grimes is killed; Seaborn Barnes is killed and Bass is mortally wounded.
Bass is found wounded in a pasture outside Round Rock and brought into town.
Sam Bass dies at Round Rock on his 27th birthday.