Texas Howard person
also known as: Texas Howard
Summary: A member of Heath's crowd who was judicially hanged in Tombstone for the Bisbee robbery.
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arrested_for
holdup of the company's store at Bisbee, robbery and murder
cited from On the following day the writer renewed an… (1891)he bar as
usual. The victim was the railroad man who
had testified against the rustlers. He had been
shot in the back of the head. No one knew who
did the shooting, and no arrests were made.
It was the way the rustlers got even with …
died_in
cited from During our second day in Clifton, Kid… (1891)
hey were after-
wards captured, and Kelly, Big Dan, Red
Sample and Texas Howard were given a judi-
cial hanging in Tombstone for the crime. Heath
was lynched by a mob in Tombstone for the
same offense. He was considered one of the
hardest m…
cited from On the following day the writer renewed an… (1891)
On the following day the writer renewed an
old acquaintance with Heath and Kelly, saloon-
keepers, who had sixty odd indictments against
them in Dallas. Through them he met several
of the gang and was introduced as an old
friend, which under th…
killed_by
judicial hanging in Tombstone
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-09-04 (1891) · +1 morehe bar as
usual. The victim was the railroad man who
had testified against the rustlers. He had been
shot in the back of the head. No one knew who
did the shooting, and no arrests were made.
It was the way the rustlers got even with …
sentenced_to
judicial hanging in Tombstone
cited from On the following day the writer renewed an… (1891)he bar as
usual. The victim was the railroad man who
had testified against the rustlers. He had been
shot in the back of the head. No one knew who
did the shooting, and no arrests were made.
It was the way the rustlers got even with …
hanging in Tombstone
cited from On the following day the writer renewed an… (1891)On the following day the writer renewed an
old acquaintance with Heath and Kelly, saloon-
keepers, who had sixty odd indictments against
them in Dallas. Through them he met several
of the gang and was introduced as an old
friend, which under th…
Sources (4)
During our second day in Clifton, Kid… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
On the following day the writer renewed an…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
On the following day the writer renewed an… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-09-04
1891 · newspaper · public-domain