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Windy Dick person

born: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)died/dissolved: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)id: p_windy-dick_63a00e
Probable 70%
Summary:  One of three masked highwaymen who attempted to rob the Boyle brothers near half way rock.
Completeness: 67/100 Grade C
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Claims (4)

arrested_for

attempted robbery
cited from counted upon, were now firing as rapidly as… (1890)
counted upon, were now firing as rapidly as possible. But they had been so much discon- certed by the fusillade which their command to halt had brought forth that their aim was bad. Not so, however, with the Boyle Brothers, as one of them sho…

fought_in

cited from Between four and five o’clock Wednesday… (1890) · +1 more
f until his recent association with Windy Dick. Huber and Robins had been lurking in the vicinity of the bank for several hours prior to time for departure of the Messrs. Boyle for the mine, having their horses hitched in a vacant lot beh…

killed_by

Boyle Brothers (shot in hat)
cited from counted upon, were now firing as rapidly as… (1890)
counted upon, were now firing as rapidly as possible. But they had been so much discon- certed by the fusillade which their command to halt had brought forth that their aim was bad. Not so, however, with the Boyle Brothers, as one of them sho…

terrorized

cited from On Thursday morning the boy was accused… (1890)
On Thursday morning the boy was accused by one of his relatives of participation in the crime, and after telling a rambling story of his having returned from Silver City by the way of ’Whiskey Creek, said he would go with the offi- cers and s…

Sources (4)

Between four and five o’clock Wednesday…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

counted upon, were now firing as rapidly as…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain

counted upon, were now firing as rapidly as…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

On Thursday morning the boy was accused…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain

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