Outlaws & Lawmen in Grant County, NM
Sheriffs, deputies, gunfighters, and outlaws — the Bullard brothers, Billy the Kid passing through, the Pinos Altos vigilance committees, and the Murphy-Dolan / Lincoln County War overflow.
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An attempted robbery of the Boyle brothers by three masked highwaymen near Half Way Rock on the road to Pinos Altos.
match score: 9
A brutal killing that occurred on Thursday night, the 23rd, as a result of a drunken row.
match score: 9
A killing on the railroad involving a man and a woman occurred in December near Marfa, leading to court cases.
match score: 9
An unprovoked murder at Coomer's saw mill near Pinos Altos on a Tuesday, in which Carson shot Salcido.
match score: 9
On Monday morning before daylight, 18 foreign miners, mostly Americans, were dragged from a train and murdered by Villa's soldiers near Santa Isabel.
match score: 9
The killing of Donaciano Gonzalez by a pistol shot in Georgetown on or before December 30, 1888.
match score: 9
A domestic murder-suicide in which Michael Karilin killed his wife and then himself following a violent quarrel.
match score: 9
A murderous and successful train robbery after which robbers fled; Taylor's lost hat led to detection.
match score: 9
A robbery was attempted by a party of three, but they were shot at by George and fled.
match score: 9
An attempted robbery at the Whitehill residence that was thwarted by Maggie Whitehill.
match score: 9
A robbery in which Robins acted as picket and for which Huber and Mayfield were pursued and arrested.
match score: 9
A daring highway robbery perpetrated on the 11th instant near Wilcox and Fort Thomas, resulting in the theft of about $29,000.
match score: 9
Robbery in May (prior to 1888) led by J. J. Tallier/Taylor in which Conductor Atkinson and fireman were killed.
match score: 9
Robbery for which Charley Small was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment.
match score: 9
A train robbery involving five men.
match score: 9
A party of men trailed hold-up robbers near Morenci, eventually running them down.
match score: 9
An armed robbery that occurred on a train involving the mail and express cars.
match score: 9
A notorious robbery for which many able-bodied Arizona citizens were arrested or cited.
match score: 9
Event in which Jeff Webb was shot while going out of town about 11 o'clock at night.
match score: 7
The shooting of Andreas Enriques found in the hills near Mangas Springs, culprit unknown.
match score: 7
An express train on the Mexican Central road was robbed by a gang of five men.
match score: 7
A previous train robbery that occurred near Pantano last April.
match score: 6
Billy the Kid's first jail escape occurred in Silver City.
match score: 6
The event in which Billy the Kid killed a blacksmith who insulted his mother at Chloride Flat, believed to be his first killing.
match score: 6
A murder condemned by citizens as one of the most cowardly in that section.
match score: 6
A double murder that occurred near Springerville, Arizona in the Luna Valley following a horse race and a dispute.
match score: 6
A fight occurred between Manley and Joe Crizer at the Lackey house in Lone Mountain on the Sunday before the killing on Wednesday.
match score: 6
A fight occurred when scouts attempted to arrest the Apache murderers, resulting in one killed and one captured.
match score: 6
First phase where Billy the Kid was portrayed as a 'cold-blooded murderer' and 'low down vulgar cutthroat' per the Grant County Herald.
match score: 6
Second phase where Walter Noble Burns' 'The Saga of Billy the Kid' recasts him as 'Robin Hood of the West'.
match score: 6
Postmodern phase where 'all versions are true' regarding Billy the Kid's legend.
match score: 6
The sheriff was indicted for failure to turn over moneys and for charging for serving papers at a distance that were served in the courthouse.
match score: 6
B. F. Cady was killed by Indians at Deer Creek ranch, his body mutilated and found about a day and a half later.
match score: 6
Pie Bad Sin killed Harry Patterson, a waiter at the Commercial hotel.
match score: 6
The killing that occurred on the night of the 23rd or morning of the 24th, resulting in Jimmy's death.
match score: 6
McAffe was killed by the Hudsons two miles south and a little west of Central after they turned back to overtake him.
match score: 6
Gun fight five miles outside Las Cruces in which Wayne Brazil shot and killed Pat Garrett during a quarrel over a lease.
match score: 6
The killing occurred on Dec. 7 at Carlisle, N. M. by Frank Lewis Rae.
match score: 6
In 1886, Mexicans abducted a girl on the Mimbres, and Pilar Perez fatally shot Deputy Sheriff Hall during the pursuit.
match score: 6
Robbery of the Carthage Coal Company payroll in which Superintendent George W. Richards was shot and killed.
match score: 6
An event described in the Times as a murder and suicide, with no further details provided in this chunk.
match score: 6
1886 incident where Pilar Perez shot Deputy Sheriff Hall in the back.
match score: 6
The murder of Mary Newman Roberts by Grace Lusk occurred on the previous Thursday, around June 21, 1917.
match score: 6
Unprovoked killing of sheep herders by cowboys in Arizona, with victims shot in the back.
match score: 6
Murder of Juan Jose and Avaran by Indians in a canon.
match score: 6
The robbery of Pomeroy's stage for which the fellow was arrested in 1883.
match score: 6
Series of robberies targeting N. Y. Ancheta's store during November and December.
match score: 6
A train robbery near Chihuahua led by Charley Small.
match score: 6
A robbery at the Carthage Coal Company office on Wednesday.
match score: 6
The robbery of Paymaster Wham is the crime for which Cyclone Bill is suspected.
match score: 6
A robbery of the Sonora railroad last May in which Conductor Atkinson and the fireman were killed.
match score: 6
The killing of Pat Himes by Walter Birchfield, W. H. King, Pat Devine, and W. A. Bradshaw at Separ.
match score: 6
Battle near Cusihuiriachis in which Mexican federal troops killed train robbers Larry Sheehan, Jim Johnson, and Dick Hart after they barricaded in a house.
match score: 6
Annual pageant held in Lincoln, New Mexico, depicting the last escape of Billy the Kid.
match score: 6
The Tolby murder was an exception to the law-abiding nature of Colfax County residents.
match score: 6
The trial of C. R. Jackson for the killing of Peter Frazier near Carlisle, reported in the June 8, 1888 issue of The Enterprise, ended with the jury unable to a…
match score: 6
Trial in which Jackson was tried for killing Frazier; jury could not agree.
match score: 6
Trial resulting in first-degree murder conviction for Pilar Perez.
match score: 6
Incident on the 31st ult. when H. Brooks killed Carrie Drugg and John Dalton, wounded Horace Johnson, and was shot by James Ford.
match score: 5
J.C. Cooney was killed by Victorio's Apaches on April 29, 1880, in Mogollon, New Mexico.
match score: 5