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Charles Ford. Charles Wilson Ford (July 9, 1857 – May 6, 1884) was an outlaw, and member of the James Gang. [1] He was the lesser known brother of Robert Ford, the killer of Jesse James.
Charlie Ford. Western Outlaw. Born Charles Wilson Ford, together with his brother Bob Ford, he was a member of Jesse James' gang. Although he was not a noted figure in James' Gang, he did participate in the Blue Cut, Missouri, train robbery in September 1881.
May 6, 2019 · Charles Wilson "Charley" Ford (July 9, 1857 – May 6, 1884) was an outlaw, and member of the James Gang. He was the lesser known brother of Robert Ford, the killer of Jesse James.
- July 9, 1857
- May 4, 1884
Mar 14, 2018 · When Robert Ford pulled the trigger of his six-gun killing Jesse James, he hadn’t killed an outlaw, he had killed a hero. At the time, James was already mythologized as an “American Robin Hood,” while Ford was viewed as a “traitor” who turned on James for a bounty.
Robert Newton Ford (January 31, 1862 – June 8, 1892) was an American outlaw who killed fellow outlaw Jesse James on April 3, 1882. He and his brother Charley , both members of the James–Younger Gang under James's leadership, went on to perform paid re-enactments of the killing at publicity events.
Charles allegedly participated in the Blue Cut robbery near Glendale, Missouri, on September 7, 1881. It was to be the last train robbery of the James Gang, netting the six members some $3,000 in cash and jewelry taken from the passengers.
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outlaw. Charles Wilson "Charley" Ford was an outlaw, and member of the James Gang. Career. He was the lesser known brother of Robert Ford, the killer of Jesse James. After a period of deep depression following James" death and terminally ill from tuberculosis and a debilitating morphine addiction, Charles Ford committed suicide on May 6, 1884.