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Thomas Edward Ketchum (known as Black Jack; October 31, 1863 – April 26, 1901) was an American cowboy who later became an outlaw. He was executed in 1901 for attempted train robbery. The execution by hanging was botched; he was decapitated because the executioner used a rope that was too long.
Jun 12, 2006 · Tom Ketchum, an attested but unconvicted killer and the most notorious outlaw in the Southwest, was soon to become the first person to suffer public judicial execution for merely attempting to rob a railroad train. A bad life was about to end for a bad reason.
Apr 26, 2010 · On this date in 1901, a two-bit outlaw from a vanishing frontier made his reservations for hell. Tom Ketchum — who had become known as “Black Jack” when misidentified with another hombre he resembled — was the last man to hang in America for attempting to rob a train.
Thomas Edward 'Black Jack' Ketchum was the leader of the Ketchum gang of train robbers, and the only person in New Mexico hanged for train robbery.
Feb 1, 2021 · Today, I am sharing with you the follow-up story about the other brother, Thomas Edward Ketchum, known as “Black Jack.” Black Jack Ketchum had a story of his own. As stated last week, both these brothers were caught and paid dearly for their crimes — this was real life, it happened here in our state.
Thomas “Black Jack” Ketchum was a famous outlaw in the late 1800s who, along with his brother Sam and their gang, was responsible for a number of high-profile robberies and murders.
Jan 23, 2024 · Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum would be apprehended and taken to a hospital where his arm had to be amputated. He gave the authorities a false name and told them this was his first attempt at ...
May 24, 2024 · Outlaw Tom Ketchum is hanged in Clayton, NM. In August 1899, Ketchum tried to single-handedly hold up a train near Folsom, NM. He was shot and captured. Train robbery was a capital offense in the territory, and Ketchum was the only person executed under that statute. But his hanging went wrong, too.
Mar 1, 2009 · Unaware of the train holdup and the gunfight in July, Tom Ketchum fails to rob the Colorado & Southern Railroad near Folsom. The wounded outlaw makes it back to his camp, but he cannot mount his horse.
Thomas E. Ketchum, better known as "Black Jack" Ketchum, at six foot two inches tall with dark skin and black hair and described as having a "wonderful physique," never became one of those...
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