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Ben Kilpatrick (January 5, 1874 – March 12, 1912) was an American outlaw during the closing years of the American Old West. He was a member of the Wild Bunch gang led by Butch Cassidy and Elzy Lay. He was arrested for robbery and served about 10 years of his 15-year sentence. Upon his release from prison, he returned to crime and was killed ...
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Ben Kilpatrick, an outlaw with the Wild Bunch, 1901. Ben Kilpatrick was one of the most prolific train robbers of the Old West. Born in Concho County, Texas, on January 5, 1874, he was the third of nine children of a Tennessee -born farmer, George Washington Kilpatrick, and his wife, Mary. When he grew up, he worked as a cowboy where he made ...
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Mar 31, 2023 · Wild Bunch members Curry, Carver and Ben Kilpatrick were present at the latter’s Planche Spring family farm, between Eden and Paint Rock, in Concho County, Texas, in late March 1901. They were relaxing and laying low in the wake of a fall 1900 celebration with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in Fort Worth, during which they posed for the ...
Jun 27, 2011 · Known as the Tall Texan, Ben Kilpatrick had finished a 10-year stretch for robbery only a few months before. That stint hadn’t taught him any lessons. It just earned him a grave, shared with Hobeck, near the robbery site. Now, Kilpatrick’s last robbery has inspired a documentary. The man behind Last Train to Boothill is Arthur Soule.
May 21, 2017 · “Paint Rock, Texas, Longabaugh photograph received. Positively identified as being (Ben) Kilpatrick. Raised here and wanted for murder. James E. House, (sic) Sheriff Concho County” On November 15, a second telegram confirmed the identification. “Ballinger, Texas, Photograph of supposed Longabaugh positively identified as Kilpatrick.
Aug 11, 2021 · Ben Kilpatrick, the “Tall Texan” and his wife Laura Bullion a former Ft. Worth prostitute were tracked down in St. Louis in November 1901. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was released in 1911 and a year later, on March 12 th , 1912, Kilpatrick met the grim reaper during an attempted train robbery, when he was beaten on the head ...
Mar 13, 2010 · The Anaconda Standard referred to “Ben Kilpatrick, ‘the Tall Texan.’”. In 1903, a Chicago Tribune story quoted the Pinkertons regarding the “Tall Texan.”. The Pinkertons were probably the source for James D. Horan’s 1949 book Desperate Men. It’s based mostly on agency files—and Horan consistently calls Kilpatrick the “Tall ...
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