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  2. Jul 9, 2020 · The notorious robber was killed by a would-be gang member while plotting his next heist. By Tim Ott Updated: Jul 9, 2020. Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images. Jesse James was no hero, despite what the...

  3. Feb 2, 2023 · It was there that Ed O'Kelley walked up to Ford and emptied a double-barrelled shotgun into his neck, killing him instantly, writes True West Magazine. Unlike Ford, O'Kelley was facing the man he shot. Spoiler alert: Things didn't end well for the man who killed Jesse James.

  4. At the end of the war, the bands surrendered, but Jesse was reportedly shot and severely wounded by Federal soldiers while under a flag of truce. He and Frank, joined by eight other men, then began their outlaw career by robbing a bank in Liberty, Missouri, on February 13, 1866.

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  5. Sep 17, 2008 · Finally settling in Creede, Colo., where he ran another saloon, the man who shot Jesse James was gunned down on June 8, 1892, by Ed O’Kelley, with a sawed-off shotgun. Although O’Kelley might have had other reasons for murdering the unpopular Ford, one possible motive was that while growing up in Missouri, O’Kelley had viewed the ...

  6. Nov 13, 2009 · 1882. Jesse James is murdered. One of America’s most famous criminals, Jesse James, is shot to death by fellow gang member Bob Ford, who betrayed James for reward money. For 16 years,...

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  7. April 1850. Robert James leaves Missouri for California, ostensibly to preach in the gold mining camps. A few months later, he will die of cholera. The Compromise of 1850 allows California to...

  8. Oct 18, 2011 · The men took shots at each before Ford stepped in and shot Hite in the head, killing him instantly. Fearing James would kill him and Liddil for murdering his cousin, Ford buried him in a shallow grave in the woods. In January of 1882, Sheriff James Timberlake detained Ford and question him about Hite’s death.

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