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Dec 17, 2020 · Upon returning to Florida, Watson murdered a man in Arcadia, claiming it was an act of self-defense, and pushed towards the Ten Thousand Islands where he met his fate. Watson knew the Everglades would be the perfect place for a fugitive to hide and start a new life.
Watson tried to fire his pistol first but it misfired. Then he was killed. 33 bullets from the townsmen, in retaliation for his misfire, riddled his mangled body. Thus, ended the life of one of Florida’s most notorious outlaws – Edgar J. Watson; his grave can still be found in a graveyard in Everglades City standing sturdily; perhaps only a ...
Sep 16, 2016 · To follow the trail of Florida’s most infamous outlaw, Ed Watson, you have to get skinny. By Morgan Sherburne. Updated: September 16, 2016. With Ed Watson’s brooding spirit and legacy, and the dull and heavy heat, the natural wildness takes on a human — and therefore more sinister — creep factor. Mindy Miller.
Jul 14, 2021 · Listen as we discuss his slave-owning South Carolinian ancestors, his multiple wives, lovers, and children, as well as the number of bodies he left Chokoloskee, Florida.
May 10, 1998 · EDGAR J. WATSON arrived on Florida’s southwest coast in 1892. A handsome, red-haired 6-footer, well-dressed and genteel in manner – unless his explosive temper took over – he quickly...
Edgar Watson The landing behind Ted Smallwood's Store, site of Edgar Watson's death. The Ten Thousand Islands country, including Chokoloskee, had a reputation as being a refuge for outlaws. The Ed Watson story, as related by Ted Smallwood, is the best known example of that.
Ed Watson was a redhaired, blueeyed Scotsman who purchased a 40-acre, shell-mound island, 17 miles south of Chokoloskee and began farming this claim in 1892. He grew winter vegetables for the Key West New York produce market, and sugarcane, which he processed into syrup.
