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- Belle was arrested twice more, but was never convicted again. Sam Starr was killed in 1886, and Belle went on to live with Bill July on Cherokee land. She allegedly reformed, refusing to shelter criminals in her home. When July (whom she called July Starr) was arrested for horse theft, she did not defend him.
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Oct 27, 2021 · Rumors about Belle's involvement in criminal activity seemed to stop after Sam was killed. On the evening of December 17, 1886, Belle and Sam Starr were attending a Christmas party when Sam got into a shootout with an old enemy named Frank West.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Belle was arrested twice more, but was never convicted again. Sam Starr was killed in 1886, and Belle went on to live with Bill July on Cherokee land.
In a contradictory account after her arrest by the Marshal, "Belle proved to be a loud and unruly prisoner." [12] In 1886, she eluded conviction on another theft charge, but, on December 17, Sam Starr was involved in a gunfight with his cousin Law Officer Frank West. [13]
Nov 16, 2009 · Freed from prison, the couple immediately resumed their criminal careers. In 1886, Belle again lost a husband to violent death when Sam Starr was killed in a gunfight with an old enemy.
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Aug 29, 1982 · After five months in federal prison, Belle and Sam returned to Indian Territory and resumed their not so honorable profession. Tragedy sturck again in 1886 Sam Starr was killed in a gunfight. But Belle wasted no time.
After escaping conviction on another charge of horse theft, Belle was aghast to learn that Sam had almost been killed in an altercation with his enemy, Officer Frank West. Sam’s horse was killed, and another bullet narrowly grazed Sam’s head.
Feb 8, 2021 · Prison Time and Belle Starr's Mysterious Death. In 1883, justice finally caught up with Belle and Sam. A lawman by the name of Bass Reeves, the first black deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi, charged the pair with horse theft, a very serious crime at the time.
