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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.
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.
Harry Longabaugh (the “Sundance Kid”), Ben (the “Tall Texan”) Kilpatrick, George Sutherland (“Flat Nose”) Curry, Will Carver, and O.C. (“Camilla”) Hanks. Soldiers, Pinkerton detectives, and lawmen eventually captured or killed most of the Wild Bunch in the late 1890s and the early 20th century.
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.
Ben Kilpatrick and his partner, Ole Hobek, attempted to rob a Southern Pacific express car, but they were stopped by one of their hostages, David A. Trousdale, who managed to kill both of the bandits.
Nov 1, 2002 · Ben Kilpatrick, released from prison in 1911, joined former cellmate Ole Beck to rob the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio No. 9 near Sanderson, Texas, on March 13, 1912. Quick-witted Wells Fargo messenger David Trousdale fatally bludgeoned Kilpatrick with an ice mallet, borrowed his rifle, and dropped Beck.
Ben Kilpatrick. Ben Kilpatrick, alias "The Tall Texan," was second in command of the Wild Bunch. On November 8, 1901, St. Louis police captured Kilpatrick and he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Released in 1911, he quickly took up his old train-robbing ways and stopped the Union Pacific's Sunset Flyer on March 14, 1912.
Mar 13, 2010 · Case in point: Ben Kilpatrick, alias the Tall Texan, who rode with Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch around the turn of the 20th century. Back in January, several of us were involved in an e-mail discussion about tall guys in the Old West.
Jul 2, 2020 · Ben Kilpatrick served 10 years of a 15 year sentence, was released in the summer of 1911 but immediately brought to Texas to be tried for an earlier murder, of which he was acquitted. While he was briefly incarcerated in Texas, he is thought to have shared a cell with H. “Ole” Hobek (or Beck).
Jan 9, 2017 · His partner, Ben Kilpatrick, was no stranger to train robberies. A onetime member of the Wild Bunch, the 6-foot-2 Kilpatrick was known as the “Tall Texan.” His biggest claim to fame was having posed front and center in the infamous “Fort Worth Five” photograph with Butch Cassidy, Kid Curry, Will Carver and the Sundance Kid.
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