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On June 23, 1884, while riding drunk in the Flint District of the Cherokee Nation, and in the company of outlaw William Christie, the two men came upon a farmer named Samuel Wyrick. For no apparent reason, the two outlaws opened fire on the farmer, emptying their
156:, she and her husband formed their own gang, which Blue Duck joined. He is believed to have ridden with the gang through most of the latter part of the 1870s, although his involvement with them was off and on. 256: 54: 236: 153: 251: 271: 198:, as Inmate #2486. Blue Duck was assisted in an unsuccessful appeal by Belle Starr. In 1895, when he was diagnosed with 76: 47: 219: 186:
Both were convicted, although Christie was later cleared of the charge and released. Blue Duck was sentenced to
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into him and killing him. They then reloaded and fired on a young Cherokee boy who had witnessed the
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and given only a short time to live, he was granted a
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Belle Starr
outlaw
Old West
Belle Starr
Cherokee Nation
Oklahoma Territory
armed robberies
cattle rustling
Belle Starr
Sam Starr
revolvers
murder
Deputy US Marshal
Frank Cochran
Isaac C. Parker
Fort Smith, Arkansas
hang
life in prison
Chester, Illinois
tuberculosis
pardon
Catoosa, Oklahoma

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