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“Dirty Dave” Rudabaugh, Billy the Kid’s Most Feared Companion – Table of Contents

1. Preface… 1
2. “Dirty Dave” Rudabaugh… 5
      Rudabaugh’s Early Life… 5
      Kinsley Train Robbery – January 27, 1878… 7
      Rudabaugh Moves to Las Vegas – April, 1879… 15
      Tecolote Stage Robbery – August 14, 1879… 15
      Killing Joe Carson – January 22, 1880… 16
      Lynching West, Dorsey, and Henry – February 8, 1880… 16
      Killing Michael Kelliher – March 2, 1880… 20
      Capturing Hoodoo Brown – March 8, 1880… 25
      Webb Appeals Conviction – March 10, 1880… 26
      Webb Declines Jail Escape Opportunity – April 2, 1880… 26
      Fort Sumner Mail Robbery – October 16, 1880… 28
      Webb Escapes Jail – November 11, 1880… 29
      Webb and Davis Captured by Deputy Sheriff Garrett – November 25, 1880… 35
      Carlyle Killed at Greathouse’s Roadhouse – November 27, 1880… 36
      Rudabaugh Captured with Billy the Kid – December 23, 1880… 46
      Jailing Rudabaugh, Billy, Pickett, and Wilson – December 26, 1880 … 53
      Rudabaugh Confesses to Stage Robberies – December 28, 1880… 56
      Billy, Rudabaugh, and Wilson Almost Escape – February 28, 1881… 56
      Webb’s Legal Troubles Recommence – January 6, 1881… 57
      Rudabaugh Granted Change of Venue – March 19, 1881… 59
      Rudabaugh Convicted of Killing Valdez – April 19, 1881… 61
      Rudabaugh Given Death Sentence – April 20, 1880… 78
      Reconstructing the Crime… 81
      Analyzing Rudabaugh’s Trial… 84
      Rudabaugh Nearly Escapes – September 19, 1881… 86
      Rudabaugh, Webb, and Five Others Escape – December 3, 1881… 88
      Webb Dies of Smallpox – April 12, 1882… 90
      Rudabaugh’s Life on the Run – 1881 to 1886… 91
      Rudabaugh Meets his Fate – February 18, 1886… 94
      Rudabaugh’s Obituary – March 23, 1886… 95
      Rudabaugh’s Death Photos… 96
Appendix A – Trial Testimony – Territory vs David Rudabaugh, Murder… 99
Appendix B – Billy Wilson’s Counterfeiting Case… 127
Appendix C – Timeline… 135
Appendix D – Cast of Characters… 143
Notes… 161
Index… 173

Paperback ISBN: 978-1-952580-20-8
Hardback ISBN: 978-1-952580-21-5

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