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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