THEY DID WHAT TO POOR OLD DAVE???
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THERE WERE OUTLAWS AND THEN THERE WERE OUTLAWS THAT ALMOST NOBODY REMEMBERS…
…and then there was
Dave Rudabaugh –
Born on July 14, 1854 Dave was an outlaw and gunfighter. Modern writers often refer to him as “Dirty Dave” on account of his alleged aversion to water, though no evidence has emerged to show that he was ever referred to as such in his own lifetime.
His career of began in Arkansas in the early 1870s. He was part of a band of outlaws who robbed and participated in cattle rustling along with Milton Yarberry and Mysterious Dave Mather. The three were suspected in the death of a rancher and fled the state. By some accounts all three went to Decatur, Texas, but other accounts have Rudabaugh heading to the Black Hills of South Dakota, where he became a stagecoach robber.
He also spent time as part of the Dodge City Gang and with the likes of Billy the Kid.
Rudabaugh later fled to Arizona where he joined the Clanton faction in their feud against the Earps. Dave may have even participated in the murder of Morgan Earp and the attempted murder of Virgil Earp, and may also have been present at the gunfight at Iron Springs in which Curly Bill Brocius was killed.
As the Clanton gang broke up, Rudabaugh headed down to Mexico where he worked as both a cowboy and a rustler. On February 18, 1886, Rudabaugh was involved in a gunfight with locals in Parral, Chihuahua. The fight began over a card game. He drew his pistol and killed two men and wounded another. He left the saloon unharmed, but unable to find his horse, he re-entered a few moments later, which turned out to be a fatal mistake. He was shot several times from the shadows, then was decapitated with a machete and his head placed on a pole.
A Wild West Warning, that all meet justice someday.
