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Submitted: 1/31/14 • Approved: 8/26/15 • Last Updated: 4/16/18 • R747289-G0-S3
December 8, 1841 - June 8, 1892
The Man Who Shot Jesse James
Robert Newton "Bob" Ford was an American outlaw best known for killing his gang leader, Jesse James, in 1882. Ford was shot to death by Edward Capehart O'Kelley in Ford's temporary tent saloon with a shotgun blast to the front upper body in Creede, Colorado.
He will forever be known as "The dirty little coward who shot Mr. Howard,"
Contributed on 1/31/14 by tomtodd
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