Three Guardsmen

[Okiepan]

Just thought I'd share this image with y'all.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Uncle Billy was a great lawman, not ell known, but great anyway.

[Badlands Bob #61228]

There was an alternate theory that Tilghman was on the take from local prostitutes and liquor peddlers.  He was interfering with a raid being conducted by Federal Agent Wily Lyn, when he was killed.  There was a trial and Wily Lyn was found not guilty.  Like many of the old west characters, he who has the best publicist, wins.

[Trailrider #896]

11 hours ago, Badlands Bob #61228 said:

There was an alternate theory that Tilghman was on the take from local prostitutes and liquor peddlers.  He was interfering with a raid being conducted by Federal Agent Wily Lyn, when he was killed.  There was a trial and Wily Lyn was found not guilty.  Like many of the old west characters, he who has the best publicist, wins.

Fake news! 

[Blackwater 53393]

So many of those old political/criminal rings were dissolved or broken up back in those days!  Many of them, once busted or defanged, were quietly allowed to fade because even those who had nothing to do with them usually had something of their own to hide.  Rather than risk some embarrassment of their own, they just let the story slowly die.

 

Much the same as the press and politicians do today. The next news cycle usually draws attention away!

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

So, who were the three guardsmen?

[Rip Snorter]

https://www.usmarshals.gov/history/dalton/three.htm  See the book, Law West of Fort Smith for details.

[watab kid]

well enough known , ive known of him most of my lifetime if that counts 

[Okiepan]

Here is the original 1915 movie ( of whats left) The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws which has Bill Tilghman and Chris Madsen in it 

These are the real Deputies of the Old West who were chasing the Doolin Dalton Gang .

 

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

9 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

So many of those old political/criminal rings were dissolved or broken up back in those days!  Many of them, once busted or defanged, were quietly allowed to fade because even those who had nothing to do with them usually had something of their own to hide.  Rather than risk some embarrassment of their own, they just let the story slowly die.

 

Much the same as the press and politicians do today. The next news cycle usually draws attention away!

 

Pick your historical era. It will be full of complex characters. 
 

And the last people standing in each era get to write the chapter.