The Life & Crimes of Henry Starr The Cherokee Badman

 

12/02/1873	Born near Fort Gibson, I. T.
--/--/1890	Arrested near Nowata, I. T. for introducing whiskey, fined $100
12/--/1891	Arrested in Nowata, I. T. for horse theft Jumped bond, arrest warrant issued.
07/--/1892	Robbed the railroad depot at Nowata, I. T. of $1700. Arrested Shortly after.
11/--/1892	Robbed Shufeldt's Store at Lenapah, I. T. of $300
11/--/1892	Robbed Carter's Store in Sequoyah, I. T. of $180.
12/13/1892	Shot and killed Deputy US Marshall Floyd Wilson near Lenapah, I. T.
01/20/1893	Gun battle with Indian Police near Bartlesville, I. T. Starr escapes.
01/--/1893	Robbed both the MKT railroad depot of $180, and Haden's store of $390 at Choteau, I. T.
02/--/1893	Robbed the railroad depot and general store of $220, in Inola, I. T.
03/28/1893	Robbed the Caney Valley Bank, Caney, Ks. of $4,900.
05/02/1893	Robbed the MKT passenger train at Pryor Creek, I. T. of $6,000
06/05/1893	Robbed the People's Bank in Bentonville, Ark. $11,001.53
07/03/1893	Arrested in Colorado Springs, Co. and extradited to Fort Smith, Ark.
08/10/1893	Arraigned for murder of Floyd Wilson, plead not guilty.
08/31/1893	Attempts unsuccessful jail break.
10/20/1893	Convicted of Murder in 1st Degree, sentenced to hang 02/20/1894. Case appealed to US Supreme Court, stay of execution granted.
06/07/1894	Supreme Court reverses judgment of lower court and grants new trail.
07/26/1895	Disarms Cherokee Bill in attempted jail break.
09/15/1895	New trial for murder of Floyd Wilson begins, Starr convicted and sentenced to die. Case appealed to Supreme Court, decision overruled, new trail granted.
10/06/1897	New trial starts, Starr enters plea of guilty to manslaughter.
11/15/1898	Sentenced to 3 years in penitentiary at Colombus, Ohio for murder, 7 years and 7 days for robbery, and 5 years for Pryor Creek affair, making it a total of 15 years and 7 days.
01/23/1899	Left Fort Smith to begin sentenced.
fall---/1901	President T. Roosevelt commuted sentence to expire 1/16/1903.
01/16/1903	Starr released from prison, returns to Tulsa, I. T.
09/--/1903	Married Ollie Griffin
--/--/1904	Son named Theodore Roosevelt Starr was born.

 

 

03/13/1908	Robbed the State Bank of Tyro, Ks. of $2500
05/--/1908	Robbed the bank in Amity, CO of $1100
05/13/1908	Arrested in Bosque, AZ. and extradited to Colorado.
11/24/1908	Pleaded guilty to robbery and sentenced to 7 to 25 years in penitentiary at Canon City, Co. During is stay in prison he wrote Trilling Events, Life of Henry Starr.
09/24/1913	Paroled from prison. 09/08/1914 Robbed Keystone State Bank, Keystone, OK. of $3000
09/30/1914	Robbed Keifer Central Bank, Kiefer, OK. of $6400
10/06/1914	Robbed Farmers' National Bank, Tupelo, OK of $800
10/14/1914	Robbed Pontotoc Bank, Pontotoc, OK of $1100
10/20/1914	Robbed Byars State Bank, Byars, OK. of $700
11/13/1914	Robbed Farmers State Bank, Glencoe, OK of $2400
11/20/1914	Robbed Citizens State Bank, Wardville, OK of $800
12/16/1914	Robbed Prue State Bank, Prue, OK. of $1400
12/29/1914	Robbed Carney State Bank, Carney, OK of $2853
01/04/1915	Robbed Oklahoma State Bank, Preston, OK. (no $ taken, but $1200 damage done to vault)
01/05/1915	Robbed First National Bank, Owasso, OK. of $1500
01/12/1915	Robbed First National Bank, Terlton, OK. of $1800
01/12/1915	Robbed Garber State Bank, Garber, OK. of $2500
01/13/1915	Robbed Vera State Bank, Vera, OK of $1300
03/27/1915	Robbed both the Stroud State Bank and the First National Bank, Stroud, OK. of $5815. Starr shot and arrested in attempted robbery.
08/02/1915	Pleaded guilty to robbery and sentenced to 25 years in Oklahoma State penitentiary.

 

 

03/15/1919	Paroled from prison.
--/--/1919	Makes silent movie "A Debtor to the Law."
02/22/1920	Married 23 year old Hulda Starr from Salisaw, OK.
02/18/1921	Robbed People's National Bank, Harrison, Ark. of $6000. Starr shot and arrested in attempted robbery.
02/22/1921	Died of wounds in Harrison, Ark. 02/23/1921 Buried in Dewey, OK.

 

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