This book is about David Rudabaugh, a man whose life is both obscure and wildly mythologized.
They include an eight month association with Billy the Kid, an association that made him alMost as famous in Wild West outlaw history as Billy..
They include a successful; ingenious jail escape and numerous attempted escapees.
They include the aforementioned accusation of murder and being sentenced to death by hanging.
They include saying nothing when three innocent men were convicted of one of his stage robberies.
They include a failed train robbery and two successful stage hold-ups.
The events of his life include being both a wanted man and a lawman.
It is as adventurous as that of any Wild West figure.
Rudabaugh\'s life story is mesmerizing.
The story of how these two negatives were acquired by an avid collector of Western memorabilia is given in the book.
The other two negatives remained in Lohn\'s files for 57 years, entirely forgotten by him.
The two negatives he printed were confiscated by Mexican authorities.
Lohn took four photographs of Rudabaugh\'s decapitated head.
Lohn, a nineteen-year-old photographer.
Present at Rudabaugh\'s beheading was Albert W.
His head was placed on a pole and paraded around the Parral plaza.
Following his killing, Rudabaugh was decapitated by José.
On February 18, 1886, Rudabaugh was killed by a Winchester rifle shot to the chest in Parral, Mexico, by a grocery man named José.
He escaped jail and went to Mexico.
After his capture, Rudabaugh was tried for Valdez\'s killing and sentenced to death by hanging.
Famously, Rudabaugh was captured along with Billy at Stinking Springs by Deputy Sheriff Pat Garrett and his posse.
Now a wanted man, Rudabaugh teamed up with Billy the Kid and participated prominently in Billy\'s final gun battles with authorities.
Following the jailer\'s killing, Rudabaugh fled.
The unquestionable trial evidence shows that it was another man who shot the ill-fated jailer, not Rudabaugh.
The true account of jailer Antonio Lino Valdez\'s fatal shooting is presented for the first time in this book, based on the never-before-published trial transcript.
Another fictitious accusation is that Rudabaugh shot a jailer in cold blood.
Not true.
Dirty Dave would try anything, as long as it was crooked.
One myth about Rudabaugh is that he was a nasty, treacherous bully who stole and killed and brutalized people...
This book is about David Rudabaugh, a man whose life is both obscure and wildly mythologized
