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In historical legal systems, an outlaw is declared as outside the protection of the law. The Outlaws Project is for all profiles considered Outlaws from any country ie American Outlaws, Australian Bushrangers and English Highwaymen.

There were a vast number of outlaws in the old west, a large number ran with gangs like the James Gang, Billy the Kid's Gang, the Doolin-Dalton Gang, the Wild Bunch and dozens of others that ruled the Wild West.

Profiles on Wikitree

Ann Bassett - was also known as Queen Ann Bassett. She was a female rancher and cattle rustler of the Wild West. She and her sister Josie Bassett, were associates of outlaws, mainly Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. Ann is also thought to have been Etta Place, the girlfriend of the Sundance Kidd.

William Bonney - was known as Billy the Kid, he was an outlaw and gunman in the old west. According to legend, he killed 21 men, but it is believed that he killed 8 people.

Henry Bullion - was a Native American outlaw who robbed banks. He was acquainted with outlaws William Carver "News Carver" and Ben Kilpatrick "The Tall Texan. His daughter, Laura, was a prostitute and an outlaw. She was a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang.

Laura Bullion - was a prostitute and a female outlaw of the Old West. She was a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, they called her Della Rose and Rose of the Wild Bunch.

Bill Dalton - was an American outlaw in the American Old West. He was the co-leader of the Wild Bunch gang and he was the brother of the founders of the Dalton Gang.

Bob Dalton - was an American outlaw in the American Old West. He was a member of the Dalton Gang.

Emmett Dalton - was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. After a long prison sentence he became an author and an actor in Hollywood.

Grat Dalton - was an American outlaw in the American Old West. He was leader of the Dalton Gang. He died during a raid on a bank in Coffeyville, Kansas.

Rose Dunn - was known as Rose of the Cimarron. She was best known for her romantic involvement with outlaw George Bittercreek Newcomb, when she was a teenager. Rose's five brothers were the Dunn Brothers who were a group of brothers from Pawnee, Oklahoma, who worked as Old West bounty hunters.

Charles Ford - was an outlaw, and member of the James Gang. He was the lesser known brother of Robert Ford, the killer of Jesse James.

Robert Ford - was an American outlaw best known for killing his gang leader, Jesse James, in 1882.

John Wesley Hardin - was an an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West. John Hardin had at least one encounter with the famous lawman "Wild Bill" Hickok.

Pearl Hart - was an outlaw of the American Old West. She ran a tent Brothel in Mammoth, Arizona in 1898. She committed the last stagecoach robbery in the United States, and was the only woman ever recorded as having committed that crime.

Frank James - was a Confederate soldier, guerrilla and outlaw. He was the older brother of outlaw Jesse James and was also part of the James-Younger gang.

Jesse James - was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang.

Thomas Edward Ketchum - rode with Butch Cassidy's "Hole in the Wall" group. His brother Will had the nickname "Black Jack" and, after Will was killed, Tom was mistakenly identified as "Black Jack" and everyone continued calling him that. Committed his first murder in 1895, but was known as a train robber with his other brother, Sam. Sam died in the Santa Fe penitentiary after being shot in a gun fight and taken into custody. Tom was later wounded in another train robbery attempt and surrendered shortly thereafter. He was later tried for train robbery and sentenced to hang. He was executed in Clayton, New Mexico. He was the only man in the U.S. frontier to be legally executed for any crime other than first degree murder.

Jim Reed - was the first husband of the notorious American outlaw Belle Starr. He was also a friend of Belle Starr's second husband, horse thief Tom Starr. Jim was a cattle rustler, outlaw and bootlegger. He rode with the Younger Gang.

John Henry Selman - was a lawman turned outlaw, turned lawman turned outlaw again. He is best known for shooting and killing John Wesley Hardin. John was killed in a shootout by US Marshal George Scarborough.

Belle Star - was an American outlaw convicted of horse theft in 1883. Her mother was related to the Hatfields of the feuding Hatfields and McCoys. Belle was associated with Jesse and Frank James and Cole, Bob, Jim and John Younger the James-Younger gang.

Sam Star - was a Cherokee Indian, he was the second husband of the notorious American outlaw Belle Starr. He was a cattle rustler, outlaw, gun fighter and bootlegger.

William Thompson - was known as Texas Billy. He was a gambler and gunman and the brother of more famous Ben Thompson.

Harry "Tracy" Severns - was originally sentenced to 20 years for robbery, but his real infamy began in 1902 when he killed 3 prison guards and 3 civilians when escaping from Oregon State Penitentiary.

Ella Watson - was known as Cattle Kate, an outlaw of the Old West. Ella was not violent and was never charged with any crime during her life. Accused of cattle rustling, she and her partner, Jim Averell, were both lynched .

Cole Younger - was an American Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War and later a leader with the James-Younger gang. He was the eldest brother of Jim, John and Bob Younger.

Pearl Taylor - Ella Watson - Laura Bullion

Front row left to right Harry A. Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid, Ben Kilpatrick, alias the Tall Texan, Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy; Standing Will Carver & Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry; Fort Worth, Texas, 1900.

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