Saturday, August 17, 2019

Black Jack Ketchum captured

(Texas Day by Day) On this day in 1899, the criminal career of Thomas Edward (Black Jack) Ketchum ended.
Tom and his brother Sam were members of a gang of outlaws that terrorized Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas.
Tom was born in San Saba County, Sam in Caldwell County. Tom left Texas about 1890, and Sam joined him in New Mexico in 1894. Continued

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