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  The Swamp Outlaws
Aware of the engagement and the occasion, the Sheriff's posse, with cruel deliberation, surrounded the house till the ceremony was over, and then rushed in [p.16] and took the outlawed husband from the side of his wife.
MacNeil and her daughter, were shot with duck shot by somebody taking the name of Lowery's band, doubtless the party accused; but the wounding of the woman was not foreseen by the brigands, [p.18] and they fired at old MacNeil, whose family of sons and son-on-law had become particularly offensive to them.
Boss Strong was shot in the forehead, Henderson Oxendine in the arm and George Applewhite in the thigh.
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 Cattlemen's Texas Longhorn Registry
The sheriff understood the statement to mean that the man would not let the sheriff arrest him.
The shot was characteristic of Graves-- in the neck to drop the animal immediately and not ruin any of the most desirable portions of the meat.
One went down from a shot in his spinal cord just behind the head; the other was shot in the head.
www.ctlr.org /Resources/Legacy   (14331 words)

  
 Billy the Kid
In 1878 he led a gang in the Lincoln co. cattle war, killed two deputies, and engaged in large-scale cattle rustling.
John S. Chisum and other cattlemen secured (1880) the election of a new sheriff sworn to rid the country of the cattle thieves.
He escaped but was again trapped and was shot by Sheriff Pat F. Garrett.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0807581.html   (215 words)

  
 Eric Clapton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnson) and psychedelic rock ("Sunshine of Your Love") to pop ("Change the World") and reggae ("I Shot the Sheriff").
Clapton is currently on his 2006-2007 world tour with good friend and longtime tourmate, Robert Cray as his supporting act.
With this band Clapton recorded 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974), an album with the emphasis on songs rather than musicianship; the cover-version of "I Shot The Sheriff" was a major hit and was important in bringing reggae and the music of Bob Marley to a wider audience.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eric_Clapton   (5639 words)

  
 Quotes and Sayings .com: ERIC CLAPTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
His first solo recording, Eric Clapton, featuring the hit After Midnight, was released in 1970.
In seclusion from 1971 while battling heroin addiction, he resurfaced in 1974 with 461 Oceanside Boulevard, which included a version of Bob Marley’s I Shot the Sheriff.
In the 1990s he achieved a career comeback with the all-acoustic Unplugged (1992) and the traditional blues of From the Cradle (1994).
www.quotesandsayings.com /gericclapton.htm   (372 words)

  
 The Daily Bleed September Reference Page: A Calendar Better Than Boiled Coffee!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Hatfield & Chambers were executed on the Welch County court house steps in front of their wives by the Baldwin-Feltz death squad agency for their role in the Matewan labor battle, where two Feltz family thugs were killed by Hatfield & his deputies.
Miners joining the union were fired & evicted from their homes; deputy sheriffs on company payrolls ran organizers out of town & arrested & beat up local union sympathizers.
In the first attempt one of Ôsugi's old comrades, Wada Kyûtarô, shot General Fukuda but only succeeded in wounding him, while in the second Fukuda's house was bombed, although he was not at home at the time.
recollectionbooks.com /bleed/09ref.htm   (13876 words)

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