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George Curry (Wild Bunch)

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241: 435: 320:. Upon hearing of this, Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan, who was also enraged by the recent law enforcement killing of his younger brother Lonny in Missouri, vowed to get revenge. In May, Kid Curry rode from New Mexico to Utah, and took revenge for his brother and George Curry's deaths by killing Sheriff Tyler and his Deputy Sheriff Sam Jenkins in a gunfight. 42: 231:
The three men stole horses and made their way back to Montana, stealing supplies as they went. Another posse caught up with them in the Bearpaw mountains. There was a gunfight from which the fugitives escaped on foot, leaving the stolen goods and horses behind. They retreated to the Hole-in-the-Wall,
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developed information that identified Kid Curry as killing Hazen. There were never any definite accounts connecting Kid Curry to the killing of Deputy Deane, but rumors uncovered by Siringo while he worked undercover indicated that Kid Curry had been the killer.
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At the Hole they were involved in a gun battle with another posse, but the rough terrain, and the defensive structures built and manned by the several dozen outlaw members of the
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on June 2, 1899, which became famous, as well as taking part in several other robberies. The Overland Flyer's train crew provided descriptions of the robbers, which local
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Although the posse greatly outnumbered them and could cover a lot of ground in its search, the Wild Bunch reached the safe stronghold of the Hole-in-the-Wall.
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George Currie formed a gang that included Kid Curry, and was captured with him on June 28, 1897. The gang had held up the Butte County Bank at
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George Curry was shot and killed on April 17, 1900, by Sheriff Jesse Tyler while Curry was rustling in
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The Currys and some of the other members of the Wild Bunch went to hide at
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People shot dead by law enforcement officers in the United States
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in Utah, after getting supplies at the ranch of female outlaws
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Donna S. Hudson, "The Descendants of Donald Currie," at
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Curry after his shooting by the sheriff Jesse Tyler
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Index

Flat Nose Curry

West Point, Prince Edward Island
Grand County, Utah
Gunshot wound
Outlaw
Wild Bunch
rustling
American Old West
Harvey Logan
Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch
Grand County, Utah
West Point, Prince Edward Island
Chadron, Nebraska
Hole-in-the-Wall
Kid Curry
gunmen
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Deadwood

Wild Bunch
Union Pacific
Wilcox, Wyoming
Converse County
Butch Cassidy
Elzy Lay
Castle Creek
Pinkerton
Charlie Siringo
Tom Horn

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