Old West Bad Guys: How Did They Die? Quiz

Answer: Gunfight

He was a gambler and saloon owner. He died outside his saloon the "The Ocean Oyster" in a gunfight.

Answer: Shootout

His real name was Harvey Logan. He was primarily a train robber and stole cattle. He also was a member of the gang "The Wild Bunch". "The Wild Bunch" was a gang of outlaws that operated out of the "Hole in the Wall", "Brown's Hole", and "Robbers Roost" in Wyoming. Butch Cassidy was the leader of "The Wild Bunch" backed by the gunfighting skills of the Sundance Kid. Nearly 100 men were members of the gang at one time or another, but usually less than a dozen rode together at any one time. Kid Curry was wounded by a posse after helping to rob a train.

When they found his body later, besides their gunshot wounds, there was also a self-inflicted wound as well. Pinkerton's detectives identified the body but there was controversy. One of the cowboys said it was a cowboy named Tap Duncan and some photos suggested that the body was someone else. Pinkerton stood by it's guns.

Answer: Natural causes

He was also a member of "The Wild Bunch", but went straight and missed a bloody death. He came to work in a saloon/resort in Deadwood, South Dakota, where he enjoyed a somewhat famous status.

Answer: Blood poisoning

He was wounded while trying to escape after a train robbery. They caught him and he was sent to the Santa Fe prison, where he died from the infected wound.

Answer: Shootout

After his time as a bad guy he settled down and bought a ranch in New Mexico. He was killed in a shootout at a cantina after killing two locals and wounding a third.

Answer: Trying to escape a lynch mob

He was killed in Caldwell, Kansas, where he was a lawman. He and some others robbed a bank in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, where he was caught and jailed. It was there that an angry mob came after him, killing him as he tried to get away. He once rode with Billy the Kid.

Answer: Suicide

Mr. Tracy killed himself after being surrounded by a pursuing posse.

Answer: Lynching

He was a horse and cattle thief and the leader of his own gang. He was captured and jailed, but removed by a lynch mob and hung.

Answer: Shootout

He died in Coffeyville, Kansas as he and other members of "The Dalton Gang" were attempting to rob a bank.

Answer: Killed by Wyatt Earp & others

He was killed in Tucson, Arizona. The state brought Wyatt and Warren Earp, Doc Holliday, Sherman McMasters, and John Johnson to trial on murder charges. A jury trial found them not guilty.