tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post3797673061108613546..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Criminal ConnectionsLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-85966371117450368652013-02-07T13:26:30.858-05:002013-02-07T13:26:30.858-05:00Don’t sweat not being able to upload pics, David. ...Don’t sweat not being able to upload pics, David. I’ve had that problem a time or two myself. Besides, with great text like this – who needs pictures? <br /><br />My theory about “too many bills”: They’re outlaws because they didn’t want to pay them. lol<br />Dixon Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11220791609338404147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68463767959478533072013-02-06T21:24:48.730-05:002013-02-06T21:24:48.730-05:00David, great history blog. Thanks. There's an ...David, great history blog. Thanks. There's an interesting book titled THE BOYS about the James brothers' time with Quantrill and Little Bill.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-74574520814410773502013-02-06T09:26:05.833-05:002013-02-06T09:26:05.833-05:00Jeff, I'm glad you enjoyed the article. Yes, ...Jeff, I'm glad you enjoyed the article. Yes, you read Billy McCarty right, but no, he wasn't 'that' Billy. Interestingly, I ran into a similar puzzler during my research when I discovered that the Doolin Gang was also referred to as "The Wild Bunch". No, not 'that' Wild Bunch. I intentionally didn't mention it to cut down on the confusion factor. Also--way too many Bills when it comes to outlaws. <br /><br />Interersting family history you have there, Jeff. Perhaps you should think about writing something from that time.David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-11571421511268075622013-02-05T22:15:23.936-05:002013-02-05T22:15:23.936-05:00...and when Bonnie and Clyde hid out in Platte Cit......and when Bonnie and Clyde hid out in Platte City, MO in the early '30's, my Dad was just a toddler but remembered people talking about it later. And he and I are decendants of an Otho "Oath" Offutt, who was Great-great Grandpa's cousin and rode with Quantrill. (Hey, was that McCarty guy Billy the Kid? Or did I misread the name?) Seriously, wonderful post!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-57535288819235799092013-02-05T12:34:28.042-05:002013-02-05T12:34:28.042-05:00Thanks, John, and Fran, I'll keep trying--I ap...Thanks, John, and Fran, I'll keep trying--I appreciate the tip.David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31014444476171776932013-02-05T11:12:47.168-05:002013-02-05T11:12:47.168-05:00David, an addendum:
I spent several weeks without...David, an addendum:<br /><br />I spent several weeks without being able to post pix, then it became possible again. Keep trying. Perhaps sooner or later, whatever repaired mine will work for you, too.Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-48250646960110328122013-02-05T09:54:48.935-05:002013-02-05T09:54:48.935-05:00What an interesting column!--great info here, Davi...What an interesting column!--great info here, David. With or without pictures.<br /><br />Nope, no relation. At least I don't think so . . .John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-60930378741095772192013-02-05T09:46:39.511-05:002013-02-05T09:46:39.511-05:00Thanks Janice, Eve, and Fran. To add insult to in...Thanks Janice, Eve, and Fran. To add insult to injury, Elizabeth, Pretty Boy wasn't even very pretty. <br /><br />It appears that I have to mea culpa about a previous post titled, "The York Boys". This was my piece on the mystery surrounding the two princes in the Tower of London. In it I posited that there was no evidence that Richard the Third was a hunchback as depicted by Shakespeare and More. Au contraire!<br /><br />It appears that with the excavation and examination of a skeleton that is almost certainly Richard, I have been proven definitively wrong! He most certainly suffered from a cruel curvature of the spine. Obviously, the court portrait painters conspired to conceal this matter from me. Lesson learned--never doubt Shakespeare or St. Thomas More.David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-42372950678234389842013-02-05T09:36:25.693-05:002013-02-05T09:36:25.693-05:00I wonder why it's the women SleuthSayers who a...I wonder why it's the <i>women</i> SleuthSayers who are checking in on this. :) I was very disappointed when I first learned that the real Pretty Boy Floyd was not the Robin Hood-like figure of the song: "As through this world I've wandered/I've met many kinds of men/Some will rob you with a six-gun/And some with a fountain pen."Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31606820087427289712013-02-05T09:12:26.401-05:002013-02-05T09:12:26.401-05:00Wow! Most of this was new to me, David, and I foun...Wow! Most of this was new to me, David, and I found it fascinating. Thanks!Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-54621284078205554062013-02-05T08:57:26.791-05:002013-02-05T08:57:26.791-05:00Once again, proof that everyone's related, esp...Once again, proof that everyone's related, especially in rural areas. I knew about the Quantrill/ Dalton/ James/ Younger connection, but the link to Pretty Boy Floyd's a new one on me. I suppose you have to learn somewhere. Great post!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-26244806529436604272013-02-05T08:12:01.525-05:002013-02-05T08:12:01.525-05:00Interesting with lots of good info.
I just recentl...Interesting with lots of good info.<br />I just recently sold a story set in Bleeding Kansas, a time and place with many possibilities for the crime writer!Janice Lawnoreply@blogger.com