Born to an upstanding family in what was then known as the Arizona Territory; His father was a Justice of the Peace. He grew up to become Sheriff of Tombstone, Arizona, but while catching cattle rustlers, he was also stealing cattle by the 1890's. In 1899, he was Wilcox, Arizona marshall, but later formed a gang, robbed trains, went to jail, and escaped jail several times. He supposedly ended up as a Panama Canal worker and died there around 1910, but official documentation was never proven.
Sources:
Sifakis, Carl. Encyclopedia of American Crime, New York, Facts on File Inc., 1982
According to "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord", his birth date is listed as Sept 11, 1867 and was born in Susanville, Lassen County, Calif. .
Sources:
Sifakis, Carl. Encyclopedia of American Crime, New York, Facts on File Inc., 1982
According to "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord", his birth date is listed as Sept 11, 1867 and was born in Susanville, Lassen County, Calif. .
Born to an upstanding family in what was then known as the Arizona Territory; His father was a Justice of the Peace. He grew up to become Sheriff of Tombstone, Arizona, but while catching cattle rustlers, he was also stealing cattle by the 1890's. In 1899, he was Wilcox, Arizona marshall, but later formed a gang, robbed trains, went to jail, and escaped jail several times. He supposedly ended up as a Panama Canal worker and died there around 1910, but official documentation was never proven.
Sources:
Sifakis, Carl. Encyclopedia of American Crime, New York, Facts on File Inc., 1982
According to "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord", his birth date is listed as Sept 11, 1867 and was born in Susanville, Lassen County, Calif. .
Sources:
Sifakis, Carl. Encyclopedia of American Crime, New York, Facts on File Inc., 1982
According to "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord", his birth date is listed as Sept 11, 1867 and was born in Susanville, Lassen County, Calif. .
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