Henry Starr was an American

United States

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 outlaw

Outlaw

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: specifically, a horse

Horse

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 thief and train robber. He was also convicted of murder

Murder

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 once, of U.S. Deputy Marshal Floyd Wilson on December 13, 1892. Henry Starr claimed in court to not have known he was a U.S. Marshal and only to know that a man had opened fire on him without provocation. Distantly related to Belle Starr

Belle Starr

Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr , better known as Belle Starr, was a notorious American outlaw.-Early life:...

, he was the last in a long line of Starr family criminals. Twice sentenced by Judge

Judge

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 Isaac Parker

Isaac Parker

Isaac Charles Parker served as a U.S. District Judge presiding over the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas for 21 years and also one-time politician. He served in that capacity during the most dangerous time for law enforcement during the western expansion...

 to hang for murder, he managed to escape the noose

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 due to technicalities and went on to form a gang

Gang

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 that terrorized and robbed throughout northwest Arkansas

Arkansas

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 around the turn of the century. He was imprisoned in 1915, wrote his memoirs and even portrayed himself in a silent movie

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, 'A Debtor to the Law' in 1919. He was killed by W.J. Meyers with a .38 caliber Winchester rifle (1873 model) while attempting to rob a bank in Harrison, Arkansas

Harrison, Arkansas

Harrison is a city in Boone County, Arkansas, United States. It is the county seat. According to 2007 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 13,108. Boone County was organized in 1869, during reconstruction after the civil war. Harrison was platted and made the county seat. It is...

, in 1921.