Old West Outlaw. He was a member of the Doolin-Dalton gang that operated primarily in the Oklahoma Territory. He took part in numerous robberies committed by the gang and was present at the Ingalls gun battle with U.S. marshals. He was killed by U.S. marshals near Blackwell, Indian Territory, and buried at government expense in the Greenhill Cemetery at Muskogee.
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December 17, 1896 — Kingfisher Free Press —"Dynamite Dick," who reigned as the king of desperadoes after the killing of Bill Doolin is no more. Deputy Marshal Lund killed him near Blackwell last week during a hot fight between bandits and officers. The marshals had been on Dynamite Dick's trail for several weeks. At sunrise on the eventful day Deputy Sheriff Dossie of Kay County and a band of deputies and posse men surrounded the outlaws in a hollow between Blackwell and Newkirk. The fight lasted an hour and over 100 rounds were fired. Dynamite Dick was killed outright and his pal, Ben Craven, fatally injured. None of the attacking party was hurt.
"Dynamite Dick" derived his name from the deadly manner in which he loaded his Winchester cartridges. In the bullet of each cartridge he drilled a hole, which he filled with dynamite. The hole was then plugged up with lead and it became a double death-dealing instrument. Whenever the ball perforated the object at which it was fired, it exploded tearing the object to pieces. At the fight at Ingalls, in which the outlaws killed so many citizens, Bill Raidler fired these dynamite cartridges from his Winchester rifle, doing most deadly work and for which he was afterwards known as "Dynamite Dick." After he was killed a number of these cartridges were taken from his cartridge belt. Ben Cravens, his partner was also supplied with them.
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NOTE: The newspaper article about his death indicates Deputy U.S. Marshal Alfred Lund killed Clifton, but the letter from the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District, I.T., credits DUSM George Lawson with Clifton's death. The article also erroneously says Clifton was the same man as Bill Raidler, but Little Bill Raidler was an entirely different person.
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December 17, 1896 — Kingfisher Free Press —"Dynamite Dick," who reigned as the king of desperadoes after the killing of Bill Doolin is no more. Deputy Marshal Lund killed him near Blackwell last week during a hot fight between bandits and officers. The marshals had been on Dynamite Dick's trail for several weeks. At sunrise on the eventful day Deputy Sheriff Dossie of Kay County and a band of deputies and posse men surrounded the outlaws in a hollow between Blackwell and Newkirk. The fight lasted an hour and over 100 rounds were fired. Dynamite Dick was killed outright and his pal, Ben Craven, fatally injured. None of the attacking party was hurt.
"Dynamite Dick" derived his name from the deadly manner in which he loaded his Winchester cartridges. In the bullet of each cartridge he drilled a hole, which he filled with dynamite. The hole was then plugged up with lead and it became a double death-dealing instrument. Whenever the ball perforated the object at which it was fired, it exploded tearing the object to pieces. At the fight at Ingalls, in which the outlaws killed so many citizens, Bill Raidler fired these dynamite cartridges from his Winchester rifle, doing most deadly work and for which he was afterwards known as "Dynamite Dick." After he was killed a number of these cartridges were taken from his cartridge belt. Ben Cravens, his partner was also supplied with them.
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NOTE: The newspaper article about his death indicates Deputy U.S. Marshal Alfred Lund killed Clifton, but the letter from the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District, I.T., credits DUSM George Lawson with Clifton's death. The article also erroneously says Clifton was the same man as Bill Raidler, but Little Bill Raidler was an entirely different person.
Old West Outlaw. He was a member of the Doolin-Dalton gang that operated primarily in the Oklahoma Territory. He took part in numerous robberies committed by the gang and was present at the Ingalls gun battle with U.S. marshals. He was killed by U.S. marshals near Blackwell, Indian Territory, and buried at government expense in the Greenhill Cemetery at Muskogee.
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December 17, 1896 — Kingfisher Free Press —"Dynamite Dick," who reigned as the king of desperadoes after the killing of Bill Doolin is no more. Deputy Marshal Lund killed him near Blackwell last week during a hot fight between bandits and officers. The marshals had been on Dynamite Dick's trail for several weeks. At sunrise on the eventful day Deputy Sheriff Dossie of Kay County and a band of deputies and posse men surrounded the outlaws in a hollow between Blackwell and Newkirk. The fight lasted an hour and over 100 rounds were fired. Dynamite Dick was killed outright and his pal, Ben Craven, fatally injured. None of the attacking party was hurt.
"Dynamite Dick" derived his name from the deadly manner in which he loaded his Winchester cartridges. In the bullet of each cartridge he drilled a hole, which he filled with dynamite. The hole was then plugged up with lead and it became a double death-dealing instrument. Whenever the ball perforated the object at which it was fired, it exploded tearing the object to pieces. At the fight at Ingalls, in which the outlaws killed so many citizens, Bill Raidler fired these dynamite cartridges from his Winchester rifle, doing most deadly work and for which he was afterwards known as "Dynamite Dick." After he was killed a number of these cartridges were taken from his cartridge belt. Ben Cravens, his partner was also supplied with them.
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NOTE: The newspaper article about his death indicates Deputy U.S. Marshal Alfred Lund killed Clifton, but the letter from the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District, I.T., credits DUSM George Lawson with Clifton's death. The article also erroneously says Clifton was the same man as Bill Raidler, but Little Bill Raidler was an entirely different person.
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December 17, 1896 — Kingfisher Free Press —"Dynamite Dick," who reigned as the king of desperadoes after the killing of Bill Doolin is no more. Deputy Marshal Lund killed him near Blackwell last week during a hot fight between bandits and officers. The marshals had been on Dynamite Dick's trail for several weeks. At sunrise on the eventful day Deputy Sheriff Dossie of Kay County and a band of deputies and posse men surrounded the outlaws in a hollow between Blackwell and Newkirk. The fight lasted an hour and over 100 rounds were fired. Dynamite Dick was killed outright and his pal, Ben Craven, fatally injured. None of the attacking party was hurt.
"Dynamite Dick" derived his name from the deadly manner in which he loaded his Winchester cartridges. In the bullet of each cartridge he drilled a hole, which he filled with dynamite. The hole was then plugged up with lead and it became a double death-dealing instrument. Whenever the ball perforated the object at which it was fired, it exploded tearing the object to pieces. At the fight at Ingalls, in which the outlaws killed so many citizens, Bill Raidler fired these dynamite cartridges from his Winchester rifle, doing most deadly work and for which he was afterwards known as "Dynamite Dick." After he was killed a number of these cartridges were taken from his cartridge belt. Ben Cravens, his partner was also supplied with them.
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NOTE: The newspaper article about his death indicates Deputy U.S. Marshal Alfred Lund killed Clifton, but the letter from the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District, I.T., credits DUSM George Lawson with Clifton's death. The article also erroneously says Clifton was the same man as Bill Raidler, but Little Bill Raidler was an entirely different person.
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