Western Frontier Outlaw. Born in Coryell County, Texas in about 1868, as a young man he became a cowboy, married and after his wife's death became an outlaw. In 1896, he carried out several robberies with Samuel Wesley Ketchum and Thomas Edward Ketchum. After a failed train robbery in New Mexico, he fled to Utah and joined the gang known as the Wild Bunch, which included Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Ben Arnold Kilpatrick and Harvey Logan. In August 1900, Carver with the Wild Bunch, held up the Union Pacific train in Tiptan, Wyoming, followed by the hold up of the First National Bank of Winnemucca, Nevada in September, 1900. In early 1901, he with the gang robbed $65,000 from the Great Northern train line near Wagner, Montana. With the Wild Bunch being wanted and pursued across the mid-western states, he decided to leave the gang to head south. On April 2, 1901, Sheriff Elijah S. Briant with his deputies, ambushed Carver at Sonora, Texas and he died from his wounds.
Western Frontier Outlaw. Born in Coryell County, Texas in about 1868, as a young man he became a cowboy, married and after his wife's death became an outlaw. In 1896, he carried out several robberies with Samuel Wesley Ketchum and Thomas Edward Ketchum. After a failed train robbery in New Mexico, he fled to Utah and joined the gang known as the Wild Bunch, which included Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Ben Arnold Kilpatrick and Harvey Logan. In August 1900, Carver with the Wild Bunch, held up the Union Pacific train in Tiptan, Wyoming, followed by the hold up of the First National Bank of Winnemucca, Nevada in September, 1900. In early 1901, he with the gang robbed $65,000 from the Great Northern train line near Wagner, Montana. With the Wild Bunch being wanted and pursued across the mid-western states, he decided to leave the gang to head south. On April 2, 1901, Sheriff Elijah S. Briant with his deputies, ambushed Carver at Sonora, Texas and he died from his wounds.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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