Former outlaw & Deputy Sheriff, Tombstone, Arizona.∼Burt Alvord was a little known lawman and later outlaw of the Old West, who witnessed the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral at age 15. He began working as a deputy under Cochise County Sheriff John Slaughter in 1886.
Alvord quickly proved to be an able lawman and tracker, assisting in the capture and or killing of several rustlers and outlaws from 1886 to 1889. However, his reputation soon began to suffer when he showed a weakness for consuming alcohol and becoming drunk. Frequenting saloons in and around Tombstone, he began to keep company with outlaws and gamblers, and when Sheriff Slaughter reprimanded him, he quit.
Throughout the 1890s he worked as a lawman in several towns, to include Fairbank, Arizona and Pearce, Arizona. By the turn of the 19th century, Alvord had formed a gang with outlaw Billy Stiles, which also included "Three Fingered Jack" Dunlop. The two began committing armed robberies in the Cochise County area of Arizona. In mid-1899, both Alvord and Stiles were captured, but both escaped shortly thereafter. On February 15, 1900, Dunlop was killed by lawman Jeff Milton during a foiled train robbery attempt in Fairbank, Arizona, in which gang member Bravo Juan Yoas was also wounded, and which would be the start of the downfall of the gang. Later in 1900 Alvord was captured, and taken for holding in Tombstone. Stiles went to visit Alvord, and pulled a handgun, shooting and wounding one lawman, allowing Alvord and 24 others to escape.
Alvord and Stiles again began committing armed robberies, this time while being pursued by the Arizona Rangers. In December, 1903, both Alvord and Stiles were captured, and again they escaped. Alvord decided to attempt to fake their own deaths by using the dead bodies of two Mexican men. It is unknown as to whether they killed the two Mexican men, or exhumed the bodies from graves. Either way, they sent the bodies into Tombstone, with news that it was them who had been killed. However, upon examination of the human remains in the coffins, the Arizona Rangers concluded that the two were still alive.
The Rangers tracked them into Mexico, and trapped them near the village of Naco in February, 1904. In the shootout that followed, both Alvord and Stiles were wounded. Alvord spent two years in prison, being released in 1906. He then traveled to South America, where he was last seen working as a canal employee in Panama in 1910. His whereabouts afterward are unknown.
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Bisbee Daily Review
Bisbee, Arizona page 3
July 24, 1910
ALVORD IS REPORTED DEAD IN BARBADOES
FORMER ARIZONA OUTLAW IS FULLY IDENTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN CONSUL.
TUCSON, July 23.-Burt Alvord, notorious as an outlaw who terrorized the outlying towns and ranches in southern Arizona and along the Mexican border and who disappeared after a sensational escape from the Cochise county jail at Tombstone in 1903, died recently of fever in Barbadoes in the West Indies, according to news received here.
The news of the former desperado's death was received here through the medium of a letter sent by friends of Alvord to H.N. Dubois, a former Tucsonian, now in Los Angeles. Duboise had known Alvord in Arizona and subsequently in Brazil where Alvord worked for a time in railroad construction.
The letter, sent from Christobal, anal Zone, reads in part as follows.
"Burt Alvord died died in Barbadoes, positively and the American consul at Bridgetown, the capital, has $800 or $900 in gold which Burt had when he died. His sister could get this if she could prove her claim. Bravo Jaun a former companion of Alvord, died recently up the Amazon."
Alvord, who with Billy Stiles, was a leading member of the Alvord-Stiles gang of horse thieves and bandits in general, constituted himself a terror to outlying populations in Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties, and are credited with attempting one or more train robberies. After some pears of successful depredations in Arizona and in northern Mexico, the gang was scattered and depleted after a number of conflicts with county peace officers and the Arizona rangers.
Thank's to Q.E.P.D. for the news up date.
Alvord quickly proved to be an able lawman and tracker, assisting in the capture and or killing of several rustlers and outlaws from 1886 to 1889. However, his reputation soon began to suffer when he showed a weakness for consuming alcohol and becoming drunk. Frequenting saloons in and around Tombstone, he began to keep company with outlaws and gamblers, and when Sheriff Slaughter reprimanded him, he quit.
Throughout the 1890s he worked as a lawman in several towns, to include Fairbank, Arizona and Pearce, Arizona. By the turn of the 19th century, Alvord had formed a gang with outlaw Billy Stiles, which also included "Three Fingered Jack" Dunlop. The two began committing armed robberies in the Cochise County area of Arizona. In mid-1899, both Alvord and Stiles were captured, but both escaped shortly thereafter. On February 15, 1900, Dunlop was killed by lawman Jeff Milton during a foiled train robbery attempt in Fairbank, Arizona, in which gang member Bravo Juan Yoas was also wounded, and which would be the start of the downfall of the gang. Later in 1900 Alvord was captured, and taken for holding in Tombstone. Stiles went to visit Alvord, and pulled a handgun, shooting and wounding one lawman, allowing Alvord and 24 others to escape.
Alvord and Stiles again began committing armed robberies, this time while being pursued by the Arizona Rangers. In December, 1903, both Alvord and Stiles were captured, and again they escaped. Alvord decided to attempt to fake their own deaths by using the dead bodies of two Mexican men. It is unknown as to whether they killed the two Mexican men, or exhumed the bodies from graves. Either way, they sent the bodies into Tombstone, with news that it was them who had been killed. However, upon examination of the human remains in the coffins, the Arizona Rangers concluded that the two were still alive.
The Rangers tracked them into Mexico, and trapped them near the village of Naco in February, 1904. In the shootout that followed, both Alvord and Stiles were wounded. Alvord spent two years in prison, being released in 1906. He then traveled to South America, where he was last seen working as a canal employee in Panama in 1910. His whereabouts afterward are unknown.
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Bisbee Daily Review
Bisbee, Arizona page 3
July 24, 1910
ALVORD IS REPORTED DEAD IN BARBADOES
FORMER ARIZONA OUTLAW IS FULLY IDENTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN CONSUL.
TUCSON, July 23.-Burt Alvord, notorious as an outlaw who terrorized the outlying towns and ranches in southern Arizona and along the Mexican border and who disappeared after a sensational escape from the Cochise county jail at Tombstone in 1903, died recently of fever in Barbadoes in the West Indies, according to news received here.
The news of the former desperado's death was received here through the medium of a letter sent by friends of Alvord to H.N. Dubois, a former Tucsonian, now in Los Angeles. Duboise had known Alvord in Arizona and subsequently in Brazil where Alvord worked for a time in railroad construction.
The letter, sent from Christobal, anal Zone, reads in part as follows.
"Burt Alvord died died in Barbadoes, positively and the American consul at Bridgetown, the capital, has $800 or $900 in gold which Burt had when he died. His sister could get this if she could prove her claim. Bravo Jaun a former companion of Alvord, died recently up the Amazon."
Alvord, who with Billy Stiles, was a leading member of the Alvord-Stiles gang of horse thieves and bandits in general, constituted himself a terror to outlying populations in Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties, and are credited with attempting one or more train robberies. After some pears of successful depredations in Arizona and in northern Mexico, the gang was scattered and depleted after a number of conflicts with county peace officers and the Arizona rangers.
Thank's to Q.E.P.D. for the news up date.
Former outlaw & Deputy Sheriff, Tombstone, Arizona.∼Burt Alvord was a little known lawman and later outlaw of the Old West, who witnessed the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral at age 15. He began working as a deputy under Cochise County Sheriff John Slaughter in 1886.
Alvord quickly proved to be an able lawman and tracker, assisting in the capture and or killing of several rustlers and outlaws from 1886 to 1889. However, his reputation soon began to suffer when he showed a weakness for consuming alcohol and becoming drunk. Frequenting saloons in and around Tombstone, he began to keep company with outlaws and gamblers, and when Sheriff Slaughter reprimanded him, he quit.
Throughout the 1890s he worked as a lawman in several towns, to include Fairbank, Arizona and Pearce, Arizona. By the turn of the 19th century, Alvord had formed a gang with outlaw Billy Stiles, which also included "Three Fingered Jack" Dunlop. The two began committing armed robberies in the Cochise County area of Arizona. In mid-1899, both Alvord and Stiles were captured, but both escaped shortly thereafter. On February 15, 1900, Dunlop was killed by lawman Jeff Milton during a foiled train robbery attempt in Fairbank, Arizona, in which gang member Bravo Juan Yoas was also wounded, and which would be the start of the downfall of the gang. Later in 1900 Alvord was captured, and taken for holding in Tombstone. Stiles went to visit Alvord, and pulled a handgun, shooting and wounding one lawman, allowing Alvord and 24 others to escape.
Alvord and Stiles again began committing armed robberies, this time while being pursued by the Arizona Rangers. In December, 1903, both Alvord and Stiles were captured, and again they escaped. Alvord decided to attempt to fake their own deaths by using the dead bodies of two Mexican men. It is unknown as to whether they killed the two Mexican men, or exhumed the bodies from graves. Either way, they sent the bodies into Tombstone, with news that it was them who had been killed. However, upon examination of the human remains in the coffins, the Arizona Rangers concluded that the two were still alive.
The Rangers tracked them into Mexico, and trapped them near the village of Naco in February, 1904. In the shootout that followed, both Alvord and Stiles were wounded. Alvord spent two years in prison, being released in 1906. He then traveled to South America, where he was last seen working as a canal employee in Panama in 1910. His whereabouts afterward are unknown.
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Bisbee Daily Review
Bisbee, Arizona page 3
July 24, 1910
ALVORD IS REPORTED DEAD IN BARBADOES
FORMER ARIZONA OUTLAW IS FULLY IDENTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN CONSUL.
TUCSON, July 23.-Burt Alvord, notorious as an outlaw who terrorized the outlying towns and ranches in southern Arizona and along the Mexican border and who disappeared after a sensational escape from the Cochise county jail at Tombstone in 1903, died recently of fever in Barbadoes in the West Indies, according to news received here.
The news of the former desperado's death was received here through the medium of a letter sent by friends of Alvord to H.N. Dubois, a former Tucsonian, now in Los Angeles. Duboise had known Alvord in Arizona and subsequently in Brazil where Alvord worked for a time in railroad construction.
The letter, sent from Christobal, anal Zone, reads in part as follows.
"Burt Alvord died died in Barbadoes, positively and the American consul at Bridgetown, the capital, has $800 or $900 in gold which Burt had when he died. His sister could get this if she could prove her claim. Bravo Jaun a former companion of Alvord, died recently up the Amazon."
Alvord, who with Billy Stiles, was a leading member of the Alvord-Stiles gang of horse thieves and bandits in general, constituted himself a terror to outlying populations in Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties, and are credited with attempting one or more train robberies. After some pears of successful depredations in Arizona and in northern Mexico, the gang was scattered and depleted after a number of conflicts with county peace officers and the Arizona rangers.
Thank's to Q.E.P.D. for the news up date.
Alvord quickly proved to be an able lawman and tracker, assisting in the capture and or killing of several rustlers and outlaws from 1886 to 1889. However, his reputation soon began to suffer when he showed a weakness for consuming alcohol and becoming drunk. Frequenting saloons in and around Tombstone, he began to keep company with outlaws and gamblers, and when Sheriff Slaughter reprimanded him, he quit.
Throughout the 1890s he worked as a lawman in several towns, to include Fairbank, Arizona and Pearce, Arizona. By the turn of the 19th century, Alvord had formed a gang with outlaw Billy Stiles, which also included "Three Fingered Jack" Dunlop. The two began committing armed robberies in the Cochise County area of Arizona. In mid-1899, both Alvord and Stiles were captured, but both escaped shortly thereafter. On February 15, 1900, Dunlop was killed by lawman Jeff Milton during a foiled train robbery attempt in Fairbank, Arizona, in which gang member Bravo Juan Yoas was also wounded, and which would be the start of the downfall of the gang. Later in 1900 Alvord was captured, and taken for holding in Tombstone. Stiles went to visit Alvord, and pulled a handgun, shooting and wounding one lawman, allowing Alvord and 24 others to escape.
Alvord and Stiles again began committing armed robberies, this time while being pursued by the Arizona Rangers. In December, 1903, both Alvord and Stiles were captured, and again they escaped. Alvord decided to attempt to fake their own deaths by using the dead bodies of two Mexican men. It is unknown as to whether they killed the two Mexican men, or exhumed the bodies from graves. Either way, they sent the bodies into Tombstone, with news that it was them who had been killed. However, upon examination of the human remains in the coffins, the Arizona Rangers concluded that the two were still alive.
The Rangers tracked them into Mexico, and trapped them near the village of Naco in February, 1904. In the shootout that followed, both Alvord and Stiles were wounded. Alvord spent two years in prison, being released in 1906. He then traveled to South America, where he was last seen working as a canal employee in Panama in 1910. His whereabouts afterward are unknown.
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Bisbee Daily Review
Bisbee, Arizona page 3
July 24, 1910
ALVORD IS REPORTED DEAD IN BARBADOES
FORMER ARIZONA OUTLAW IS FULLY IDENTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN CONSUL.
TUCSON, July 23.-Burt Alvord, notorious as an outlaw who terrorized the outlying towns and ranches in southern Arizona and along the Mexican border and who disappeared after a sensational escape from the Cochise county jail at Tombstone in 1903, died recently of fever in Barbadoes in the West Indies, according to news received here.
The news of the former desperado's death was received here through the medium of a letter sent by friends of Alvord to H.N. Dubois, a former Tucsonian, now in Los Angeles. Duboise had known Alvord in Arizona and subsequently in Brazil where Alvord worked for a time in railroad construction.
The letter, sent from Christobal, anal Zone, reads in part as follows.
"Burt Alvord died died in Barbadoes, positively and the American consul at Bridgetown, the capital, has $800 or $900 in gold which Burt had when he died. His sister could get this if she could prove her claim. Bravo Jaun a former companion of Alvord, died recently up the Amazon."
Alvord, who with Billy Stiles, was a leading member of the Alvord-Stiles gang of horse thieves and bandits in general, constituted himself a terror to outlying populations in Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties, and are credited with attempting one or more train robberies. After some pears of successful depredations in Arizona and in northern Mexico, the gang was scattered and depleted after a number of conflicts with county peace officers and the Arizona rangers.
Thank's to Q.E.P.D. for the news up date.
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