Bad In The Good Old Days

Bad in the Good Old Days contains stories about some of the most notorious, corrupt and complex criminals, men and women, in Old Wyoming and the West. One thing that makes the stories particularly interesting is that the author received much of the information from the descendents of the criminals.      The book's subjects include such characters as CAROL ANTONE and HERMAN BARKER, who ran with his "Ma" (Barker) and her gang till the pair stole the life of a deputy sheriff; MARY LAMBE shot and killed a man, but claimed her father-in-law led her to that slaughter; JOSEPH SENG played ball with the law until a noose took his life for murdering his boss; CHARLES CLARK, a teen crook, and SAMUEL WOODRUFF, his murderous mentor, met in prison only to leave there as an even deadlier duo; GENEVA COLLETT left her brother's ex-girlfriend' clothes -- and body -- on the floor of a women's wear store; FRANK KEEFE, a properous business man, drew praise as a community leader till he shot and killed its marshal and a deputy; CHARLES and HUGH WHITNEY ran loose as fugitives for forty years then turned model citizens; CHARLES WOODARD murdered a sheriff one bad evening, which turned into an even worse Good Friday morning; FRANK HOWARD welcomed the New Year with the death of his rival for a woman's love; ANNA RICHEY, the first woman convicted of cattle theft in Wyoming, was murdered in what her nephew says may have been a relative matter; FRANK KEFFER swore he had no memory of murder, but awoke to find a pal dead at his feet and JAMES CANDLISH, who shot his best friend while in a drunken stupor, later found fame by inventing the sheepwagon. "In this authoritative and engaging book, Larry K. Brown delivers a dozen grim and gritty tales of crime and punishment in the wicked west. And while the bad men Brown describes are very bad indeed, the women are worse�from the cheating wife who kills to the girl who marries into the Barker Gang." �� " --Max McCoy, Award-winning author of Hellfire Canyon--