Originally Posted by Jim in Idaho
Reading some of these posts does make one examine one�s first impression. Mine was, yes, this guy is just a flat out psycho a�hole, a bushwhacker and a backshooter.

But if truth be known, he was probably just a man out of time. Had his career been in the 1860-1900 era, we�d probably be reading about him alongside Wild Bill Hickock, Wyatt Earp and a few other gunfighters whose exploits outshone their somewhat questionable (or downright criminal) activity that often gets ignored.


Very likely. The Col. was cut from a cloth few today are prepared to handle.