Another mystery solved! Thanks!
From Wikipedia - Photograph of US Deputy Marshals posing with the corpse of Ned Christie in November 1892. (1) Paden Tolbert (2) Capt. G.S. White (3) Coon Ratteree (4) Enoch Mills (5) deceased Ned Christie (6) Thomas Johnson (7) Charles Copeland (8) Heck Bruner - courtesy of the US Marshall's Service and viewers like you!
Trophy picture.
Didn't some of our troops get in trouble with trophy photos...?
A different day, for sure. Those guys didn't have to worry about being P.C., worry about their MSM profile. They just took care of business.
DF
Yes, a lot of trophy photos are still taken these days too. Digital photos are easy to take, keep and distribute from anywhere on the planet. Back in the wild west daze, I think pictures were not only a record of what was done, but also it sent out a warning to criminals that we will hunt you down. You can run, but you cannot hide.
Like Bin Laden, for example.