To editor I would like to see the articles about thee death and burial of Belle Starr sometime when you have time. Thanks, Ginny RVWeld IBSSG Ginny in Neb

Ginny, Enjoy!. Best wishes, Ed STARR, BELLE, 1848-1889 Belle Starr, originally Myra Belle SHIRLEY, b. Carthage, Mo., 1848, was an American outlaw. During the U.S. Civil War she provided Confederate guerrillas with information about the movements of federal troops. She later joined the outlaw gang headed by William C. QUANTRILL. In 1880 she married Sam STARR, who was of Cherokee and Irish extraction. Their home in Indian Territory in Oklahoma became notorious as an outlaw retreat. Belle STARR was shot and killed on Feb. 3, 1889, by an unknown assailant. Bibliography: Breiham, C. W., and Rosamond, C. A., The Bandit Belle (1970); Steele, P. W., Starr Tracks: Belle Starr and Pearl Starr (1989). Copyright 1995 by Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. ------------- March 2, 1889 Van Buren Press Crawford County, Arkansas BELLE STARR'S FUNERAL Times: A Fort Smithian who was in the neighborhood of Younger's Bend where Belle Starr was killed was led by curiosity to attend her funeral and of which he gives the following account: The remains lay in a neat casket which was born by pall-bearers to the grave, where the lid was removed and the murdered woman was seen dressed in a neat suit of black silk, one of her crossed hands grasped the ivory handle of her favorite revolver. There were no religious services, the grim visaged attendants were heavily armed, and went about their work quietly. Each of them in accordance with the Indian custom placed a small piece of corn meal bread in the coffin, and then the lid was released and lowered, and scarcely had the grave been filled when James July, the dead woman's husband, who is a Creek, and not a Cherokee, and prefers to be called Starr, turned and approaching Watson, who with his wife was present, covered him with a Winchester and ordered him to surrender. Many persons thought he was going to be killed. Watson and his wife were quiet and cool. Watson gave up and said if they killed him they would kill the wrong man. He asked some of the men present to stay with him, as he feared he would be killed if he was left with Starr, and they did so. Fran Alverson Warren -------------- Van Buren Press Van Buren, Arkansas -Crawford County October 25, 1890 DEATH OF A ONCE NOTED INDIAN OUTLAW Muskogee, I. T. Oct. 19.-The recent death of old Tom Starr, at his home on the Canadian River, calls to mind the remarkable life of one of the most notorious outlaws the world has ever known. When the Cherokee Indians were domiciled in the Nation there arose a bitter feud between what was known as the Ridge and Ross Parties over the sale of land east of the Mississippi. Old Tom's father joined the Ridges and was shot down with and son and brother in his own door by members of the Ross faction. This was the time from which dates the bloody career of old Tom. About 20 years since the Cherokee Council entered into a compact with the outlaw, after his victims reached the estimated number of seventy, by which he turned unmolested to peaceful pursuits. He furnished the brains which planned the robbery of old man Grayson of $32,000, which was successfully executed with the aid of Belle Reed's cunning. The division of the spoils became a matter of contention after Jim Reed's tragic death in Texas, when Belle married Sam Starr, Tom's son. Three years ago Sam and one West, cousins, killed each other in a duel over a family feud, and a little later, Belle was assassinated, presumably by friends of her husband. Old Tom would speak freely of the Ridge-Ross war, but was mute on other crimes charged to him. ---------------- Van Buren Press Van Buren, Arkansas -Crawford County 1890 Van Buren Press February 1, 1890 Jim Starr, the notorious horse thief and desperado, who was shot nine miles from Ardmore, I. T., last Tuesday week by a posse of Deputy United States Marshal Heck Thomas, died in the United States jail at Fort Smith Monday night of his wounds. Jim sprang into prominence as a criminal and desperado about two years ago, when he became the third husband of the notorious Belle Starr, and has since made quite a record as a horse thief and all-around criminal. Fran Alverson Warren ------------- RVWeld wrote: > To editor > I would like to see the articles about thee death and burial of Belle > Starr sometime when you have time. Thanks, Ginny > > RVWeld IBSSG > Ginny in Neb > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Thank you for posting Bell Starr story Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Sanders" <esanders@cswnet.com> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] Re: AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-D Digest V01 #34 > Ginny, > Enjoy!. > Best wishes, > Ed > > STARR, BELLE, 1848-1889 > Belle Starr, originally Myra Belle SHIRLEY, b. Carthage, Mo., 1848, was > an American outlaw. During the U.S. Civil War she provided Confederate > guerrillas with information about the movements of federal troops. She > later joined the outlaw gang headed by William C. QUANTRILL. In 1880 she > married Sam STARR, who was of Cherokee and Irish extraction. Their home > in Indian Territory in Oklahoma became notorious as an outlaw retreat. > Belle STARR was shot and killed on Feb. 3, 1889, by an unknown > assailant. > > Bibliography: Breiham, C. W., and Rosamond, C. A., The Bandit Belle > (1970); Steele, P. W., Starr Tracks: Belle Starr and Pearl Starr (1989). > > Copyright 1995 by Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. > ------------- > March 2, 1889 > Van Buren Press > Crawford County, Arkansas > > BELLE STARR'S FUNERAL > > Times: A Fort Smithian who was in the neighborhood of Younger's Bend > where Belle Starr was killed was led by curiosity to attend her funeral > and of which he gives the following account: The remains lay in a neat > casket which was born by pall-bearers to the grave, where the lid was > removed and the murdered woman was seen dressed in a neat suit of black > silk, one of her crossed hands grasped the ivory handle of her favorite > revolver. > There were no religious services, the grim visaged attendants were > heavily armed, and went about their work quietly. Each of them in > accordance with the Indian custom placed a small piece of corn meal > bread in the coffin, and then the lid was released and lowered, and > scarcely had the grave been filled when James July, the dead woman's > husband, who is a Creek, and not a Cherokee, and prefers to be called > Starr, turned and approaching Watson, who with his wife was present, > covered him with a Winchester and ordered him to surrender. Many persons > thought he was going to be killed. Watson and his wife were quiet and > cool. Watson gave up and said if they killed him they would kill the > wrong man. He asked some of the men present to stay with him, as he > feared he would be killed if he was left with Starr, and they did so. > > Fran Alverson Warren > -------------- > Van Buren Press > Van Buren, Arkansas -Crawford County > > October 25, 1890 > > DEATH OF A ONCE NOTED INDIAN OUTLAW > > Muskogee, I. T. Oct. 19.-The recent death of old Tom Starr, at his home > on the Canadian River, calls to mind the remarkable life of one of the > most notorious outlaws the world has ever known. When the Cherokee > Indians were domiciled in the Nation there arose a bitter feud between > what was known as the Ridge and Ross Parties over the sale of land east > of the Mississippi. > Old Tom's father joined the Ridges and was shot down with and son and > brother in his own door by members of the Ross faction. This was the > time from which dates the bloody career of old Tom. About 20 years since > the Cherokee Council entered into a compact with the outlaw, after his > victims reached the estimated number of seventy, by which he turned > unmolested to peaceful pursuits. > > He furnished the brains which planned the robbery of old man Grayson of > $32,000, which was successfully executed with the aid of Belle Reed's > cunning. The division of the spoils became a matter of contention after > Jim Reed's tragic death in Texas, when Belle married Sam Starr, Tom's > son. Three years ago Sam and one West, cousins, killed each other in a > duel over a family feud, and a little later, Belle was assassinated, > presumably by friends of her husband. Old Tom would speak freely of the > Ridge-Ross war, but was mute on other crimes charged to him. > ---------------- > Van Buren Press > Van Buren, Arkansas -Crawford County > > 1890 Van Buren Press > > February 1, 1890 > > Jim Starr, the notorious horse thief and desperado, who was shot nine > miles > from Ardmore, I. T., last Tuesday week by a posse of Deputy United > States > Marshal Heck Thomas, died in the United States jail at Fort Smith Monday > > night of his wounds. Jim sprang into prominence as a criminal and > desperado > about two years ago, when he became the third husband of the notorious > Belle > Starr, and has since made quite a record as a horse thief and all-around > > criminal. > > Fran Alverson Warren > ------------- > > RVWeld wrote: > > > To editor > > I would like to see the articles about thee death and burial of Belle > > Starr sometime when you have time. Thanks, Ginny > > > > RVWeld IBSSG > > Ginny in Neb > > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > >