Edward Capehart O'Kelley

Edward Capehart O'Kelley
Edward Capehart O'Kelley c. 1890
BornOctober 1, 1857
Harrisonville, Missouri, U.S.[1]
DiedJanuary 13, 1904(1904-01-13) (aged 46)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory
Cause of deathGunshot wounds

Edward Capehart O'Kelley (October 1, 1857[2] – January 13, 1904) was an American murderer who killed Robert Ford, who had killed the famous outlaw Jesse James to receive a bounty. He was the subject of a 1994 book by his (O'Kelley's) great-great-niece.[3]

Over the years, historians and contemporary newspapers erroneously spelled O'Kelley's surname as "Kelly" or "O'Kelly", sometimes mistakenly using the letter "O" as his middle initial.[1]

  1. ^ a b O' Neal, Bill (1991), "Kelly, Ed O.", Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 174
  2. ^ "O'Kelleys in America". Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  3. ^ Ed O'Kelley: The Man Who Killed Jesse James' Murderer, by Judith Ries