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Vol 8, No 218

August 6, 1874

Thursday Evening

Outlaw Jim Reed killed by Lawmen

Today in Sports
Nolan Ryan gets ejected from game, loses 2-0
OAKLAND CA  (1992)   On this date in 1992, during an argument with Oakland A's Willie Wilson, Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan is ejected from the game, trailing 2-0 with 2 outs in the 9th. This was the only time Nolan Ryan's career that he was ever ejected from a game.   

Born This Date
Singer, Songwriter, Elliott Smith born
OMAHA NE   (1969)    On this date in 1969, singer-songwriter, Stephen Paul "Elliott" Smith was born in Nebraska. Raised in Texas, Smith received an Oscar nomination for his recording of "Miss Misery" on the soundtrack of "Goodwill Hunting".
   He died in 2003 from stab wounds that may have been self inflicted.   

Belle Star takes up Crime
PARIS (1874)  On this date in 1874, Jim Reed, was killed at Paris, Texas. He was wanted for robbing passengers of the Austin-San Antonio stage of $2,500 in April of that year. Reed was shot while trying to escape from custody. His wife, Belle, refused to identify his body, preventing the deputy sheriff from collecting a reward.
   Following her husbands death, Belle placed their children with relatives, moved to the Indian territory (Oklahoma), and took up with the Younger brothers and Jesse James. She eventually married Samuel Starr in 1880. Belle Starr served time in prison for Horse Thieving. After prison, Belle Starr became known as the "Bandit Queen".
   Belle Starr continued assisting her criminal associates, selling horses they had stolen from her Dallas livery. Starr escaped prosecution, however, until February 3, 1889, when she was shot to death in Oklahoma, just two days short of her 40th birthday. The identity of her killers remains a mystery.