Edward O’Kelley

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Edward O’Kelley was an American gunman best known for fatally shooting Robert Ford, the man who killed outlaw Jesse James.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
gunman
human
activePeriod late 19th century
associatedWith Jesse James NERFINISHED
Robert Ford NERFINISHED
birthDate 1857-10-01
burialPlace Oklahoma City, Oklahoma NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath gunshot wounds
causeOfDeathOf Robert Ford NERFINISHED
convictedOf murder of Robert Ford
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfKillingOfRobertFord 1892-06-08
dateOfPardon 1902
deathDate 1904-01-13
ethnicity Irish American (reported)
familyName O’Kelley NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Edward
historicalEra American Old West era NERFINISHED
imprisonedIn Colorado State Penitentiary NERFINISHED
killed Robert Ford NERFINISHED
killedBy Joe Burnett NERFINISHED
police officer
knownFor avenging Jesse James by killing Robert Ford
mannerOfDeath shot to death
mediaPortrayal depicted in works about Jesse James and Robert Ford
motiveDescribedAs revenge for the killing of Jesse James
name Edward Capehart O’Kelley NERFINISHED
notableEvent killed by a police officer in Oklahoma City after attacking him with a shotgun
shot and killed Robert Ford in a saloon in Creede, Colorado
notableFor killing Robert Ford
occupation gunman
pardonedBy Colorado Governor James Bradley Orman NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Oklahoma City, Oklahoma NERFINISHED
Oklahoma Territory NERFINISHED
placeOfKillingOfRobertFord Creede, Colorado NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity American Old West NERFINISHED
releasedFromPrisonIn 1902
sentence life imprisonment

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Robert Ford killedBy Edward O’Kelley