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Legends of the Old West

OUTLAWS Ep. 4 | “Dirty Dave Rudabaugh: Lincoln County Outlaw”

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

Arts, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Dave Rudabaugh, known as Dirty Dave or Arkansas Dave, flees a murder in Las Vegas, New Mexico and ends up in Fort Sumner after the Lincoln County War. He joins Billy the Kid’s gang just in time to be pursued relentlessly by Pat Garret, the new sheriff of Lincoln County. After Billy and Dirty Dave are captured, Dave escapes jail and runs south to Mexico for his last hurrah. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. For more details, visit our website www.blackbarrelmedia.com and check out our social media pages. We’re @OldWestPodcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. On YouTube, subscribe to LEGENDS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.4

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0:10.9

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0:17.3

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0:27.7

offer ends 20th of April, excludes Azure Express. Busting a prisoner out of jail came with risks, and getting a prisoner out of the Las Vegas,

0:53.3

New Mexico jail on North First Street

0:56.0

was no exception. Also called the San Miguel County Jail, the facilities holding cells were adjacent

1:02.7

to a plaza that connected law offices to the town's courthouse. There were only three cells in the

1:09.0

jail, so one lawman could easily keep an eye on his prisoners.

1:13.9

Ironically, a prisoner in one of the cells in the spring of 1880 was a lawman, or at least

1:19.2

he had been until very recently. Josh Webb had been the town marshal for probably six

1:25.8

weeks before he landed in his own jail.

1:28.9

The previous marshal had been killed in a shootout that resulted from a confrontation with

1:33.6

four unruly cowboys. The previous marshal and Josh Webb were part of a criminal syndicate in

1:40.3

Las Vegas that was known as the Dodge City Gang. Members of the gang held various important and official roles in town, and they used those roles to their advantage.

1:51.0

In March of 1880, Marshall Webb confronted a man in a saloon and ended up shooting and killing the man.

1:59.0

Webb claimed the man had been reaching for his pistol, and Webb fired in self-defense.

2:05.4

But very quickly, people in Las Vegas started to believe that the real reason for the confrontation

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