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Starr, Belle

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Starr, (Shirley) Belle (1848–1889)

US bandit queen. She was rumoured to be the leader of a band of horse thieves and was convicted once by ‘Hanging Judge’ Parker in 1883. On other occasions, she defended herself and her companions with great legal skill.

She was born at or near Carthage, Missouri. Her brothers were killed while fighting with Quantrill's Raiders in the Civil War and in gunfights. She was shot and killed – allegedly by a man wanted for murder and who inevitably feared she might turn him in – and she was immortalized in popular literature.



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