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LOT 3103
Historic Documented Kansas City, Missouri, Shipped Antique
Black Powder Frame Colt Single Action Army Revolver Mythically
Associated with the Deadly Charley Bryant-Ed Short Shootout
with Holster Rig, Badge, Factory Letter, and Additional
Documentation - Serial no. 146073, 45 Colt cal., 4 3/4 inch round bbl.,
blue/casehardened finish, hard rubber grips. This revolver dates to 1892
and was shipped to Kansas City, Missouri. An included notarized letter
from George B. Robberts on November 4, 1951, to Mrs.
D.H. Baldwin discusses what he knew about revolver
146073 owned by Delmar Baldwin. He states he lived
in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, when he was sixteen when
Deputy Marshal Ed Short and Charley Bryant killed each
other in a shootout in Waukomis, Oklahoma. Deputy
U.S. Marshal Charles Edwin “Ed” Short and his prisoner
“Black-Faced Charley” Bryant shot and killed each other
on board a Rock Island Line train en route to Wichita,
Kansas. Bryant was a member of the famous Dalton
Gang. Versions of the story vary in some details, including
whether the revolver used by Bryant was Short’s, was
Bryant’s revolver that had been taken by Short when he
arrested Bryant, or if it had belonged to the baggage car
guard/express car messenger. Some have it left on the
desk by Short, while others have him handing the revolver
to the baggage man who in turn set it on the desk or a
letter pigeon hole. Regardless of the exact details, Bryant
seized the revolver and fired upon Short who then returned
fire with his Winchester killing Bryant. Some accounts have
Bryant firing all six shots and indicate Short fired eight
times with his Winchester. By the time the train arrived in
Waukomis, Oklahoma, Short succumbed to his wounds.
Charley Bryant-Ed Short Shootout
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