Title: The Cornett-Whitley gang :
Authors: Johnson, David
Date: 2019
Publisher: University of North Texas Press,
Physical description: xviii, 284 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Abstract: This Book describes the activities of the Cornett-Whitley gang in Texas. They were active in 1887-88. The leaders were Bill Whitley and Brack Cornett, both killed by posses. They were best known for a train robbery at Flatonia, Texas in the summer of 1887.
Contents: At the mustang pen in Butler's pasture -- Demonic laughter -- The headwaters of Ugly creek -- Without a single train robber -- Fiendish atrocities -- Immunity from unpleasant consequences -- A stream of fire -- I will make things lively -- Wild, woolly and hard to curry -- Prefer them dead -- Lawless and violent -- The wages of sin.
Subject headings (LCSH): Biographies; Brigands and robbers--Texas--Biography.; Cornett, Brack, 1860-1888; Criminals--Texas--Biography.; Outlaws--Texas--Biography; Whitley, Bill, 1864-1888