Keller's Gang

Keller's Gang are a prominent faction in the later 1890's during the western days that ran many operations out of the states of West Chatley and Weirdale, they were widely hated by people due to their recklessness and their fear they inspired to country folk.

## History

### Background

Keller's Gang formed around the early 1890's when Abraham Keller was sprung from jail and took charge of a money wagon robbery which went so well there were no casualties on the gang's side, after the group's first successful robbery the gang grew its influence in the state of West Chatley building up their reputation with running side operations in the mining town of Tallport through the mines and also staging robberies on trains and stagecoaches.

#### West Chatley

Whilst the gang never truly originated in West Chatley it was there that they made their name known for being one of the most feared gangs, after the gang had formed they started setting up separate camps across the state of West Chatley so that they had more eyes across the state and could relay information to each other. With this being done the gang began making their names by setting up checkpoints robbing people, however this was not enough for the gang and so they decided to begin robbing stage coaches and trains that went in and out of Tallport. With these robberies they became well known by the people of West Chatley, after making their name feared Abraham Keller and Willis Olson travelled into Tallport where they spoke to a foreman within the mining company there running a protection operation in turn for protecting their deliveries they would receive regular payments, this worked out well for the gang and this operation stayed around for quite a while.

#### Expanding and New Horizons

After their successes within West Chatley they had expanded into other states which included northern states but then they had expanded into the state of Weirdale which due to the much livelier state that it is compared to West Chatley would require having most of the gang there, upon entering the state of Weirdale the gang would start harassing the country side even coming to blows with David Beck who was on the losing side of this growing problem. After causing these problems the gang began setting up their operations with selling women to people amongst other businesses, the gang shortly made their move to Bandera where they tried continuing their cycle of businesses but went to war with the Calderon Family who were a crime family that ran everything within the city. The war between the two spilled a lot of blood on both side which caused both leaders to agree to a peace treaty with the gang doing business outside the city and the family doing business inside the city with the exception of the Calderons sending their own wagons out from the city.

### 1898

#### Build and Conquer

Around the late 1890's Keller's Gang had become one of the most feared gangs throughout two states, with this reputation came competition with other groups hoping to make their name, Keller's Gang had managed to quell many of these gangs destroying or recruiting them into their own gang which only boosted their number to which eventually even people like William Green kept on their good side to save his own skin. For some time in Weirdale Keller's Gang took to cattle rustling and holding farmers ransom, this only added to their reputation which put a bigger bounty on Abraham Keller's head.

#### Old Habits

Around the year of 1898 Duke's Boys, a gang ran by Emmet Duke, had made their way into Weirdale and were seeking job opportunities however Emmet did not know that Abraham Keller and his gang were also in Weirdale and this led to Emmet undermining the gang's operations around the state which the information about these operations was provided to them by William Green who helped Emmet take down Keller's Gang, after a while Emmet Duke and some of his gang would attack a local encampment around a deserted cabin that Emmet had assumed was their main base. After the assault Emmet and his gang had taken down a huge portion of Keller's Gang including capturing one of Abraham's lieutenants Willis Olson, however at the same time Abraham Keller and what remained of his crew had taken William Green hostage as he had figured out it was him giving Emmet information about their operations, these events would lead to the Jericho Shootout which left many of Keller's Gang dead and only few men left loyal to Abraham.

#### Final Moments

After the shootout the gang was left to little to no men left and had returned to West Chatley where Abraham had hoped to recruit more men to bring the fight back to Emmet, shortly after their return to Tallport the men would be ambushed with Abraham being captured by David Beck who was a US Marshal hunting many gangs across the country at the time and would return to Weirdale and eventually to Bandera to bring Abraham to jail where he would eventually be hung, with Abraham dead there would be no other sign of the gang after this.