death_place death_date birth_place other_names nationality birth_date period known_for article_title name occupation
arizona ? 1866 new york or north carolina robert '' birch henry birch , henry birch , `` three-fingered american 1827 early federalist and antebellum periods accomplice davenport and member of the notorious banditti of the prairie in the torture and murder of colonel george robert h. birch
 robert h. birch bandit , soldier , murderer , postmaster , prospector , lawman
robert h. birch

robert h. `` three-fingered '' birch -lrb- c. 1827 -- c. 1866 -rrb- was a 19th-century american adventurer , criminal , soldier .
lawman , postmaster , and prospector .
he was a member of the infamous `` banditti of the prairie '' in his youth , whose involvement in the torture-murder of george davenport in 1845 led to his turning state 's evidence against his co-conspirators .
he was also the discoverer of the pinos altos gold mine with jacob snively and james w. hicks and served with the arizona rangers during the american civil war .
