caption resting_place death_date death_place birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation death_cause
jim courtright oakwood cemetery , ft. worth , texas february 8 , 1887 -lrb- aged 39 -rrb- fort worth , texas sangamon county , illinois , usa 1848 sarah weeks sarah weeks sheriff jim courtright.jpg jim courtright -lrb- gunman -rrb-
 timothy isaiah `` jim '' courtright lawman deputy sheriff , deputy u.s. marshal , private detective , , gambler , and gunfighter businessman , jailer , city marshal , gunshot
jim courtright -lrb- gunman -rrb-

jim courtright -lrb- born timothy isaiah courtright , also known as `` longhair jim '' or `` big jim '' courtright -rrb- -lrb- 1848 - february 8 , 1887 -rrb- , was a sheriff in ft. worth , texas in 1887 when he was killed in a shoot out with gambler and gunfighter luke short .
before his death , people feared courtright 's reputation as a gunman , and he successfully reduced ft. worth 's murder rate by more than half , while reportedly extracting protection money from town business owners .
