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Cap Brown
| Name: Unknown |
| Aliases: Cap
Brown |
| Date of Birth:
Unknown |
| Location of
Birth: Unknown |
| Occupation: Rustler,
Outlaw |
| Relationships:
None |
| Affiliations: None |
| Date of Death:
Unknown |
| Cause of
Death: Unknown |
| Cause of
Death: Unknown |
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Cap Brown was a
notorious horse thief operating out of Utah in the 1870’s. The Robbers
Roost area, later made infamous by the Wild Bunch and other outlaws, is
said to be named after Brown. Brown stole horses from western Utah to supply the
mining towns in Colorado, often operating teams of three to four men.
Mike Cassidy worked for
Brown on occasion and later his biggest fan, a young Robert Leroy
Parker,
would follow in Cassidy’s footsteps, both in career choice and in name.
Legend
has it that on one of these runs, pursued by a posse out for justice and
more than a little blood, one of Brown’s men was shot in the leg. After
driving back the posse, the bandits made their way up Angel Trail, so
named by Brown as he believed it took wings to get up. Once the reached
the summit and made camp, the outlaws attended to the wounded man. By this
time the wounds were badly swollen and the victim had lost a lot of blood,
dying later than night. The outlaws buried their compatriot on what would
later be known as Dead Man’s Hill.
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