Black Jack and his gang would often visit the ranch of Herb Bassett, near Brown's Park, Colorado, who was known to have done business with several outlaws of the day, having supplied them with beef and fresh horses. The gang supposedly robbed the train just outside Nutt, New Mexico Territory, a water station twenty miles (32 km) north of Deming. Black Jack and a group of others were named as the robbers of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway train that was en route to Deming, New Mexico Territory, in 1892 with a large payroll aboard. He worked as a cowboy in the Pecos River Valley of New Mexico, where by 1894, his older brother, Sam Ketchum, had joined him. He left Texas in 1890, possibly after committing a crime. Tom Ketchum was born in San Saba County, Texas. The execution by hanging was botched he was decapitated because the executioner used a rope that was too long.įirst train robberies and murders He was executed in 1901 for attempted train robbery. Thomas Edward Ketchum (known as Black Jack October 31, 1863 – April 26, 1901) was an American cowboy who later became an outlaw. Decapitation due to botched execution by hanging
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