Original subtitles

Doolin: in 1894...

Let 'em have it.

...The name bill doolin was On the lips of every lawman,

Bounty hunter, And vigilante in the west.

I'd set oklahoma territory Ablaze

With a crime spree

That no criminal gang Ever matched before or since

And won the biggest shootout In outlaw history.

The shooting Is just absolutely incredible,

The greatest fight between Organized lawmen and outlaws

Ever in the west.

Doolin! Come out with your hands up!

You can go to hell!

[ laughs ]

Doolin: I rose to the top of The ruthless gang of desperados

Known far and wide As the daltons...

Maybe I didn't hear you Proper,

But it sounds like You just called me a coward.

...Until they became The doolins.

Man: doolin's been involved In more criminal acts

Than almost, you know, Any gang in western history.

Doolin: My bold and brazen robberies

Made me the target

Of the biggest manhunt In oklahoma history.

Before I was through,

I had blazed my name In criminal glory.

Man: there's a real connection

Between doolin And the james boys

With those depression-era Outlaws from the same region --

Pretty boy floyd, Bonnie and clyde.

Doolin: I lived a life Of my own choosing...

[ gunshots ]

...Knowing full well What the outcome must be.

Hello, bill.

But sure as hell...

I'd do it all over again.

-- captions by vitac -- www.Vitac.Com

Captions paid for by Discovery communications

Doolin: by 1896, I, bill doolin,

Had spent many long years living On the wrong side of the law.

I'd seen Most of my comrades-in-arms

Gunned down in cold blood.

Yet I myself Had managed to elude

What the law called justice.

Halt! Bill!

But now, facing the rifles Of a determined posse,

I wondered whether the outlaw Trail I'd ridden so long

Had finally come to an end.

Boggs: When we remember bill doolin,

We remember that He's a killer and a thief.

But there's something about him

That always made him A little more popular.

O'neal: bill doolin Actually was a natural leader.

He was a likable guy, Looked pretty good.

You know, he was tall.

Rangy guy, 6'2", 150 pounds.

He had winning ways.

You know, outlaws, just by The nature of their business,

Are romanticized.

Doolin: you ask any outlaw,

And he'll say it was injustice, Desperation, or just rotten luck

That set him at odds With the law.

I've known plenty Of criminally minded men.

And to be sure, some of them Were just plain wicked.

But most, myself included,

Were decent folk to whom Life had dealt an unfair hand.

I started out in life

With nothing but my family name And a willingness to work.

Weiser-alexander: bill doolin Was the son of sharecroppers.

Most sharecroppers' kids Helped their parents.

So he probably worked hard When he was growing up.

He lived in arkansas.

And when he got old enough, He left home.

And he went to indian territory. He wanted to be a cowboy.

I'm gonna need another swig To get her out of my mind.

Doolin: by 1891, I was a ranch hand in oklahoma,

Which was then called Indian territory.

It was the last place in america

Where a man could still live Entirely free,

Beyond the reach of The law's ever-lengthening arm.

Roth: this was a place Where people went to hide.

You could get lost there.

But you have to remember How large an area this was.

It was 7,000 square miles.

Doolin: ranching was hard work, But it paid a living wage.

And I was glad to be employed.

But then, I met

The soon-to-be-infamous Dalton brothers.

And from that moment on, My life would never be the same.

The daltons certainly wanted to Make a name for themselves.

Ferguson: in the 1890s,

There's all these Fantastic dime novels

And newspapers About the robin hood,

Frank and jesse james, The younger brothers.

This influenced them, I believe, to some extent.

[ chuckles ]

All I'm saying,

I don't see why Selling alcohol to the indians

Is illegal In the first place.

I mean, they sure as hell Get enough of it anyway.

Bob dalton seems To have been the catalyst.

He was the one Who gathered people together,

And he was the cement For the dalton gang.

I bet you've heard The dalton name

Painted in blackest villainy.

But I knew them as decent folk, At least at first.

[ laughter ]

They served as lawmen For a time.

But being too often cheated Of their meager pay,

They turned to crime instead.

As a matter of fact, I happen to know a fella

Who's planning on bringing in A load next month.

Doolin: when bob asked me

To join them In their illicit trade,

I hesitated at first,

Figuring he was Just blowing hot air.

Let's say we were serious About this now, bill.

Reckon you want in On a share?

Maybe.

But seeing as You're not serious,

This ain't nothing But bold talk, is it?

Doolin: but the truth was

Finding honest work Was becoming almost impossible.

And I had grown weary Of leading a pauper's life.

Gomber: well there were An awful lot of cowboys

Out of work in that period,

And doolin was tired Of being poor.

And I can kind of understand His motivations, actually.

Doolin: it wasn't long

Before bob put his brazen plans Into action

And our humble band of ranchers Became robbers.

Hansen: they started out With introducing whiskey.

Then they went into horse Thievery, stealing cattle.

And I think they found

The excitement of it Pleasurable.

The adrenaline rush Of being chased and shot at

Became intoxicating for them.

O'neal: Bill doolin fell in with them,

And he was A kind of a natural leader.

And he could take care Of himself.

He was an excellent shot.

And so, all of a sudden,

He's a key member Of the dalton gang.

Ready to do this?

That is a bet I will take, My friend.

Doolin: our first robberies Were successful.

And I enjoyed having money In my pocket for a change.

The dalton brothers were really More partners than friends.

They were rash and careless.

But "Tulsa jack" blake Was like a brother.

I never knew A steadier man than he,

Nor a cooler hand in a gunfight.

Roth: tulsa jack blake Was a fast draw,

Very dangerous with a gun.

Doolin: unlike tulsa jack,

"Bittercreek" newcomb Was a free spirit.

And he was the very devil With the ladies.

And charley pierce was The finest horseman I ever met,

As well as a trusted friend.

Is that the job money?

That is.

Now, I took An extra share for myself

Since I pulled this All together.

If anyone minds, tell 'em To join some other outfit.

What you've got On each side here

Are two very strong men.

I have to wonder

If bill doolin no longer wants To play this game

The way bob dalton plays it.

Maybe we ought to think About heading into texas.

We're getting known Around here.

[ laughs ]

Well, don't you fret None, bill.

I don't pay you To do my thinking for me.

Bill!

Don't go running off, now.

You stay close by. Got something big shaping up.

Let's ride out, boys.

Doolin: although I thought Bob had grown reckless,

I kept my concerns to myself

Until he told us Of his plan for coffeyville,

The robbery that would be The daltons' last.

Simple as that.

We're in and out In 15 minutes, 20 tops.

Weiser-alexander: The coffeyville raid

Was bob dalton's idea.

And why did he want to do this?

Well, of course, He wanted the money.

But he also wanted To get a name for himself

That was bigger Than jesse james.

Two banks in broad daylight At the same time?

Seems like a tall order, Don't it?

Maybe. Maybe not.

Come on, boys.

We clean out these two banks, Head on down to mexico.

Well, hell, jesse james never Even pulled a caper like that.

So who's in?

You know, That's -- that's fine.

That's great, bill.

We can do this without you

If you ain't got The sand for it.

Maybe I didn't hear you Proper,

But it sounds like You just called me a coward.

[ rifle cocks ]

Man: easy, fellas.

We're all friends here.

Enough talk.

Are you in Or are you out?

No man alive can accuse me Of lacking grit.

But bob's half-baked plan

To rob both of the banks In his own hometown,

In broad daylight, no less, Was lunacy.

Good luck, fellas.

You'll need it.

Come on, boys.

Tulsa jack, bittercreek, Charley, and myself

Bid the daltons adios.

And I reckon you know What happened next.

[ gunfire ]

Roth: the coffeyville debacle

Is the bloodiest street battle In the old west.

[ gunfire ]

A huge gunfight erupted

Between the would-be robbers And the townspeople themselves.

After the smoke cleared, There were four dead outlaws.

The two brothers, Bob and grat dalton,

Had been killed.

And three citizens Of coffeyville had been killed.

I mean, they paid for it, This decision, with their lives.

I mean, they paid The ultimate price for it.

Doolin: I'd warned bob Against his foolish plan,

But he hadn't listened To reason.

Now he and his brothers Were dead.

For the rest of us boys, Life went on.

Doolin put a gang together

With the remnants Of the dalton gang.

There's been books written About the oklahombres.

It was usually referred to As the doolin gang

Because he was The face of the gang.

There you are.

Thank you very much For your business.

Doolin: the first robbery I led

Was nothing like the daltons' Death ride into coffeyville.

I made sure to strike Where no one was looking

And where No one knew my face...

Say, mister?

Is there someone here I could ask about a loan?

Yes, sir. I'm your man.

...300 long miles to the west Of our old stomping grounds,

In spearville, kansas.

Let me just skip Straight to the withdrawal.

Hands up! Put 'em up!

Come on.

Like I said, let's skip Straight to the withdrawal.

Look at me. Have you lost your mind?

Is that your money?

Give that to me.

Now bag it up. And be quick.

Doolin: I'd left charley pierce Watching the street,

Along with a new recruit We called "Ol" yantis.

Their job was to keep the locals Under control...

Bank's closed.

...And out of harm's way.

Time to go on home.

You, y'all get off the street. Get going.

Time to go home.

[ knocks on window ]

Come on, now.

Doolin: we knew the locals Would take up arms against us

Once they realized We were robbing their bank.

And guess what?

You're coming with us.

But I had a plan For that contingency, as well.

The problem was That when they came out,

By then, the citizens Were mobilizing.

They had armed themselves.

Doolin: I ran the gauntlet Beneath their rifles,

Trusting the vigilantes wouldn't Risk killing an innocent man.

What the hell are you doing? This ain't your money.

I had no desire To shed the blood

Of townspeople Who'd done me no wrong.

But I made it clear

That if they wanted A bloody gunfight in spearville,

I'd sure as hell Give them one.

I said put them down! You don't put them down,

I'm gonna blow This man's head off!

Doolin: What the hell are you doing? This ain't your money.

I said put them down! You don't put them down,

I'm gonna blow This man's head off!

Only a few weeks had passed

Since the dalton gang had turned The rivers red in coffeyville.

Nobody's gonna get hurt. Nobody's gonna --

[ indistinct shouting ]

-hyah! -hyah!

Get 'em.

Doolin: Since then, I, bill doolin,

Had formed a gang of my own.

And after a bold And bloodless robbery

Of the spearville bank,

The oklahombres were on the run.

Doolin was Kind of like butch cassidy

In that he would set up relays With horses for getaways

After he robbed banks And things like that.

He was a smart outlaw.

Doolin: I was confident We would escape our pursuers

And that this was Just the beginning

For the outlaw gang already Known as the oklahombres.

Hansen: bill doolin was a rebel.

He liked action,

Liked what Money could bring you.

He needed that rush, The rush of fear,

The rush of Somebody shooting at you

And of being on the lam.

[ gunshots ]

Doolin: With a swift horse beneath me

And trusted friends at my side,

I feared neither death Nor capture.

The doolin gang's first robbery Was a complete success.

And there would be more to come.

Roth: bill doolin had A lot of leadership qualities.

And he made very good decisions,

Which made him A very organized criminal

And a very successful one.

Doolin: as planned, We split up after spearville,

Confounding the lawmen On our trail.

But a few weeks later,

I reconnected with the boys At our safe haven

In the outlaw-friendly town Of ingalls, oklahoma.

O'neal: doolin, he had All these guys with nicknames --

"Red buck" waightman, "Dynamite dick" clifton,

"Arkansas tom jones,"

"Little bill" raidler, "Little dick" west

And on and on and on With these guys.

The oklahombres.

Doolin: even as we basked In our success,

Grim news arrived.

One of our own, ol yantis,

Had been hunted down By so-called lawmen.

[ gunshot ]

I didn't know it then,

But it was a portent Of things to come.

Roth: typically,

How law enforcement went after These guys is

They would find out where Their friends and family were.

And so, they tracked him down.

And in the ensuing gunfight, Ol yantis refuses to give up.

And even when he's shot down,

He's reloading his gun Several times.

Doolin: The killing of ol yantis

By men purporting To enforce the law

Was a bitter pill to swallow.

Ladies, would you mind Giving us a moment here?

Thank you.

He'd had no trial, Nor been convicted,

But had been executed Nonetheless.

Pass it around.

Such was the state of justice In oklahoma.

Now, you listen, boys.

Those villains Will serve us the same

If they get a chance.

But I don't need to tell you

That we're all riding A dangerous trail,

Living outside the law And earning our keep as robbers.

Now, each one of you here

Has got your own reason For turning outlaw.

And it's no business of mine.

So I'll understand if anyone Wants to go their own way.

And do what, bill? Get a job?

[ laughter ]

Be it resolved, then.

The oklahombres Would ride again,

And the devil take the hindmost.

Amen to that. Oklahombres.

Yeah, boys. Boys.

Whoo!

If the authorities In oklahoma territory

Thought we'd give up After they'd killed one of us,

They thought wrong.

Gomber: on june 10, 1893,

One of doolin's gang members, Tulsa jack blake,

Flagged down The california express,

Part of the santa fe railroad.

[ train whistle blows ]

Doolin: railroad companies Were my first choice to attack.

They were always carrying Large amounts of cash.

Hey. Get the hell down here, Mister.

This is a robbery.

And their unscrupulous practices

Made them the natural enemy Of the working man.

Hansen: I think trains Were a good target

Because there was a resentment Toward the railroads.

They thought that they had taken All the best land,

That they'd run through People's properties.

All right, boys. Let's get to work.

[ gunshots ]

Whoo!

Open up!

They'd try to get the messenger To open the door.

I ain't gonna Ask you twice.

Man: go to hell!

Have it your way, sir.

Let's go.

All right. Let 'em have it.

[ gunshots ]

Boggs: they're firing shots, Pistol shots,

In through the door To get them to open,

And there's no response.

Ah.

It never fails to amaze me When some sucker like you

Risks their life For railroad money.

Well, it's my job, isn't it? At least, it was.

Probably get fired For this.

Well, I do regret that, Sir.

But at least you'll have A hell of a story to tell.

Man: let's go.

You'll be all right.

Anyone thinking To fire on us or give chase,

Just remember that we didn't Take a penny off anyone.

We got no quarrel With common folk.

But you give us cause, And we'll shoot you right down.

It was another flawless robbery.

No one had been killed,

And we left the passengers In peace.

It was the railroad's money I wanted, not theirs.

That's the way successful Train robbers did it,

And that's the way Bill doolin usually did it.

Ferguson: You didn't want to kill anybody.

You didn't want to Rough anybody up

Because that's gonna turn The citizenry against you.

Doolin: we'd gotten away Almost scot-free,

Save a lucky shot from a posse That shattered my foot.

We scattered into the last true No-man's-land of the frontier,

The cowboy flats Of oklahoma territory.

It was a very friendly area Towards them,

Especially in the town Of ingalls, you know,

Where they would spend A lot of their time.

Ingalls essentially made A deal with the devil.

As long as the outlaws That came to the town

Did not rob anyone or Any of the businesses in town,

They were welcome to stay.

O'neal: and the ingalls people Liked them.

They came in and spent money. They were off the beaten trail.

Weiser-alexander: And it was also

Bill doolin's home territory.

Look sharp, bill. That's "Heck" thomas.

I reckon he's here Looking for you.

O'neal: heck thomas Was a terrific lawman.

He was in at least 10 gunfights That I know of.

And he was a fair man

And just as fine a western Lawman as there ever was.

You better step Out of the way, doc.

[ gun cocks ]

Yeah, I don't see anything Around here.

We should check out The seminole river bottom.

Doolin: up to now,

No lawman had been able to bring The oklahombres to heel.

[ gunshot ]

But e.D. Nix, The new u.S. Marshal,

Had orders to dismantle The outlaw class in oklahoma.

And he put his best men On the case.

Roth: evett dumas nix,

He had authority Over 70,000 square miles

Of criminal activity.

Gomber: e.D. Nix had permission

To stop the outlawry in oklahoma At any cost,

And he didn't care if he had to Kill these guys or not.

And sometimes, killing them Was an easier thing to do, too.

Mr. Nix was bound and determined

He's gonna take These outlaws out.

He was gonna get them.

Marshal.

Doolin: I had mastered The outlaw's trade

That killed the dalton gang.

But now, I faced a fearsome trio Known as the three guardsmen.

"Bill" tilghman, "Heck" thomas, and chris madsen

Were the bravest lawmen West of the mississippi.

Let's get right to the matter At hand, shall we?

I have reason to suspect The doolin gang

Can be found right here In ingalls.

Doolin: And before the year's end,

They would draw me Into the bloodiest gunfight

The west would ever know.

Doolin! You're completely surrounded!

Doolin: by 1893, I'd become

One of the most successful Outlaws in oklahoma territory.

I had pulled off eight heists In just two years

And raked in More than 30 grand in cash.

Gomber: bill doolin put together

A very efficient group Of bandits and killers

That did a lot of robberies In oklahoma.

Doolin: september 1, 1893

Dawned like any other day In ingalls.

Weiser-alexander: In the morning, the entire gang,

With the exception Of arkansas tom jones,

Are in the saloon.

They're drinking. They're playing cards.

They're having a great time.

Why, thank you.

Arkansas tom jones is sick,

And so he's upstairs In a hotel room.

Doolin: We had no idea that by sunset,

We'd blaze a new chapter

In the bloody history Of the old west.

Marshal e.D. Nix

Had sent a dozen of His best lawmen to corral us.

And among them was at least one Genuine old west hero.

Jim masterson was A famous lawman from dodge city,

And the younger brother Of bat masterson.

He knew his business.

And he, at least, knew What he was getting into.

You folks might want To go inside.

Gomber: Jim masterson, bat's brother,

Rarely gets credit Because of his brother,

But he was an efficient lawman.

And jim masterson Got involved in more gunfights

Than both of his older brothers Put together.

Oh, hey, newcomb,

Ain't you supposed to be Going down to guthrie?

Oh. That's right.

Doolin: nix's deputies came Not to serve us warrants

But to shoot us down Like savage beasts.

And once again, it was a lawman Who drew first blood.

All of a sudden, gunfire erupts.

[ horse whinnies ]

It's just the beginning.

It's the law!

Cover me, charley!

Gomber: Bittercreek just galloped out Of town as quick as he could.

He was hit, And his rifle was broken.

And he couldn't help them.

Even the sick arkansas tom jones Is in the action.

He's shooting out at the posse From his upstairs window.

Gomber: most of the outlaws Took cover in ransom saloon.

There were later 172 bullet holes counted

In the walls of ransom's,

Although none of the outlaws Were hit.

O'neal: meanwhile, in the town,

Five people Have been gunned down.

One of them, a kid, Was shot fatally.

Doolin! You're completely surrounded!

Come out With your hands up!

You can go to hell!

[ laughs ]

[ rifle cocks, gunshot ]

Boys, we better go.

Roth: the doolins know That they're surrounded.

Their horses are in a livery Stable around the block.

And all of them, armed, Come bursting out of the saloon.

-come on, bill. -get in there, bill!

Some of them go to the livery. They jump onto their horses.

Roth: By the time they leave town,

They left in their wake At least six dead people,

Including three deputy marshals.

And arkansas tom Still in his hotel room.

If that son of a bitch Don't come down,

I'm gonna blow that hotel To pieces with him in it.

Jim masterson wanted to blow The entire hotel to smithereens

With dynamite to get him out,

Which pretty much convinced Arkansas tom

That it was time to surrender.

Don't shoot! I'm bringing him out.

Just don't shoot!

Roth: he saw the game was up.

And he knew That these guys, you know,

Were not gonna take Many prisoners.

The gun.

Gomber: and when they told him That his pals

Had all galloped out of town And left him there,

He was, According to all reports,

Very deflated about it.

Get up.

By god, officer, I -- I didn't want to hurt nobody.

I swear.

If you want to make it To jail alive,

I suggest You shut your mouth.

[ grunts ]

Get 'em.

So doolin has escaped.

This time, the bad guys won.

Ferguson: Mr. Nix was bound and determined

He's gonna take These outlaws out.

He's gonna get them.

Roth: the oklahoma territory Was so rife with banditry

That he basically said, "Shoot 'em all.

Ask the questions afterwards."

Doolin: we'd escaped The murderous ambush

Sprung on us By e.D. Nix's guardsmen,

But we didn't emerge unscathed.

Bittercreek newcomb Was badly wounded,

And poor tom was sentenced To 50 years in prison.

Roth: Following the ingalls raid,

Doolin was basically running For his life at this point,

As were their other members Of his gang.

When will you be back?

I don't know. I'll send word.

Doolin: Now the name "Bill doolin"

Was on the lips Of every lawman, vigilante,

And bounty hunter in oklahoma.

And all of them are eager To cash in on my corpse.

All right. Listen up.

I'm hiring up a posse This afternoon.

I need five men, Horses, and rifles.

Each man will share the reward.

Doolin: from that day forward, I was america's most wanted man.

Hello, bill.

It's the law!

Doolin: that dustup in ingalls Made me, bill doolin,

The target of every lawman and Bounty hunter in the territory.

But the smoldering heat Didn't deter the oklahombres.

We continued to ply our trade To perfection,

Pulling off one successful Robbery after another.

At the time, I thought We'd elude the law forever.

But in truth, Our days were numbered.

Gomber: on april 3, 1895,

Doolin and his oklahombres Robbed a rock island train,

And things did not go well.

They didn't expect Any real pursuit,

But chris madsen Was a pretty alert lawman,

And he put together a posse Real quickly.

And when they rode up,

It appears that tulsa jack blake Was on guard.

I got you now, You bastards.

Walk softly, boys.

We're gonna move in Close behind 'em.

Wait for my signal.

Doolin: We'd already had close calls

With e.D. Nix's three guardsmen, Who dogged our trails

The length and breadth Of oklahoma.

This time, chris madsen Got a step ahead of us.

And no doubt he thought He'd bring us back

As either prisoners or corpses.

But tulsa jack blake, God rest his soul,

Saved us from disaster.

Bill!

[ gunfire ]

One of the possemen Brought him down

With a bullet near the heart That killed him instantly.

Go! Go!

Doolin: jack's demise after so Many faithful years at my side

Was a terrible blow.

But he died with his boots on, A free man until the very end.

Gomber: and again, The doolin gang escapes,

As they had been doing For a long time

And would For not too much longer.

Bell: more and more of them Were picked off.

They didn't have a chance,

Which really upset doolin And made it worse for him.

Doolin: after tulsa jack,

Bittercreek newcomb And charley pierce

Were the next to bite the dust,

Murdered in their beds By bounty hunters.

Well, you know, it was 1896.

And at that point, He should've looked around.

All the bad guys, all the guys That had ridden with him,

Are getting killed by this time.

The west had become A hard place to be an outlaw in.

Roth: and he was kind of hoping To go somewhere else,

Maybe new mexico.

But, you know, The bottom line is,

Is what was he gonna do there?

It's hard to imagine him living The life of an ordinary farmer.

Doolin: With oklahoma papered over

By wanted posters Bearing my name,

And suffering as I was

From wounds received Over years of outlaw life,

I decided to regain my health In arkansas,

Far away, I presumed,

From the lurking presence Of bounty hunters and lawmen.

Bill doolin had taken A severe wound in the foot.

This had been A couple of years earlier,

But what happened is It turned rheumatic.

And he had terrible pain.

He decided, While he's on the loose,

To go to eureka springs And take the waters

And maybe that Would relieve his pain.

An informant Told bill tilghman about it.

He goes to eureka springs.

Almost immediately, He encounters doolin.

Bill tilghman, Already well known

As a very talented, successful Buffalo hunter, tracker,

Good man with a gun.

Bill's famous in kansas,

Almost mythic In the state of oklahoma.

Doolin: old bill had spent years On my trail,

Hoping to bring the infamous Bill doolin to heel.

Now it seemed his moment Had come at last.

[ gun cocks ]

Hello, bill.

Deputy tilghman.

Looking well.

Uh.

Don't make me blow The top of your head off.

Doolin: thinking of my family, I hesitated,

When in earlier years,

I'd have sent tilghman To meet his maker.

You let me walk out of here Without wearing handcuffs,

I'll give you my word I'll come quiet.

Get your hat. Let's go.

Tilghman caught me Fair and square.

And unlike His murdering colleagues,

He had the decency to let me Surrender peacefully.

I was facing life in prison If convicted.

But I had no intention Of ever standing trial at all.

Hold steady! Hold!

Unlock this door, Damn you,

Or I'll blow This man's head off.

Doolin: after years Of living on the run,

The law had caught up With me at last.

[ gun cocks ]

Hello, bill.

I knew bill tilghman,

And he wasn't a man Given to making empty threats.

You let me walk out of here Without wearing handcuffs,

I'll give you my word I'll come quiet.

But I also knew He was an honorable lawman

Who'd let me live

If I surrendered Without violence.

Ladies.

Boggs: the story is, When bill tilghman captures him,

He's talked doolin Into pleading guilty,

And they won't hang him.

They'll give him 50 years in prison.

Doolin: as you've probably Guessed by now,

There was no way in hell

I was gonna wait around For a trial.

Roth: well, after bill doolin Was arrested,

He knew what it felt like To be locked up.

Considering all the crimes

That he committed In his whole career,

This is the only night He ever spent in jail,

Which is kind of remarkable For someone with that résumé.

Doolin: I determined right away The guards were comically inept.

Breaking out would require Only leadership and daring.

Naturally, I rose to the occasion.

They kind of figured out The guards.

Roth: One inmate would try a ruse

That would, you know, Make them open up the gate.

Hey, guard.

Can I get a drink of water? Could you fill me up?

And so he tried to force This larger cup that he had

That wouldn't fit Through the bars.

Thank you. Thank you, sir.

[ indistinct shouting ]

Back here, man. Keys.

O'neal: they got the keys, Opened up some cells.

And they got a gun From one of them.

Ah.

Just calm yourself. It'll be over soon.

Unlock this door, Damn you,

Or I'll blow This man's head clean off!

Doolin: within minutes,

I was out of jail And on the loose.

And I resolved never to set foot In a cell again.

I would live as a free man Or die trying.

O'neal: after bill doolin

And several confederates Broke out of jail,

Everybody's after them.

Tremendous manhunt.

He is hiding out At an old hideout of his,

And he would come in every night And see his wife and kid.

They had people looking for him.

And sure enough, they found him.

Doolin: again, I felt A strong premonition of danger.

But this time,

It was accompanied By an acute sense of dread.

Somehow, I knew There could be no escape.

It was ultimately heck thomas Who hunted doolin down.

Halt! Bill!

Roth: and so, heck thomas Had the reputation

Of always giving a warning Before he shot somebody.

And he gives doolin A chance to give up.

Doolin: I stood alone, Helplessly surrounded by men

Who were eager to profit From my death.

I had reached the end Of the outlaw's path.

Well, bill was not about to Go gently into that good night.

And doolin goes For his winchester.

Bullets and a shotgun blast

Are gonna end bill doolin's Criminal activities forever.

Doolin: never again

Would I feel my wife's heartbeat Against my own

Nor the rush of A galloping horse beneath me.

Death claims from all of us The joys we cherish most.

But I had died game, Surrendering to no man,

And went to my grave Without regrets.

Roth: and, of course,

One of the most famous Death portraits of the west

Is the picture of doolin

Riddled by 21 bullet holes In his chest.

Hansen: Bill doolin is shown shirtless,

Lying on his back, Head turned to the side,

Eyes still open, Many bullet holes on him.

And each one of them looked like About the size of a quarter.

And so his career of outlawry Ended violently,

As did that of most of the guys That ran with him.

Gomber: I think that bill doolin Deserves more recognition

Than he's gotten over the years.

He was a wily outlaw,

And he wasn't bloodthirsty, Either.

We got no quarrel With common folk.

Maybe I didn't hear you Proper,

But it sounds like You just called me a coward.

Roth: it's kind of ironic that Doolin, of all of the outlaws,

Probably did more to bring peace To the oklahoma territory

Than anybody else

Because of all the heat that He drew from law enforcement.

Doolin, he makes it impossible

For lawmen who actually Sort of liked him

To let him go.

How's edith?

Oh, she will not Be pleased with me.

They have to bring him in,

And they have to bring him in With his boots on.

Bill! Halt!