BRIDWELL, J. W. ,THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBERT MCKIMIE, ALIAS "LITTLE REDDY" FROM TEXAS: THE DARE-DEVIL DESPERADO OF THE BLACK HILLS REGION, CHIEF OF THE MURDEROUS GANG OF TREASURE COACH ROBBERIES COMMITTED BY HIM AND HIS GANG IN HIGHLAND, PIKE, AND ROSS COUNTIES: WITH PARTICULARS OF DETECTIVE NORRIS' ADVENTURES WHILE EFFECTING THE CAPTURE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GANG. COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES. Hillsboro: Hillsboro Gazette Office, 1878. 56 pp., portraits. 8vo., original stiff yellow pictorial wrappers (with a chilling portrait of McKimie), sewn. Rare edition detailing the life of a colorful cutthroat who robbed stagecoaches for a living, and perpetrated murder and mayhem. Little Reddy landed in the Black Hills of South Dakota after escaping from a penitentiary in Utah. He fled to Ohio, but was tracked down by Sheriff Seth Bullock and was imprisoned there until he escaped and committed robberies in Ohio and Kentucky before being recaptured.
This edition is an exceedlying rare item. Wrappers with mild soiling and with a few small spots, a few minor chips and very short tears to blank margins of fragile wraps. Estimate $5,000-7,500
