Showing posts with label outlaw. Show all posts
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Monday, October 5, 2015

Belle Starr

Shed not for her the bitter tear
Nor give the heart to vain regret,
'Tis but the casket that lies here,
The gem that fills it sparkles yet.


The above poem is the epitaph on the tombstone of Belle Starr, the "Bandit Queen". A notorious American outlaw and leader of a band of cattle and horse thieves in the Oklahoma Territory, Belle Starr (born Myra Maybelle Shirley) married three different bandits and associated with other outlaw bands, most notoriously the James-Younger Gang (of which the most (in)famous member is probably Jesse James). A quote by her reads, "I am a friend to any brave and gallant outlaw."