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{{Short description|American Old West lawman (1850–1881)}}
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| name = Bob Olinger
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{{Infobox writer
| birth_name = Robert Ameridith Olinger
| birth_name = Robert Ameridith Olinger
| birth_date = c. 1841
| birth_date = {{circa|1850}}
| birth_place = [[Ohio]], United States
| birth_place = [[Delphi, Indiana]], United States
| death_date = {{death date|df=yes|1881|4|28|}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1881|4|28|1850}}
| death_place = [[Lincoln]], [[New Mexico]], United States
| death_place = [[Lincoln, New Mexico]], United States
| occupation = [[Lawman]]
| occupation = [[Law enforcement officer|Lawman]]
| | language = [[English language|English]]
| battles = [[Lincoln County War]]
| resting_place = Fort Stanton Cemetery, New Mexico
}}
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''' Robert Ameredith B. "Pecos Bob" Olinger''' (1850 in Delphi, Indiana – April 28, 1881 in Lincoln, New Mexico) was a frontier lawman best known as the last victim of [[Billy the Kid]] and as a participant in the [[Lincoln County War]].


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==Early life and career==
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'''Robert Ameridth "Pecos Bob" Olinger''' (1841 – April 28 1881) was a frontier lawman most widely known for being a victim of [[Billy the Kid]] and a participant in the [[Lincoln County War]].
Ameredith Robert B. Olinger<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/10013630/person/-572613740/media/c4edab5e-d655-4d09-b044-94ae713ed128?_phsrc=RuE27&usePUBJs=true |work=[[Ancestry.com]] |language=en-US |access-date=26 July 2017 |url-access=registration |title=Image #2 |date=3 June 1861 |quote=The probate record for William C. Olinger, father of Robert Olinger. It is significant since it lists Robert's full legal name.}}</ref> was born around March 1850 to William C. Olinger and his wife Rebecca Robinson in [[Carroll County, Indiana]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/10013630/person/-572613740/media/07d0b874-0072-4d86-9e91-aa9b42ef8c1f?_phsrc=RuE28&usePUBJs=true |work=[[Ancestry.com]] |language=en-US |access-date=26 July 2017 |url-access=registration |title=Image #4 |date=August 1850 |quote=Page of the 1850 U.S. Census which lists Robert Olinger as well as other members of his family.}}</ref> They moved to Delaware, Polk County, Iowa and were living there at the time of the 1856 Iowa State Census.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1084/IA_64-0281/4803336?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10013630/person/-572613740/facts/citation/2925119428/edit/record |title=Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925 for Wm C Olenger |website=[[Ancestry.com]] |language=en-US |access-date=26 July 2017 |url-access=registration |year=1856}}</ref> The Olingers then moved to Mound City, Linn County, Kansas Territory, arriving there in 1858. They were still there when the 1860 U.S. Census was taken.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7667/4230563_00112/44196328?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10013630/person/-572613740/facts/citation/2482598764/edit/record |title=1860 United States Federal Census for W Olinger |website=[[Ancestry.com]] |language=en-US |access-date=26 July 2017 |year=1860 |url-access=registration}}</ref> William C. Olinger died at age 37 in 1861.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10013630/person/-611591795/facts |title=William Carrol Olinger |website=[[Ancestry.com]] |language=en-US |access-date=26 July 2017 |url-access=registration}}</ref> His widow, Rebecca, remarried to a Joshua Stafford. The Stafford-Olinger family was living in Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas in 1865.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/ks1865_2-0204/1876442?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10013630/person/-572615955/facts/citation/2925177084/edit/record |title=Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925 for Rebecca Stafford |website=[[Ancestry.com]] |language=en-US |access-date=26 July 2017 |year=1865 |url-access=registration}}</ref> The family then moved to the Indian Territory, which would later become Oklahoma. The family then moved to Grayson County, Texas, about 1874, as Rebecca Stafford is listed on the County tax rolls for 1874, 1875 and 1876. Robert Olinger is listed in the 1875 Grayson County, Texas, tax rolls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60184&h=2761142&ssrc=pt&tid=19360389&pid=170124730608&usePUB=true|title=Join Ancestry®|website=search.ancestry.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-26}}</ref> His brother [[John Wallace Olinger]] and his ranching partner, William Harrison Johnson, arrived at [[Seven Rivers, New Mexico]], and stayed at the Beckwith Ranch. Robert, along with his mother, arrived sometime later.


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Bob Olinger later participated in the [[Lincoln County War]] as part of the Murphy-Dolan faction before being assigned as a deputy for famed lawman [[Pat Garrett]] after Garrett was elected Sheriff of Lincoln County in 1880. After the capture of Billy the Kid, Olinger was one of two deputies assigned to guard him in the Lincoln County Courthouse, the other being [[James Bell (sheriff)|James Bell]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Burns |first=Walter Noble |author-link=Walter Noble Burns |title=The Saga of Billy the Kid |date=1925 |publisher=[[University of New Mexico Press]] |isbn=9780826321534 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=793gmWRK4OIC}}</ref>
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== Early life and Career ==
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Olinger was born in Ohio before his family moved to Oklahoma and then to New Mexico. One of his first was as the Marshal of Seven Rivers, NM which he accepted in 1876. He later participated in the [[Lincoln County War]] as part of the Murphy-Dolan faction before being assigned as be a deputy for famed lawman [[Pat Garrett]] after he was elected Sheriff of Lincoln County, NM in 1880. After the capture of Billy the Kid, Olinger was one of two deputies assigned to guard Billy in the Lincoln County Courthouse, the other being James Bell.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Burns|first1=Walter Noble|title=The Saga of Billy the Kid|date=1925|publisher=University of New Mexico Press}}</ref>


== Death ==
==Death==
On April 28, 1881, while guarding Billy the Kid with James Bell, Olinger left to go across the street to the Wortley Hotel to have lunch. During this time, "the Kid' was able to overwhelm Bell and shoot him as Bell attempted to run down the courthouse stairs. Hearing the gunshots, Olinger assumed that Bell had killed the Kid and started back across the street to investigate. Meanwhile, the Kid had secured Olinger's shotgun, which he had left leaning against the wall and positioned himself in the window above the street. As Olinger crossed, the Kid was reported to have said "Look up, Bob", before shooting him with both barrels of twelve-gauge buckshot. Olinger was struck in the breast and died instantly.<ref>http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lincoln-county-courthouse-billy-the-kid</ref>
On April 28, 1881, while guarding Billy the Kid with [[James Bell (sheriff)|Bell]], Olinger left to go across the street to the Wortley Hotel to have lunch. During this time, "the Kid" overwhelmed Bell and shot him as Bell attempted to run down the courthouse stairs. Hearing the gunshots, Olinger assumed that Bell had killed the Kid and started back across the street to investigate. Meanwhile, the Kid had secured Olinger's shotgun, which he had left leaning against the wall and positioned himself in a second-floor window where he would see Olinger return. When Olinger was almost under him, the Kid was reported to have said "Hello Bob!" before shooting him with both barrels of ten-gauge buckshot. Olinger was struck in the breast and died instantly.<ref>{{cite web |editor-first=Rachel |editor-last=Martin |url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lincoln-county-courthouse-billy-the-kid |title=Lincoln County Courthouse – Lincoln, New Mexico |publisher=[[Atlas Obscura]] |date= |access-date=2017-07-19}}</ref>


Earlier in the day, Olinger had loaded the death weapon in front of the Kid, and said menacingly, "The man that gets one of those loads will feel it." "I expect he will," replied Billy, "but be careful, Bob, or you might shoot yourself accidentally."<ref>{{cite book |last=Utley |first=Robert M. |author-link=Robert M. Utley |title=Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life |date=1989 |page=180 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |isbn=0-8032-4553-X}}</ref>
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== Controversy ==
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Despite his service as a deputy, Olinger has been widely denounced as a "bully with a badge" and serial murderer.<ref>http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-bobolinger.html</ref>. Most notable were the formal accusations brought against him by fellow deputy Pierce Jones, who brought charges against him for shooting an unarmed Bob Jones in the back while serving a small civil fine. The charges were later dismissed, but Olinger's reputation as a bully have remained.<ref>https://www.desertusa.com/desert-people/bob-olinger.html</ref>


He is buried in an unmarked grave at Fort Stanton Cemetery, New Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.odmp.org/officer/10157-deputy-us-marshal-robert-olinger |title=Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Olinger |publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]] - [[United States Marshals Service]], [[U.S. Government]] |work=[[The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc]] |access-date=March 7, 2024}}</ref>

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==Controversy==
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Despite his service as a deputy, Olinger has been widely denounced as a "bully with a badge" and a serial murderer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-bobolinger.html |title=Bob Olinger - Killer With a Badge |website=Legendsofamerica.com |date= |accessdate=2017-07-19}}</ref> Most notably, fellow deputy Pierce Jones brought charges against Olinger for shooting an unarmed Bob Jones in the back while serving a small civil fine. The charges were dismissed, but Olinger's reputation as a bully has persisted.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.desertusa.com/desert-people/bob-olinger.html |title=Bob Olinger, New Mexico's Killer Deputy |website=Desertusa.com |date=1981-03-02 |accessdate=2017-07-19}}</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:02, 25 April 2024

Bob Olinger
Personal details
Born
Robert Ameridith Olinger

c. 1850
Delphi, Indiana, United States
DiedApril 28, 1881(1881-04-28) (aged 30–31)
Lincoln, New Mexico, United States
Resting placeFort Stanton Cemetery, New Mexico
OccupationLawman
Military service
Battles/warsLincoln County War

Robert Ameredith B. "Pecos Bob" Olinger (1850 in Delphi, Indiana – April 28, 1881 in Lincoln, New Mexico) was a frontier lawman best known as the last victim of Billy the Kid and as a participant in the Lincoln County War.

Early life and career

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Ameredith Robert B. Olinger[1] was born around March 1850 to William C. Olinger and his wife Rebecca Robinson in Carroll County, Indiana.[2] They moved to Delaware, Polk County, Iowa and were living there at the time of the 1856 Iowa State Census.[3] The Olingers then moved to Mound City, Linn County, Kansas Territory, arriving there in 1858. They were still there when the 1860 U.S. Census was taken.[4] William C. Olinger died at age 37 in 1861.[5] His widow, Rebecca, remarried to a Joshua Stafford. The Stafford-Olinger family was living in Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas in 1865.[6] The family then moved to the Indian Territory, which would later become Oklahoma. The family then moved to Grayson County, Texas, about 1874, as Rebecca Stafford is listed on the County tax rolls for 1874, 1875 and 1876. Robert Olinger is listed in the 1875 Grayson County, Texas, tax rolls.[7] His brother John Wallace Olinger and his ranching partner, William Harrison Johnson, arrived at Seven Rivers, New Mexico, and stayed at the Beckwith Ranch. Robert, along with his mother, arrived sometime later.

Bob Olinger later participated in the Lincoln County War as part of the Murphy-Dolan faction before being assigned as a deputy for famed lawman Pat Garrett after Garrett was elected Sheriff of Lincoln County in 1880. After the capture of Billy the Kid, Olinger was one of two deputies assigned to guard him in the Lincoln County Courthouse, the other being James Bell.[8]

Death

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On April 28, 1881, while guarding Billy the Kid with Bell, Olinger left to go across the street to the Wortley Hotel to have lunch. During this time, "the Kid" overwhelmed Bell and shot him as Bell attempted to run down the courthouse stairs. Hearing the gunshots, Olinger assumed that Bell had killed the Kid and started back across the street to investigate. Meanwhile, the Kid had secured Olinger's shotgun, which he had left leaning against the wall and positioned himself in a second-floor window where he would see Olinger return. When Olinger was almost under him, the Kid was reported to have said "Hello Bob!" before shooting him with both barrels of ten-gauge buckshot. Olinger was struck in the breast and died instantly.[9]

Earlier in the day, Olinger had loaded the death weapon in front of the Kid, and said menacingly, "The man that gets one of those loads will feel it." "I expect he will," replied Billy, "but be careful, Bob, or you might shoot yourself accidentally."[10]

He is buried in an unmarked grave at Fort Stanton Cemetery, New Mexico.[11]

Controversy

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Despite his service as a deputy, Olinger has been widely denounced as a "bully with a badge" and a serial murderer.[12] Most notably, fellow deputy Pierce Jones brought charges against Olinger for shooting an unarmed Bob Jones in the back while serving a small civil fine. The charges were dismissed, but Olinger's reputation as a bully has persisted.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Image #2". Ancestry.com. 3 June 1861. Retrieved 26 July 2017. The probate record for William C. Olinger, father of Robert Olinger. It is significant since it lists Robert's full legal name.
  2. ^ "Image #4". Ancestry.com. August 1850. Retrieved 26 July 2017. Page of the 1850 U.S. Census which lists Robert Olinger as well as other members of his family.
  3. ^ "Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925 for Wm C Olenger". Ancestry.com. 1856. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. ^ "1860 United States Federal Census for W Olinger". Ancestry.com. 1860. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  5. ^ "William Carrol Olinger". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925 for Rebecca Stafford". Ancestry.com. 1865. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Join Ancestry®". search.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  8. ^ Burns, Walter Noble (1925). The Saga of Billy the Kid. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826321534.
  9. ^ Martin, Rachel (ed.). "Lincoln County Courthouse – Lincoln, New Mexico". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  10. ^ Utley, Robert M. (1989). Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life. University of Nebraska Press. p. 180. ISBN 0-8032-4553-X.
  11. ^ "Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Olinger". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, U.S. Government. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  12. ^ "Bob Olinger - Killer With a Badge". Legendsofamerica.com. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  13. ^ "Bob Olinger, New Mexico's Killer Deputy". Desertusa.com. 1981-03-02. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
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