Died during the Taylor-Sutton Feud in Texas. Kute Tuggle, Jim White, and Rufus aka Scrap Taylor were among a group of cowboys who had engaged to take a herd up the trail for John Wesley Hardin. At Hamilton they were arrested, charged with cattle theft, and brought back to Clinton. On the night of June 20, 1874, they were taken out of the courthouse and hanged, though they were probably innocent of any wrongdoing. They were lynched in retaliation for the killing of William Sutton by Jim and Bill Taylor. |