Edward Capehart O'Kelley, alternately identified as Edmud O'Kelley, spelled mistakenly as O'Kelly or using the letter "O" as his middle initial, was an American deputy sheriff. He murdered Robert Ford
Edward Capehart O'Kelley c. 1890
Edward O'Kelley's gravestone
Edward okelly memorial front large
Edward okelly memorial back large
Robert Newton Ford was an American outlaw who killed fellow outlaw Jesse James on April 3, 1882. He and his brother Charley, both members of the James–Younger Gang under James's leadership, went on to
Edward Capehart O'Kelley
…identified as Edmud O'Kelley, spelled mistakenly as O'Kelly or using the letter "O" as his middle initial, was an American deputy sheriff. He murdered Robert Ford, who had killed the famous outlaw Jesse James to receive a bounty. O'Kelley was the subject of a 1994 book by his great-great-niece. Little is known…
On April 3, 1882, Jesse James stepped up on a chair to dust a picture, and Robert Ford seized the opportunity and shot James in the back of the head.
Jesse James' home in St. Joseph, Missouri, where Ford killed James in 1882