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James M. Riley (better known as Doc Middleton and also known as David C. Middleton, Texas Jack, Jack Lyons, Gold-Tooth Jack and Gold-Tooth Charley) (February 9, 1851 - December 29, 1913) was an outlaw and horse thief, whose exploits of stealing perhaps 2,000 horses over a two-year period earned a spot in the Wild West Show. Riley was born in Bastrop, Texas. ==Criminal career== He stole his first horse at age of 14. In 1870 he was convicted for murder in Texas and was sentenced to life in prison at the Huntsville Prison. In 1874 he escaped the prison.〔Note: however the Texas Convicts Register notes a James Reily born 1851 of Grayson County, Texas in Huntsville Prison July 12, 1875 〕 He was caught stealing horses in Iowa. After serving 18 months he moved to Sidney, Nebraska where he shot and killed a soldier Pvt James Keith of the 5th Cavalry Regiment January 13, 1877 from nearby Fort Sidney in a bar fight.〔( Omaha daily bee., January 16, 1877, Image 1 )〕〔(Baddader's Blog )〕〔(James Keith at Find a grave )〕 He was arrested but he escaped as a lynch mob gathered.〔 He was eventually wanted by Wyoming Stock Growers Association and the Union Pacific Railroad, which offered rewards for his capture. Army officer William H. H. Llewellyn, seeking to protect pony herds on the Pine Ridge Reservation, was dispatched to capture him. Llewellyn along with an army from detachment under George Crook lured him to a meeting with a promise of a pardon from the governor. In a melee two of Doc's gang were killed and a lawman named Hazen was wounded 〔(yesteryearsnews )〕 but Middleton was captured and was taken to Cheyenne, Wyoming where he was convicted of Grand larceny and served a prison sentence from September 18, 1879 and released on June, 18 1883. 〔( The Columbus journal., August 20, 1879, Image 4 )〕 In 1884 he and his third bride (a 16-year-old girl) moved to Gordon, Nebraska where he operated a saloon and was briefly a deputy sheriff.〔( Omaha daily bee., December 31, 1885, Image 3 )〕 In 1893 Buffalo Bill, as a stunt for the World's Columbian Exposition, enlisted him to participate in the 1,000 mile horse race from Chadron, Nebraska, to Chicago . He completed the race and rode most of the way, although he was transported part of the way by train. In 1897 it was reported he was City Marshal of Edgemont, South Dakota〔( The Saint Paul globe., February 15, 1897, Image 1 )〕 In 1900 he later moved to Gordon, Nebraska and had a saloon in both Gordon and Ardmore, South Dakota and was also the town Marshal,〔(Yesteryear.wordpress )〕 and in 1913 he moved to Orin Junction, Wyoming where he opened a saloon. After getting in a knife fight at the bar he was arrested for dispensing liquor illegally. While in jail he contracted erysipelas and died.〔 He is buried in Douglas Park Cemetery in Douglas, Wyoming.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doc Middleton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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