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Orphaned Charley Miller, calling himself Kansas Charley, murders two boys in a boxcar in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Kansas Charley doesn’t stand a chance at his trial according to the prosecution and the opinion of the cattle barons who want to make an example of him.

Kansas Charlie: sentenced to hang for murder, breaks out of jail twice.

The governor declines a stay of execution for Kansas Charley. The Johnson County War is halted. The hired Texas killers are set free.

Kansas Charley is left alone and hungry in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming while his friends venture out to fill their bellies. They bring nothing back but a bottle of whiskey.

Kansas Charley runs away from the Booth farm. Mr. Booth threatens to beat him if he does not return. Charley wants to live in Kansas with his brother.

Kansas Charley, having gone without food for nearly 24 hours, drinks nearly a whole bottle of whiskey, then commits a double murder.

Kansas Charlie gets a reprieve, and takes part in a jail break.

Emerson and Fishbaugh buy a gun and some whiskey, then attempt unsuccessfully to get rid of Kansas Charley. Charley shares his food with Emerson and Fishbaugh.

Kansas Charley goes on trial with a defense attorney with no prior murder case experience. The prosecution attorney is a slick character backed by the cattle barons.

Kansas Charley discovers a liking for Dime Novels and their outlandish adventures. He steals some money and hits the road again.

Kansas Charley hears of cowboy jobs to be had in Wyoming. Two young men leave St. Joseph, Missouri on a grand adventure west.

Kansas Charley becomes remorse over the double murder he committed. He turns himself over to the authorities.

Kansas Charley goes to Kansas to live with a family not far from where his brother lives. He steals some clothes and runs away.

Kansas Charley is placed on an Orphan Train and sent to another farm in Minnesota. He is again whipped for bedwetting and was not provided sufficient clothing.

Kansas Charley undergoes circumcision to cure bedwetting. He is placed in a home but the bedwetting continues.

Kansas Charley watches the train carrying the bodies of the two boys he’d murdered pull out for Cheyenne, Wyoming. He then, strangely, buys a ticket for that same town.

Kansas Charley in Rochester, New York is obsessed with clothes. He believes a friend of his father has some money for him.

Kansas Charley steals two watches from his landlady and is caught.

Kansas Charley is executed. He is given a new suit of clothes to wear. Now he can die in style.

Kansas Charley is a bed-wetter. He is beaten at the orphanage for this. It is believed that circumcision can cure what he is told is a 'disease.'

Kansas Charley and his siblings are admitted to the New York City Orphan Asylum. In time, his brothers and sister are placed with families, leaving Charley all alone.

Kansas Charley's parents were German immigrants. When Charley was five his mother died. His father, while bartending, was quickly becoming a drunk.

Kansas Charley murder trial: newspaper reporter swears to statements and words that Charley probably never used and court allows the testimony.

Kansas Charlie's attorney attempts to get the jury's sympathy. Charley admits his guilt on the witness stand.

In St. Joseph, Missouri two young men are beginning a westward journey. There is a deadly meeting between them and Kansas Charley.

Kansas Charley is dumped at the railroad by Mr. Booth. Charley has no money or food. He receives a letter from New York with enough money to get him back to New York.

In St. Joseph, Missouri two young men are beginning a westward journey. There is a deadly meeting between them and Kansas Charley.

Kansas Charley confesses to the double murder and turns himself in.

Kansas Charlie's attorney attempts to get the jury's sympathy. Charley admits his guilt on the witness stand.

Kansas Charlie: plagued with bed-wetting, father commits suicide, not released from orphanage at age twelve.

Newspaperman labels Kansas Charley as dangerous character. Charley goes on trial for murder.

Fine dining could be had at the Cheyenne Club at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Political and Socially elite dined there on meals prepared by a European chef.

While in jail, Kansas Charley turns seventeen. By law he is now considered a man. For the second time, Charley escapes from jail.

Kansas Charley is apprehended after his jailbreak. The Johnson County cattle war breaks out.