Howell (1845-21 September 1881) was an American bounty hunter who was active in Tombstone, Arizona during the Wild West era.
Biography[]
Howell was born in 1845, and he later moved to the American West and, along with Diamond, became a bounty hunter in Arizona. They gained a reputation for themselves as unscrupulous scavengers, and Sheriff Clay Hollister banned them from Tombstone after they killed an innocent Native American while searching for a native bounty target. In September 1881, they returned to Tombstone to seek the inevitable bounty on the stage robber Frank Masters, and, while they were turned away by Hollister at first (as Hollister stated that he would handle the situation), Mayor Fred Donolon placed a $5,000 bounty on Masters to make him an attractive target for the bounty hunters. Diamond and Howell noticed when Hollister and Bill Sherwood left the sheriff's office in a rush, and they deduced that Sherwood would lead Hollister to Masters' hideout. They ambushed Hollister and a captive Masters as they rode back towards Tombstone, and, while they succeeded in killing Masters (who was already weakened by tuberculosis), Hollister crept up from the cliffside and shot Howell dead when Howell refused to drop his gun.
Gallery[]
