
Louis "Lou" James (1846-1898) was an American charlatan of the Wild West. In 1898, Arizona Territory Governor Myron H. McCord posted a bounty for the capture or death of James for swindling the elderly out of finance, and the Arizona Kid ambushed James' caravan of outlaws in the Arizona desert. When James attempted to escape on foot, Arizona shot him in the leg with a repeater rifle, hoping to stop him from fleeing. However, the bullet inadvertently killed James, striking an artery and causing him to bleed out. Arizona thus had to bring his corpse to Tumbleweed for a reduced payment.