Duane "Dog" Chapman became the most famous bounty hunter in modern America through the television series Dog the…
Domino Harvey (1969 to 2005), the daughter of actor Laurence Harvey, left a modeling career to work as…
Ralph "Papa" Thorson was a California bail enforcement agent who became one of the best known bounty hunters…
In the 1873 case Taylor v. Taintor, the United States Supreme Court described the broad authority that bail…
In the Old West, governments, railroads, and express companies offered rewards for the capture of outlaws. Printed notices…
Allan Pinkerton, a Scottish immigrant, founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago in 1850. It became the…
Tom Horn (1860 to 1903) worked as an Army scout during the Apache Wars, then as a Pinkerton…
Charles Siringo (1855 to 1928) worked as a Texas cowboy before spending about two decades as a detective…
Frank Hamer (1884 to 1955) served as a Texas Ranger and became one of the most respected manhunters…
Bass Reeves was born into slavery in 1838 and became one of the most famous lawmen of the…