When Belle Starr retired for the night on Feb. 2, 1889, she had no way of knowing that the twilight ride planned for the next day would be her last.
Myra Belle Shirley never blamed her life of crime on an impoverished childhood. Her folks were, in fact, quite well-to-do. Daddy owned a block of businesses in Carthage, Missouri, and the doting parents gave their little darling the best ...