Huntinfool , you can do a goggle search and find out some good info . In a nutshell Dallas was a dude that dreamed of livin in the west . He came from back east some where . He wanted to be a cowboy , but he kept getting fired from the big ranches for abusing his mounts , and various things .
He didn't beleive in obeying the laws regarding hunting . He was caught with some untagged bobcat pelts . The wardens wanted him to go to town and jail , but he had other plans . He basiclly shot booth wardens in cold blood , and finished them with a shot behind the ear . He cut up and quartered a warden and hid him in a coyote dens . Then he went on the run , he was caught , and then escaped . Vowed to never be caught and was goin to live off the land , but after a while he was caught in Calif. at a seven eleveen panhandling or eatin out of trash can or some thing .
If you get a chance there is a book " give a boy a gun " It's a pretty interesting read .