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John Wallace Olinger (3 May 1849 - 25 February 1940) was a lawman from New Mexico.. While the family moved to Indian Territory, he went down to Seven Rivers, New Mexico, where he was a member of the Seven Rivers Warriors who fought in the Lincoln County War. [1]
The Regulators tracked down and killed Seven Rivers rider Manuel Segovia on May 15, 1878, who was believed to have killed McNab with a shotgun. What would become known as the Battle of Lincoln began on July 15, 1878, lasting five days, with Bob Beckwith being killed during a gun battle with the Regulators on July 19.
April 29, Frank McNab is killed by members of the Seven Rivers Warriors. Ab Saunders is badly wounded, and Frank Coe captured. April 30, George Coe shoots and wounds Seven Rivers member "Dutch Charlie" Kruling in Lincoln. Seven Rivers members Tom Green, Charles Marshall, Jim Patterson and John Galvin are killed that same day, and although the ...
Sheriff Brady formed a posse to attach Tunstall's remaining assets at his ranch 70 miles from Lincoln. Dolan also enlisted the John Kinney Gang, Seven Rivers Warriors and the Jesse Evans Gang, and their job was mainly to harass and rustle cattle from Tunstall's and Chisum's ranches, as well as being the faction's hired gunmen. [8] [9]
Seven Rivers may refer to: Rigvedic rivers, in the northwestern Indian subcontinent; Seven Rivers, New Mexico, United States Seven Rivers Warriors; Seven Rivers Formation; Seven Rivers Cycling Team, a professional road bicycle racing team in Astana, Kazakhstan; Seven Rivers of Gondor, in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings
Its name derives from seven creeks that flowed through it, into the Pecos River. [2] The Seven Rivers Warriors, a gang that operated on the Murphy-Dolan side of the Lincoln County War, used the town as its refuge. [2] Both the Jessie Evans Gang and the John Kinney Gang also frequented the town during that time. [2]
The Regulators reacted by tracking down Manuel Segovia, the Seven Rivers gang member believed responsible for the death of McNab, killing him. Starting on July 15, 1878, Evans and his gang were a main factor in the Battle of Lincoln , which ended in a draw with three dead on the Regulators side, and three dead on the Murphy-Dolan side, along ...
Coe shot and wounded Seven Rivers Warriors gang member Charles "Dutch Charlie" Kruling in Lincoln on the morning of April 30, 1878, [citation needed] a day after Seven Rivers members had shot and killed the new Regulator leader, Frank McNab, and captured Coe's cousin, Frank. Frank escaped shortly thereafter.