Does anyone know what ever happened to "Little Bill" Raidler, outlaw, after he was released from prison in the early 1900s. Seems like I remember hearing that he had died of a disease such as tuberculosis. Any idea where and when he died and where he is buried?

On the Trail
Diron Ahlquist
Secretary/Editor Oklahombres Journal

A web source says "He was taken to Guthrie and placed in the care of Dr. O. Smith, a Government surgeon. Later he was tried, convicted of train and bank robbery, and sentenced to ten years in the Ohio State Penitentiary. After serving his term, Raidler married and settled down."

Bill O'Neal in "Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters" p258ff quotes Glenn Shirley's "Heck Thomas" and "Six-gun and Silver Star" as his source and states that..."Raidler was shot six times and captured. Tilghman later helped him gain a parole from an Ohio prison, and Raidler married after his release. But, Little Bill never regained his health, and he died after several years as a cripple."

I didn't see an answer as to where Bill Raidler was buried.
Who did he marry? Where did they live? And did he have any children?

Thanks

Bill Raidler married a woman that lived in Dewey County, Oklahoma, they resided for a time near Lenore, Oklahoma. Raidler ran a tobacco and news stand for a time at Woodward, Oklahoma. I used to do research for Glen Shirley back in the seventies.... Glen thought that Bill Raidler finally landed at Yale, Oklahoma and died there, however Glen could never "nail Down" the location of Bill's grave. Hope this helps!

For anyone who might be interested. I worked at the Oklahoma Territorial Museum in Guthrie through the 1990s. While there, a person who worked at the prison in Ohio where Raidler was incarcerated saved a number of prison records when the prison closed and which were going to be thrown away. He sent to us a number of them that were of prisoners from Oklahoma and Indian Territory, one of which was Bill Raidler. It shows his prison profiles and lists his physical features. It is interesting to see it knowing of who he was.