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Cattle Annie and Little Britches roamed the former Indian Territory for two years. They stole horses, sold liquor to the Pawnee and Osage [[Indians]] and warned warned outlaw gangs of the whereabouts of law-enforcement officers. The two sometimes operated together and at other times solo. They donned men's clothing and wore pistols on ther hips, having quickly become skilled horsewomen and markswomen. Their exploits brought them headlines from Guthrie, the capital of the Oklahoma Territory, to Coffeyville in southeastern Kansas,<ref name=lbrit/> where the Dalton gang attempted in vain in 1892 to rob two banks simultaneously.  

Cattle Annie and Little Britches roamed the former Indian Territory for two years. They stole horses, sold liquor to the Pawnee and Osage [[Indians]] and warned warned outlaw gangs of the whereabouts of law-enforcement officers. The two sometimes operated together and at other times solo. They donned men's clothing and wore pistols on ther hips, having quickly become skilled horsewomen and markswomen. Their exploits brought them headlines from Guthrie, the capital of the Oklahoma Territory, to Coffeyville in southeastern Kansas,<ref name=lbrit/> where the Dalton gang attempted in vain in 1892 to rob two banks simultaneously.  

   

   

Cattle Annie was only thirteen in 1895,<ref name=fgrave/> when she was captured by U.S. Marshals Bill Tilghman and Steve Burke. Though Burke caught Cattle Annie fairly easily as she was climbing from a window, Tilghman had a more difficult task in apprehending Little Britches, who became involved in a physical confrontation with Tilghman before he subdued her.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5KLrfdOrI78C&pg=PA325&lpg=PA325&dq=the+outlaw+Little+Britches&source=bl&ots=Jt_LI8Fv2D&sig=nzalsFlyseWK7S1pYfrnv_f_fIE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qrLbUPaBM8y_2QXIu4D4CA&ved=0CGIQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=the%20outlaw%20Little%20Britches&f=false|title=Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters, p. 325|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press at Norman, [[Oklahoma]] (1979); ISBN=978-0-8061-2335-6|accessdate=December 27, 2012}}</ref>''The Oklahoma Journal of History and Culture'', however, maintains Bill Tilghman had nothing to do with the apprehension of Little Britches and neither female bandit had direct connection to the Doolin gang.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA075.html|title=Cattle Annie|pubisher=''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''|accessdate=December 31, 2012}}</ref>

Cattle Annie was only thirteen in 1895,<ref name=fgrave/> when she was captured by U.S. Marshals Bill Tilghman and Steve Burke. Though Burke caught Cattle Annie fairly easily as she was climbing from a window, Tilghman had a more difficult task in apprehending Little Britches, who became involved in a physical confrontation with Tilghman before he subdued her.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5KLrfdOrI78C&pg=PA325&lpg=PA325&dq=the+outlaw+Little+Britches&source=bl&ots=Jt_LI8Fv2D&sig=nzalsFlyseWK7S1pYfrnv_f_fIE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qrLbUPaBM8y_2QXIu4D4CA&ved=0CGIQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=the%20outlaw%20Little%20Britches&f=false|title=Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters, p. 325|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press at Norman, [[Oklahoma]] (1979); ISBN=978-0-8061-2335-6|accessdate=December 27, 2012}}</ref>''The Oklahoma Journal of History and Culture'', however, maintains Bill Tilghman had nothing to do with the apprehension of Little Britches and that neither female bandit had direct connection to the Doolin gang.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA075.html|title=Cattle Annie|pubisher=''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''|accessdate=December 31, 2012}}</ref>

 

Cattle Annie received a one-year sentence in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in  

Cattle Annie received a one-year sentence in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in  

Framingham, [[Massachusetts]]. Because of poor health, the teenaged Annie was paroled but remained in Framingham, having told corrections officers that if she then returned to Oklahoma she would likely revert to a life of crime. In 1898, she was employed as a domestic by Mrs. Mary Daniels in Sherborn south of Framingham.  A few months later, it is believed that she moved to [[New York City]], where she may have died of [[tuberculosis]].<ref name=lbrit>{{cite web|url=http://www.ranchdivaoutfitters.com/cattleannielittlebritches.html|title=Cattle Annie & Little Britches|publisher=ranchdivaoutfitters.com|accessdate=December 27, 2012}}</ref>

Framingham, [[Massachusetts]]. Because of poor health, Annie was paroled but remained in Framingham. She told corrections officers that if she had then returned to Oklahoma she would likely have reverted to a life of crime. In 1898, she was employed as a domestic by Mrs. Mary Daniels in Sherborn south of Framingham.  A few months later, it is believed that she moved to [[New York City]], where she may have died of [[tuberculosis]].<ref name=lbrit>{{cite web|url=http://www.ranchdivaoutfitters.com/cattleannielittlebritches.html|title=Cattle Annie & Little Britches|publisher=ranchdivaoutfitters.com|accessdate=December 27, 2012}}</ref>

==Did Annie live until 1978?==

==Annie's later years==

   

   

Annie's life one of considerable folklore. Another legitimate report claims that Annie returned to Oklahoma, where in 1901, she married Earl Frost of Perry, by whom she had two sons, Robert C. Frost (1903-1993) and Carlos D. Frost, before they divorced in 1909. The museum in Guthrie maintains that Annie married a second time -- to Whitmore R. Roach (1879-1947), a native [[Texas|Texan]], veteran of [[World War I]], and a painting contractor in [[Oklahoma City]], where they lived after 1912, having resided the preceding two years in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. This "Emma McDoulet Roach," as the tombstone in Rose Hill Burial Park in Oklahoma City reads, died in 1978, just a few weeks shy of her nineth-sixth birthday. Her newspaper obituary makes no mention of the "Cattle Annie" days or even the first name "Anna" but uses the reduced "Emma" from "Emmaline". The obituary indicates that she had been a bookkeeper in her later working career. Her services were held in the Olivet [[Baptist]] Church in Oklahoma City, of which she was a member. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.<ref name=fgrave/>

Though Annie's life is one of considerable folklore, by 1901 she had returned to Oklahoma, where she married Earl Frost of Perry. The couple had two sons, Robert C. Frost (1903-1993) and Carlos D. Frost, before they divorced in 1909. The museum in Guthrie maintains that Annie married a second time -- to Whitmore R. Roach (1879-1947), a native [[Texas|Texan]], veteran of [[World War I]], and a painting contractor in [[Oklahoma City]], where they lived after 1912, having resided the preceding two years in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. This "Emma McDoulet Roach," as reads the tombstone in Rose Hill Burial Park in Oklahoma City, died in 1978, just a few weeks shy of her nineth-sixth birthday. Her newspaper obituary makes no mention of the "Cattle Annie" days or even the first name "Anna" but uses the reduced "Emma" from "Emmaline". The obituary indicates that she had been a bookkeeper in her later working career. Her services were held in the Olivet [[Baptist]] Church in Oklahoma City, of which she was a member. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.<ref name=fgrave/>

   

   

Meanwhile, Little Britches also served a short sentence at the reformatory in Framingham, but her whereabouts thereafter remains an unsolved mystery.<ref name=lbrit/> The syndicated television series, ''Stories of the Century'', starring and narrated by Jim Davis, maintains in a 1954 episode that Little Britches, played by Gloria Winters, was last seen performing charity work in a New York City slum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0710958/|title=''Stories of the Century'': "Little Britches", June 17, 1954|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 28, 2012}}</ref>Other reports indicate that Little Britches returned to Oklahoma, married, reared a family, and led an exemplary life in Tulsa.<ref name=lbrit/>

Meanwhile, Little Britches also served a short sentence at the reformatory in Framingham, but her whereabouts thereafter remains an unsolved mystery.<ref name=lbrit/> The syndicated television series, ''Stories of the Century'', starring and narrated by Jim Davis, maintains in a 1954 episode that Little Britches, played by Gloria Winters, was last seen performing charity work in a New York City slum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0710958/|title=''Stories of the Century'': "Little Britches", June 17, 1954|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 28, 2012}}</ref>Other reports indicate that Little Britches returned to Oklahoma, married, reared a family, and led an exemplary life in Tulsa.<ref name=lbrit/>