Ep 50 Flora Quick & Earnest Lewis

We’re baaaaaaccccckkkkk!! Hey cousins! After a month off, Jess and Tiff are ready to hit the trails running, bringing our favorite cousins the darkest of histories, kookiest of spooks, and thrillingest of true crimes…all from here, the Sooner State. So strap into Season 2. We kick it off going back to where it all began…OUTLAWS! In this two parter, Jess starts us out by diving into one of Oklahoma’s first law-breaking couples; Flora Quick, aka Flora Mundis, aka Tom King, and her very brief, but thrilling lover Earnest “Killer” Lewis. Being horse thieves at the end of the 19th century/beginning of the 20th century was a “hangin” offense in the Oklahoma and Indian Territories. But somehow, our lovely lady was able to escape prosecution SEVERAL times. One short stay in jail brought the star crossed lovers together, bonding over plans for future robberies. But all wasn’t meant to be, and a single failed train holdup signaled doom for the fast friends.  Source Material:  “Wild Women of the West: Flora Mundis” by Chris Enns from cowgirlmagazine.com, July 27, 2022 “Outlaw Tales of Oklahoma” by Robert Barr Smith “100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen” by Dan Anderson & Laurence Yadon “Flora Quick aka Tom King” by Marshall Trimble from truewestmagazine.com, August 31, 2015