Laura was born in Texas on October 1876. Her actual day of birth is not known. She had a Native American father named Henry Bullion and German mother named Fredy Byler. Her father was an outlaw and he was in acquaintance with William Carver and Ben Kilpatrick of Butch Cassidy's WIld Bunch. She would soon become involved with both of these men at some point in her lifetime.
At the age of 13 she was introduced to William and Ben. Her aunt had been married to William but died soon after the marriage from fever. She then become romantically involved with William. She then became working as a prostitute. She soon became an official member of the gang. Laura would sell stolen goods, forge signatures and also gather different types of supplies. At …show more content…
Laura then became involved with Kilpatrick. On and would soon travel to Tennessee with him. On July 3rd, 1901 the gang robbed the Great Northern train. They stole $60,000 from them. They all divided the cash up after it and each got a certain amount. This left Laura and Kilpatrick with a good amount of money. Laura and Kilpatrick then went to Knoxville, Tennessee and would both become arrested while there.
That same year on November 6th Laura was arrested with $8,500 of stolen banknotes. Only about a month later, Kilpatrick was arrested also. Both of them were found guilty for robbery and were thrown into prison. Laura was sentenced to five years in prison and Kilpatrick was sentenced to twenty years. She only ended up serving three and a half years of her sentence and was released in 1905.
Once she was released she worked as a seamstress and dressmaker. She then moved to Memphis, Tennessee. When she arrived at Memphis she used the names “Freda Bullion Lincoln” and “Mrs. Maurice Lincoln” claiming to be a war widow. She also claimed that her husband was Maurice Lincoln and she made herself ten years younger than she actually was. Laura then established herself as an interior designer and began to produce items to sell to