Heyes and Curry

Hannibal Heyes

Always referred to as Heyes (never Hannibal), he is the former leader of the Devil's Hole Gang (along with Kid Curry) and is Wanted Dead or Alive with a reward of $10,000.  The Wanted poster gives his age as 29.  In his days as an outlaw, he never shot anyone.  He is a safe-breaker and a thinker - often coming up with elaborate plans to keep himself and Kid Curry out of jail.  Now seeking an amnesty for his past crimes, he lives under the alias of Joshua Smith.

Jedediah "Kid" Curry

Known as Kid Curry, he is also the former leader of the Devil's Hole Gang (along with Heyes) and is Wanted Dead or Alive with a reward of $10,000.  The Wanted poster gives his age as 27.  In his days as an outlaw, he never shot anyone.  He is, however, regarded as the Fastest Gun in the West.  Now seeking an amnesty for his past crimes, he lives under the alias of Thaddeus Jones.

Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry

Together, they are the two most successful outlaws in the history of the West and both have a $10,000 price on their heads - payable dead or alive.  They are wanted for a string of train and bank robberies as leaders of the notorious Devil's Hole Gang.

However, as times are changing and the safes are becoming harder to get into and the posses are getting bigger, they realise it is only a matter of time before they are caught.  They visit Sheriff Lom Trevors, himself a former outlaw and friend of Heyes and Curry, and ask him to speak to the Governor of Wyoming about a possible amnesty for them.

The Governor grants a provisional amnesty, but there are conditions.  Before the final amnesty is granted they must live as law-abiding citizens for one year.  Until that time, the amnesty deal must remain a secret however, and they will still be wanted and can still go to jail with a probable 20 year prison sentence awaiting them.

Background

• Both are from Kansas
• Both lost their folks in the Border Wars
• They ran away from the Valparaiso School for Waywards
• Heyes has English ancestors and Curry is of Irish descent
• Heyes' family owned a farm
• First gang Heyes rode with was the Plummer Gang (without Curry)

Cousins?  Or Not?

They may be cousins.  In The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap (Pete Duel''s second to last episode), Curry refers to "our sage old grandfather".  However, as he is not actually seen to say the words, this could have been dubbed afterwards.  The wording of the opening credits was also changed for this episode to describe them as "Kansas Cousins".  It is not clear why this change was made and some feel it could have been in preparation for Roger Davis taking over the Hannibal Heyes role following Pete Duel's death.  In the previous episodes, there is nothing to suggest that they are cousins.

For VS3, the assumption is that they may be cousins - or they may not be!  What is agreed by all, is that this makes little difference to the relationship between the two which is based on strong friendship and total loyalty.

The Wanted Posters

Reward 
$10,000 
Offered by Midwest Railroad for the capture
DEAD OR ALIVE 
of 
HANNIBAL HEYES
Age 29.  Height 5 feet 11 inches. Weight 160 lbs.  Dark brown hair, brown eyes and even features.  Medium build.  He is the leader of one of the worst bands of Desperadoes the Territory has ever had to deal with.  The above reward will be paid for his capture or positive proof of his death.

Reward
$10,000
Offered by Midwest Railroad for the capture
DEAD OR ALIVE
of
KID CURRY
Age 27.  Height 5 feet 11 inches. Weight 165 lbs.  Dark blond hair, blue  eyes and even features.  Medium build.  He is the leader of one of the worst bands of Desperadoes the Territory has ever had to deal with.  The above reward will be paid for his capture or positive proof of his death.