Henry O'Donnell

Henry O’Donnell Born: January 18th, 1847 was one of Chris Neisen’s first recruits along with Chuck Kuznetsov. He was an Irish-American from and had a younger sister named Sadie O’Donnell. Henry’s father was killed in the Civil War and he, his mother and Sadie moved to Georgia for a short while.

O’Donnell killed his sister Sadie when he was 16 caused by a brawl and Henry ended up escaping far west to New Mexico where he met Chris Neisen (The Russian Joe). He became the second member of the El Pelegroso gang and he became friends with Chuck Kuznetsov.

The two robbed two stagecoaches in exchange for money to Neisen. Neisen disapproved of the exchange given that it was such a low amount that he ordered them to kill one of the Bank owners at the Wells Far and Co. While there, Chuck and O’Donnell killed John Malone.