Bob Cash
Re: John and Bert Yost (Yoast)
Tue Jun 29, 18:17

Thanks, Robert. So now we have to rule out the John Yoast killed in 1927 in Salerno, Arizona as being the man who found Ringo. A lot of Yoasts and Yosts hanging around Arizona and New Mexico from the 1880s to the 1920s. I'm now back to believing Hogge might really be onto something here.

    • John and Bert Yost (Yoast) — Robert Buckley, Tue Jun 29 15:02
      Bob, Hogge has your question covered in his book . John and Bert Yost were brothers that lived in the Sulphur Springs Valley . Their name was actually spelled “Yost”, in the newspapers their named wou... more
      • Re: John and Bert Yost (Yoast) — Bob Cash, Tue Jun 29 18:17
        • Scott Cooley and John Ringo — Robert Buckley, Wed Jun 30 16:37
          The Daily Herald , March 18, 1876 “Quite an excitement was raised among our citizens last Sunday by the arrival in town of the notorious Mason County outlaws Scott Cooley and John Ringgold , who ... more
          • Re: Scott Cooley and John Ringo — Bob Cash, Wed Jun 30 17:47
            Robert, as a previous post of mine points out, there is some speculation, including by law enforcement personnel conversant in suicide scenes, that sometimes a gunshot that close to the head could cau... more
    • CLARIFICATION: Re: John B. Yoast — Bob Cash, Tue Jun 29 9:19
      Both articles I referred to appear in Arizona papers.
      • Frank Yoast — Robert Buckley, Tue Jun 29 16:54
        Frank Yoast was the father of John B.Yoast and Hiram A. Yoast . https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83021327/1871-08-24/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1871&index=0&rows=20&words=Frank+Yoast&searchType=ba... more
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