By Associated  Press Reporter A pistol and other possessions belonging to a one-time Old West outlaw who later ran for governor of Oklahoma and also became an actor are going up for auction next month. The .45 Colt revolver owned by infamous outlaw Alphonzo 'Al' J. Jennings could go for as much as $30,000 during an auction June 5 in Woodward, said Ira Smith, auctioneer with Smith & Co. Auction and Reality Inc. Jennings was born in Virginia in 1863 and moved to El Reno, Oklahoma, where he became the prosecuting attorney for Canadian County, according to the Oklahoma Historical Society.
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Alphonzo 'Al' J. Jennings was a real cowboy who gained notoriety in turn-of-the-century Oklahoma by robbing banks and trains
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He claimed to have killed 18 men by shooting them in the throat
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In 1914, Al decided to run for the post of Governor of Oklahoma, but lost
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After being caught and imprisoned several times, he turned 'straight' and journeyed to Hollywood to make movies, becoming not only an actor but also a producer
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He died in 1961 in California aged 98
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Some of his possessions will be auctioned off in Woodward on June 5
In 1897 @placeholder and joined a gang of bandits and robbed trains, general stores and a post office, with little monetary success.