Notorious Bad Man Alive is one of the newspaper articles in Red Dead Redemption 2.
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VAN DER LINDE REPORTEDLY SEEN IN TALL TREES.
ON THE RUN SEVEN YEARS.
GANG MEMBERS STILL AT LARGE.
A dispatch from Tall Trees reports a sighting of infamous outlaw Dutch van der Linde, who has been on a bloody run from the law for many years now. The notorious Dutch's Boys gang once plagued this state, but it was believed to have disbanded as long ago as 1899. Two of his henchmen - Hosea Matthews and Arthur Morgan - were both killed in separate raids by Pinkerton agents that same year.
Gang members Bill Williamson, Micah Bell, John Marston, and Charles Smith are still believed to be at large. A telegraph from Mexico reports that Javier Escuella is believed to reside in the mountain region there. The massive sum of money taken in the Blackwater Robbery by the gang has never been recovered. It was said to have been stashed in the town somewhere after the gang escaped.
Rumors that gang member Micah Bell returned to retrieve the haul still persist. The bloody days of the Van der Linde gang are the stuff of legend, appearing in pulp novels and even memorialized in popular song. Law enforcement have pledged to continue searching for Van der Linde, who has one of the largest bounties on his head for kill or capture.
Trivia
- Contrary to what the newspapers claim, the "Red Dead Redemption" mission confirms that Arthur Morgan fought off the Pinkertons without any trouble in an effort to get John Marston to safety and help him start a new life with his family and, depending on the player's Honor, either got killed by Micah Bell, an informant for the Pinkertons (if his Honor was low), or succumbed to tuberculosis while watching the sunrise alone (if his Honor was high).