It’s worth going to the article, this dude was far more hardcore than many better known western lawmen. If anything, saying he’s the inspiration for a fictional character is a demotion.
He’s more in the mold of D.A. “Jelly” Bryce, and Frank Hamer than dimestore sheriffs.
Someone is going to say he is Chuck Norris’ great grandfather.
I know who he was. They actually have his gun in the Davis gun museum in Claremore Oklahoma. He was the real thing but so were hundreds of other lawmen of the day.
He is not to be spoken of in the same sentence as Frank Hamer who was the greatest lawman in history. No one else was even close. Maybe Jeff Davis Milton could be compared to Hamer but not many could.