Eventually, the Lone Ranger caught up with Cavendish himself, who was tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for his crimes. Over an unspecified period of time, the Masked Man and Tonto pursued and captured most of the other members of the gang including Collins, causing Cavendish's organization to disintegrate. He took on the identity of the Lone Ranger and set out after the gang. As he recovered, John vowed to bring Cavendish and his gang to justice. Unfortunately for him, one of the Rangers, Dan's younger brother John (the name John was first used in the 1981 movie), survived after being found by Tonto, who had nursed him back to health. His actions attracted the attention of the Texas Rangers and Captain Dan Reid.Ĭavendish secretly hired a scout named Collins to act as a guide for Reid and his band of Rangers (In some versions, Collins was secretly a member of Cavendish's gang while in others he was a Ranger who Cavendish bribed), luring them into a narrow pass called Bryant's Gap where Cavendish and his men were waiting in ambush.Ĭonvinced that all six of the Rangers were dead, Cavendish continued about his business. In all media, Butch Cavendish is a sadistic outlaw who robs and kills just for the sheer enjoyment of it.
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He has appeared in somewhat different forms in radio broadcasts, TV episodes, comic books, print stories and movies. Cavendish is an outlaw leader and the most frequently used foe of the Lone Ranger.