Laura Upthegrove Collier Tillman gained notoriety as a member of John Ashley’s gang, and supposedly his girlfriend.

Following the deaths of the rest of the gang, Laura was asked to leave several communities as she eventually settled in Okeechobee. While a resident, she was arrested several times for her excessive drinking, by none other than Sheriff Pogy Bill Collins.

On one of those occasions, she tried to commit suicide. She cut herself and asked for some iodine. When she got it, she drank it. According to her sister, Lola Upthegrove Williams, you could see the color of the iodine on the outside of her neck from where it penetrated when she drank it.

While she lived in Okeechobee, she became a regular participant in the Monday morning sessions of the municipal court. She was ostracized by society and was finally told to leave town.

In 1927, she was living with her mother at Sand Cut. She was assisting at the gas station her mother, Mrs. Tracy, ran there. A customer said she had cheated him on his change from the bottle of bootleg liquor he had purchased. He returned with police and in the thick of the fight, Laura grabbed for her gun. He mother snatched it away and then Laura grabbed a bottle of Lysol and drank its contents.

The woman who gained notoriety as the "Queen of the Outlaws," died at the age of 30.