Fragments of Montana History Cover Vigilantes Era
Judge Lew L. Callaway continues his Montana history series with a look at James Williams and the Vigilantes era. The piece recalls the 1857 58 Kansas border service and the Alger Gulch murders tied to Henry Plummer, plus the Dillingham killing and the fate of accomplices before detailing the later murder near Dempsey's ranch.
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Montana Supreme Court
Lew. L. Callaway
Montana
James Wiliams
Vigilantes
Callawey
Wiliams
Kansas
Vigilantes Form After Ives Execution in Alder Gulch
Following the Ives murder trial in Nevada and Alder Gulch, a vigilant group rises. William Morse and Paris Pfouts help organize a Nevada Virginia City vigilante committee to restore order, with Williams, Sanders, and Lott among leaders. The trial ends in a guilty verdict. Ives is hanged as public justice supplants gang activity.
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Billingham
Alder Gulch
George Ives
Cold Spring
Dimsdale
Ives
Nicholas Thalt
Thalt
Clark
Burtschy
Dempsey
Clark & Burtschy
Summit
Big Hole River
Bourbon
God
Providence
William Palmer
Ruby Valley
Palmer
Thre Palmer
Plummer
Long John
Hilderman
Virginia
Nicholas Thsalt
Thsit
William Heron
Albert GB. Hamilton
Elkanah Morse
George Burtseby
William Clark
Williams
Williams Ranch
Elk Morse
Albert B. Hamilton
George Burtschy
Xx. Weidler
J. S. Daddow
Charles Brown
Thomas Baume
Cap
Jack Reynolds
Hamilton
Reynolds
Ticdalt
Wisconsin Creek
Dempsey’s
Captain Morse
Wiliams
Morse
John
Virginia City
Posse
Old Tex
Villian
Alex Carter
Whiskey Bill
Bob Zackary
Johnny Cooper
Cold Spring Ranch
Delcy’s
Ramshern Creek
Deley’s
Posse Weil
Biven’s Gulch
Rocky Butte
Alder Canyon
Willows
Nevada
Lott Brothers
John Lett
Lott
Mortimer FF. Lott
Fenner
Sanders
Montana
Byam
Wilson
W. Y. Pemberton
W. H. Patton
Charles S. Bagg
Bagg
Robert Hereford
Adriel B. Davis
Junction
James Williams
Major Bagg
Dillingham
Davis
Bennett
W. B. Carter
Dillon
Carter
Vigiance Committee
Langford, Sanders
Bannack
Paris S
League of Safety and Order
Paris S. Picuts
Wilbur F. Sanders
Piouts
Nick Well
St. Louis
Col
Maj
Alvin V. Brookie
John Nye
John S. Lott
Willams
Fox
Blue House
Masonic Temple
Wallace Street
Paris Pfouts
Paris S. Pfouts
J. M. Fox
A. B. Davis
McClurg
California
Canterbury Battle Against Caterpillar Plague Threatens Crops
Canterbury New Zealand faces a caterpillar invasion endangering crops as swarms are trapped in pits and then burned with oil to curb their spread.
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Canterbury
N. Z
Manchester university honors long-serving head porter with retirement photo
Manchester University allocates a prominent space for a portrait of Donald Fraser, its head porter, who retires after over 40 years of service, marking a milestone in the university’s staff history.
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Manchester University
England
Donald Fraser
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