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Butte Unavenged Crimes Highlight 1880s Tough Days
A survey of unsolved murders and violent incidents in Butte during its rough boom years details the 105 round fight that killed Parson Ward, the 1894 Barnes murder, the A P A riot deaths, and numerous other killings with few prosecutions. The piece notes police limitations, jury doubts, and mobs.
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Montana
Butte
G. H. Ward
Parson” Ward
peeRent
Crystal Springs
Thornton’s
Ward
Gallagher
Park Street
William Barnes
M. C. Young
South Butte
Barnes
Young
Lake Wilder
Bernice
Utah
William Coombs
Montana Street
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific
China Joe
Pink Hock
Columbia Gardens
J. W. Penrose
Penrose
Galena
W. F. Jordan
South Idaho Street
Jordan
Frank Hickey
Kelly
Hickey
Dougherty
Idaho
State Penitentiary
Joe Barriere
Rose Hartz
Rose
Niccolo Salvanti
Jesse Anderson
Anderson
Clark
Dave Davis
John Evans
Davis
Evans