Officers Commended for Conduct at Albert York Execution
Sheriff Mooney Undersheriff Ross and Deputy Ditty are praised for orderly professional handling of the Albert York execution. No unnecessary talk boisterous behavior or loud proclamations occurred before or during the proceedings. The event was swift and the scene cleared promptly.
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Mooney
Ross
Ditty
Albert York
Sheriff Mooney
Sam
R. H. Ryburn
Dillon
W. H. Buchen
Wisdom
Brundage Undertaking
Call for statewide reform to move executions to prison
A Dillon editorial defends Yerk's execution as proper and urges Montana to abolish public hangings. It argues capital punishment should occur in the state prison under prison officials, with inmates kept until execution day, to spare communities and families from the show of hanging near courthouses.
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Dillon Examiner
Dillon
Montana
Examiner
Albert Yerk
York
Fair
Beaverhead County
Yerk
Albert Yeir Pays Penalty and Beaverhead Murder
A detailed Beaverhead county report covers the Albert Yeik/Yerk murder case. Sheriff Wyman is killed in Monida in 1920 by Yeik, who is captured after a manhunt. Yeik is tried, found guilty of first degree murder, and sentenced to death. The execution proceeds in Dillon with sheriffs and officials present.
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KKK
Bud Galt
Beaverhead Motors
Alonzo A. Kenison
Rodgers & Gilbert
Dillon
Montana
Beaverhead
William York
Albert
Supreme Court
Yelk
C. K. Wyman
Wyman
Idaho
Monida
Albert Yerk
Yerk
Monnda
Summit Hotel
Yeik
Sheriff Wyman
York
Manida Mercantile
Lima
Dell
C. E. Davis
W. J
Smith
Dixon
Wm. Yerk
Diason
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Edith Gray
Henry T. Gray
Albert Yeir
Father Gallagher
Potter’s Field
Mountain View
Alphonso Wyman
Larry Duggan
Robison
Silver Bow ‘County
C. L. Beal
Deer Lodge
Brown
Philipsburg
Wilson
Billings
Elger
Marble
Bozman
Mooneyans
Yeik Yeik
Willl Yerk
Minnesota
C. W. Robison
T. B. Gilbert
J. C. Smith
O Boys
Xtragorys
Nere
Eliel Brothers
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