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Newspaper

Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1941

Page

3

Vigilantes Won: Montana Crushing Plummer Gang Founders

In early Montana Virginia City vigilantes executed Plummer gang leaders on a single day. The rise of the committee of safety ended fear, with Glubfoot George Lane and others hanged atop a partly built scaffold. Gravesite disputes and heroism of vigilante leaders shaped a lawless era.

Montana Plummer Gang Virginia City Hangman’s Graveyard Henry Plummer Plummer Committee of Safety Vigilantes Glubfoot George Lane Haze Lyons Boone Helm Jack Gallagher Frank Parish Hangman’s A. B. Davis Col. W. F. Sanders Lew L. Callaway Davis George Lane Frank Walker Callaway Walker Junction Company of Madison County Idaho Ed Hibbert Hank Crawford J. M. Castner Dr. Biddle O. J. Rockwell Captain Higgins Dempsey D. O'Leary Rheem George Copley Judge Hoyt Smith Ball N. P. Langford R. C. Knox A., Godfrey Harry Flegger Buzz Craven Frank Ray Louis le Grau Matt Carroll S. T. Hauser M. T. Moody John McCormick Billy Sloan J. M. Bozeman J. S. Rockefeller Henry Bransom M. V. Jones D. Sheriff Dillingham Frank Woody John Murphy Tom Oconnor J. X. Beidler Matteson Wilkenson Perceval Dan McFadden Sweeney Dodge Dr. Steele E. R. Cutter Dr. Ruttar Hill Beachey Tom Reilly Lank Forbes John Featherstone Jack Temple Thomas J. Dimsdale Jemmy Allen Charle Haton Dan Harding Barney O'Keefe Barney Hughes J. M. Fox John McGrath James Stuart Charles J. Curtiss Stephen Reynolds Judge Burchette Major Hutchenson Ed House Dr., Palmer S. M. Hall G. French Captain Williams Bar of Thateriod Society Arnett Spillman George Ives John Morgan John Jackson Alias Jones Erastus Yager G. W. Brown Ned Ray Buck Stinson John Wagner Joseph Pizanthia Greaser Clubfoot George Haze Lyon Steve Marshland William Bunton George Shears Cyrus Skinner Alex Carter Bob Zachary John Cooper W. Graves William Hunter John A. Slade Jacob Seachrist Silvie R. C. Raw Jack Shuster James Douglass George Blue Frank Williams Colorado Baker Radersburg Joseph Wilson Arthur L. Compton Milford Coomes William Henry Smith Rieney Peter Herron George Hilderman John Franck Long John Hinson Hunt West Gallatin Jamagin Lo Uhien Jeff Standifer Bridger H. P. A. Smith H. G. Sessions H. D. Moyer Sessions Charles Reeves Road Moore

Red Hot Politics and Law Making In Dakota Territory Era

In 1861 the Montana region lay in Dakota Territory with Yankton as capital 1657 miles by river from Fort Benton. The era saw vigilante justice, early lawmaking, and a fiery legislature at Yankton amid clashes over capital location, anti blackness bills, and sensational campaigns led by figures like Arm strong and General Campbell.

Montana Dakota Territory Dakota Dakota Territorial Idaho Rockies Yankton Fort Benton Missouri South Dakota Buchanan William Jayne Illinois John Hutchinson Minnesota P. Bliss Ohio L. P. Williston Pennsylvania J. L. Williams Tennessee W. E. Gleason Maryland Henry A. Kennerly Land Office Kennerly American Fur Company Cut Bank Mont Sioux Falls Dakota Democrat Moses K. Armstrong Congress Territory Jim Somers Jim Armstrong Campbell Lne Pembina River Red River M. Pinney Pinney

Old Twenty Dollar Bill Recovered From Family Burial

A $20 Continental era bill buried with a grandfather was recovered by Elwyn Bouchard at the Continental National Bank in Harlowton. The bill, four inches square and brown, was kept with the grandfather who fought for the Union in the Civil War and died of yellow fever in Virginia while en route home. It had remained with the grandmother, Mrs. Alfred Bouchard, who died recently in Harlowton.

Continental Congress Continental National Bank Harlowton Elwyn Bouchard Pennsylvania Bouchard Virginia Alfred Bouchard

Hail Insurance Payments Listed for 1940 Year

Hall Insurance payments to Montana farmers for the 1940 crop year totaled about 95 thousand dollars according to the state insurance board. Payments exceeded regular funds by about 20 thousand, but roughly 20 thousand in delinquent accounts were collected to cover the difference.

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