Vigilante Justice at Helena The Wilson Compton Trial
David Hilger recalls the 1870 Helena vigilante case following George Leonard's near fatal attack. Wilson and Compton were identified, tried by a citizen jury, and hanged at Dry Gulch within three days, in a moblike yet orderly proceeding near the Lewis and Clark county courthouse.
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David Hilger
Wilson-Compton
Helena
George Leonard
Lewistown
Prickly Pear Creek
Spokane Creek
Leonard
Montana
Missouri River
Beaver Creek
Billy Dingee
Rodney and
Breckenridge
Joseph Wilson
Arthur L. Compton
Wilson
Compton
Rodney Street
Main Street
Court House
Murphy
Harvey English
Lawrence
Symmes
George Ives
Arthur Compton
Mount Helena
Doc’’ Steele
Neil Wauter
Imada
Hangman’s Tree
Breckenridge Street
Rodney
Davis Street
Jess Armitage
Ross Deegan Horse Corral
T. H. Kleinschmidt
Dick Blake
Lewis and Clark County
Manning swindle recall reveals ancestor of same ruse
The article recounts a long-ago Montana swindle in which J. F. Manning exposed a scheme that defrauded Helena and Great Falls attorneys of about 1,568 dollars. The conman used forged letters and phony certified checks to press for a cash settlement, but feared the bait and failed to complete the scam.
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Great Falls
Cascade
Wyman
Helena
Winder
Game Bank
Winders-Wyman
Manning
Butte
Bow and Arrow Bears Tale From Cody Hunters
Ned Frost of Cody compiles a letter from Dr. Sexton Pope detailing a bow and arrow bear hunt with the California Archery experts. The account describes three grizzlies killed with one arrow apiece and full skinning for a museum specimen, noting no guns used.
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Ned Frost
Cody
California
Sexton Pope
University of California
Frost
Dr. Pope
Young
Doc
Montana rancher seeks wife in Chicago ad spree
C. H. Harper of Polynd Mont advertised for a wife in Chicago and received scores of letters and calls on pink, green, blue, and purple stationery. The Western rancher, bronzed and hat in hand, seeks a light complexioned partner, willing to be a good helpmate and join his five-man crew with a car at hand.
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Chicago
C. H. Harper
Harper
Mont
Butte
Montana Health Report Highlights Scattered Disease Yet Under Control
Montana health officials report a healthy midsummer trend with few communicable diseases confined to scattered communities. The weekly figures show tuberculosis two, typhoid fever two, smallpox twelve, diphtheria four, scarlet fever six, measles twenty six, whooping cough eighteen, chickenpox two, mumps five, polio one, gonorrhea sixteen, syphilis eleven, pneumonia three. Butte reports eleven measles and Billings twelve whooping cough as counties lag in reporting during Helena sessions.
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Montana
Th State Board
Helena
Butte
Doan’s Kidney Pills Prove Lasting Cure Claims
Mrs. R. Andrews of Great Falls testifies her back and rheumatic pains vanished after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. She reports lasting relief for kidney disorder with no trouble in over four years and endorses the product priced at 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY distributes the remedy.
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Great Falls
Dean
Doan
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Law
Manning Swindle
Crook
Winders
Charles Wagner
David Wittenberger
J. F. Manning
George H. Wyman
Horace G. Winders
San Joaquin County
Winder-Wyman
Postum Cereal Co. Inc
Battle Creek
Mich
Mount Washburn
Cascade Creek
Wallace Taylor
Will K. Flowerree
John Stack
John Daly
W. A. Hedges
Billy Bickett
Dick Barden
Frank Norris
Carnation
CA Asked
Montana Health Report
Holland
Bilin
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