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Frontier justice ends in tragedy with infant saved
A robbery spree ends on a frontier night as a horse thief is hanged after a summary trial. Milly Dean, left with her infant, is threatened by a robber who takes her money and aims to kill her. A stranger rescues her, kills the robber, and Milly’s husband returns to learn the grim events and the crowd’s verdict.
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West
Gerry and
Jife
Milly Dean
Isan
Hitsack
Milby
Milly
Cather
Gers