The Vigilantes of Montana

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Author

Dimsdale, Thos. J. (Thomas Josiah), -1866

Title

The vigilantes of Montana; Or, popular justice in the Rocky Mountains Being a correct and impartial narrative of the chase, trial, capture and execution of Henry Plummer's road agent band, together with accounts of the lives and crimes of many of the robbers and desperadoes, the whole being interspersed with sketches of life in the mining camps of the "Far West"

Original Publication

United States: Montana Post Press, D. W. Tilton & Co.,1865,pubdate 1866.

Credits

Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

F721: United States local history: Rocky Mountains. Yellowstone National Park

Subject

Criminals -- Montana

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68146

Release Date

May 21, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE VIGILANTES OF MONTANA,
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. Introductory—Vigilance Committees.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE SUNNY SIDE OF MOUNTAIN LIFE.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. SETTLEMENT OF MONTANA.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE ROAD AGENTS. — NAMES, PLACE AND DATE OF EXECUTION.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. THE DARK DAYS OF MONTANA.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. THE TRIAL.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. PLUMMER VERSUS CRAWFORD.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. A CALENDAR OF CRIMES.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. PERILS OF THE ROAD.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE REPULSE.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE ROBBERY OF PEABODY & CALDWELL’S COACH.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA CITY AND THE MURDER OF DILLINGHAM.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE ROBBERY OF THE SALT LAKE MAIL COACH BY GEORGE IVES, BILL GRAVES alias WHISKEY BILL, AND BOB ZACHARY .
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. THE OPENING OF THE BALL—GEORGE IVES.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. THE FORMATION OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. THE DEER LODGE SCOUT.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. DUTCH JOHN (WAGNER.)
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. THE ARREST AND EXECUTION OF HENRY PLUMMER, THE ROAD AGENT CHIEF, BUCK STINSON AND NED RAY.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. THE EXECUTION OF “THE GREASER” (JOE PIZANTHIA,) AND DUTCH JOHN, (WAGNER.)
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. THE CAPTURE AND EXECUTION OF BOONE HELM, JACK GALLAGHER, FRANK PARISH, HAZE LYONS AND CLUB-FOOT GEORGE (LANE.)
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. THE DEER LODGE AND HELL GATE SCOUT—CAPTURE AND EXECUTION OF STEPHEN MARSHLAND, BILL BUNTON, CYRUS SKINNER, ALECK CARTER, JOHNNY COOPER, GEORGE SHEARS, ROBERT ZACHARY AND WILLIAM GRAVES, (WHISKEY BILL.)
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. CAPTURE AND EXECUTION OF BILL HUNTER.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. THE ARREST AND EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN J. A. SLADE WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS PREVIOUS CAREER.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. THE EXECUTION OF JAMES BRADY, FOR SHOOTING MURPHY, AT NEVADA.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. THE SNAKE RIVER SCOUT—CAPTURE AND EXECUTION OF JEM KELLY.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. ARREST AND EXECUTION OF JOHN DOLAN, ALIAS JOHN COYLE, ALIAS “HARD HAT,” FOR ROBBING JAMES BRADY OF $700 IN GOLD.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. CAPTURE AND EXECUTION OF R. C. RAWLEY.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE TRIAL AND DEATH OF JOHN KEENE alias BOB BLACK, THE MURDERER OF HARRY SLATER . — SECOND DAY.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. CAPTURE AND EXECUTION OF JAKE SILVIE alias JACOB SEACHRIEST, A ROAD AGENT AND MURDERER OF TWELVE YEARS STANDING, AND THE SLAYER OF TWELVE MEN.
34. 34.BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE LEADING ROAD AGENTS OF PLUMMER’S BAND, AND OTHERS.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. HENRY PLUMMER.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. — BOONE HELM. — GEORGE IVES. — BILL BUNTON. — ALICK CARTER — CYRUS SKINNER — BILL HUNTER. — STEPHEN MARSHLAND — JAMES DANIELS.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. CONCLUSION.
38. 38.J. M. CASTNER,
39. 39.IDAHO RESTAURANT!
40. 40.GURNEY & CO. ’S BOOTS AND SHOES.
41. 41.The Tri-Weekly Post!
42. 42.The Montana Post
43. 43.The Montana Weekly Post! — Transcriber’s Notes

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