Title The Montana vigilantes, 1863-1870 : gold, guns, and gallows / Judge Mark C. Dillon

Published Logan : Utah State University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 449 pages) : illustrations, map Contents All that Glitters Is Not Gold -- The Rise and Dominance of the "Fourteen-Mile City" at Alder Gulch -- The First Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region : The Absence of Police, Prosecutorial, and Judicial Authority -- The Second Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region : The Value of Gold and Silver -- The Third Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region : The Insecure Means of Transporting Wealth -- The Murder of Nicholas Tiebolt and the Trial and Execution of George Ives -- Formation of the Vigilance Committee -- The Hanging Spree Begins -- The Bloody Drama Moves from Bannack to Virginia City -- The Establishment of a Territorial Court at Alder Gulch -- Vigilantism Migrates North to Helena, 1865-70 -- The Power of Reprieve and the Execution of James Daniels -- Normative Due Process and Trial Procedure in the Criminal Cases of 1860s Montana -- Due Process and Procedure : Vigilante Arrests and Trials -- Due Process and Procedure : Vigilante Sentences -- Postmortem Echoes of Times Past -- Conclusion Summary Historians and novelists alike have described the vigilantism that took root in the gold-mining communities of Montana in the mid-1860s. This book examines the subject through the prism of American legal history, considering the state of criminal justice and law enforcement in the western territories and also trial procedures, gubernatorial politics, legislative enactments, and constitutional rights. Using newspaper articles, diaries, letters, biographies, invoices, and books that speak to the compelling history of Montana's vigilantism in the 1860s, the author examines the conduct of the vigilantes in the context of the due process norms of the time. He implicates the influence of lawyers and judges who, like their non-lawyer counterparts, shaped history during the rush to earn fortunes in gold Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-432) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Vigilance committees -- Montana -- History -- 19th century Vigilantes -- Montana -- History -- 19th century Outlaws -- Montana -- History -- 19th century Criminal justice, Administration of -- Montana -- History -- 19th century Frontier and pioneer life -- Montana HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Criminal justice, Administration of Frontier and pioneer life Outlaws Vigilance committees Vigilantes SUBJECT Montana -- History -- 19th century Subject Montana Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2013031243 ISBN 9780874219203 0874219205 1457183951 9781457183959

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