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This is the story of Montana Territory in the last half of the nineteenth century, when a massive influx of gold seekers brought murderers and robbers into the region and forced the creation of an organization of law-abiding citizens known as the Vigilantes. Led by Captain James Williams, the Vigilantes sought to stop the blatant activities of more than fifty road agents in the Bannack-Virginia City mining area, who were secretly directed and protected by a local sheriff, Henry Plummer. The first instance of taking the law into their own hands occurred when an impromptu group of men captured, tried, and hanged one notorious killer, George Ives. Thereafter, with public approval, the Vigilantes continued to ride across the land, bringing swift retribution to all wrongdoers.Lew L. Callaway, who grew up knowing Captain Williams as a friend to his father, herein recounts the stories of such famous episodes as the trial of Ives and the controversial capture and hanging of Joseph A. Slade, who was carrying the severed ears of one of his victims in his pocket on the day he was hanged. More than a history of the bloody era that spawned the Vigilantes, this is the story of life in Montana Territory, of gold fever, Indian warfare, and the cattle empire that ended, along with Captain Williamss life, in the disastrous winter of 1887.

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title:Montana's Righteous Hangmen : The Vigilantes in Action
author:Callaway, Llewellyn Link.; Callaway, Llewellyn L.
publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin:0806129123
print isbn13:9780806129129
ebook isbn13:9780585148670
language:English
subjectVigilance committees--Montana--Addresses, essays, lectures, Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Addresses, essays, lectures, Montana--History--Addresses, essays, lectures.
publication date:1997
lcc:F731.C328 1997eb
ddc:364/.9786
subject:Vigilance committees--Montana--Addresses, essays, lectures, Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Addresses, essays, lectures, Montana--History--Addresses, essays, lectures.
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Montana's Righteous Hangmen
The Vigilantes in Action
By Lew. L. Callaway
Edited by Lew. L. Callaway, Jr.
Foreword by Merrill G. Burlingame
University of Oklahoma Press
Norman and London
Page iv
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Callaway, Llewellyn Link, 1868-1951.
Montana's righteous hangmen.
Includes index.
1. Vigilance committeesMontanaAddresses, essays, lectures.
2. Frontier and pioneer lifeMontanaAdresses, essays, lectures.
3. MontanaHistoryAddresses, essays, lectures. I. Callaway,
Llewellyn L. (Llewellyn Link), 1907- . II. Title.
F731.C328 1981 364'.9786Picture 2Picture 381-40282
Picture 4Picture 5Picture 6Picture 7AACR2
ISBN: 0-8061-1728-1 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0-8061-2912-3 (paperback)
Copyright 1982 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First edition, 1982. First paperback printing, 1997.
Portions of this volume were previously published in Two True Tales of the Wild West (Oakland, Calif.: Maud Gonne Press, 1973).
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Page v
To
ELLEN B. CALLAWAY
August 31, 1876-August 31, 1966
Devoted wife of Llewellyn L. Callaway and
mother of five. A lively and beautiful lady
full of love, humor, and compassion.
She loved the Old West
of which she was a part.
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Contents
Foreword
xiii
Editor's Preface
xix
Chapter One
Enter the Heroes and the Villains
Captain James Williams meets Joseph Alfred Slade. Stampede of gold seekers to Alder Gulch. Henry Plummer, secret leader of the outlaws elected sheriff, May 24, 1863. Robbery and murder rampant in Alder Gulch. Murder of Dillingham. His murderers acquitted.
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Chapter Two
The Notorious Killer George Ives Murders Young Nicholas Tbalt
Tbalt's body miraculously found. Captain James Williams and a posse capture Ives. Trial and hanging of George Ives. Heroic role of Colonel Wilbur Fisk Sanders as chief prosecutor of Ives.
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Chapter Three
Organization of the Vigilance Committee
The names and titles of the officers of the Vigilance Committee The oath of the Vigilantes. "Regulations and Bye Laws."
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Chapter Four
The Power of the Road Agents Broken
Capture, trial, and hanging of Yager and Brown. Astounding disclosure by Brown that Sheriff Henry Plummer was chief of the road agents. Plummer, Stinson, and Ray hanged January 10, 1864. More villains hanged.
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Chapter Five
The Strange and Tragic Story of Joseph Alfred Slade
A Montana version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. A born leader, brave, competent, and a charmer when sober, a dangerous and vicious man when drinking. He dies by the hangman's noose.
71
Chapter Six
The Meaning of 3-7-77.
Capture, trial, and hanging of Kelly. Long arm of the Vigilantes reaches Dolan. Vigilantes organized in Last Chance Gulch (Helena). John X. Beidler the leader. Speculation on the meaning of 3-7-77.
113
Chapter Seven
Marriage of Captain Williams to Miss Elizabeth Ledford
Prosperity, then misfortune. Hardships of ranch life for women. Captain Williams us. X. Beidler with practical jokes.
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Chapter Eight
Life on the Ranch with Williams and Callaway
Captain James Williams and Colonel James E. Callaway become ranch partners. The Montana cowboy and his gear. Captain Benteen's Story of the Custer Massacre. Trouble with Indians. Bank robbery in Virginia City. The Chinese War in Alder Gulch.
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Chapter Nine
Terrible and Disastrous Winter of 1887
Cattle sold at $20 a head. Mild winters of 1885-86. Terrible winter of 1887. The herds wiped out. Captain Williams commits suicide.
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