03866nam 2200709 450 991053814730332120200520144314.01-4571-8395-10-87421-920-5(CKB)3170000000060683(EBL)1563458(SSID)ssj0001058872(PQKBManifestationID)11602564(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001058872(PQKBWorkID)11071928(PQKB)11577362(MiAaPQ)EBC3442916(OCoLC)864141288(MdBmJHUP)muse25013(MiAaPQ)EBC1563458(Au-PeEL)EBL3442916(CaPaEBR)ebr10810405(Au-PeEL)EBL1563458(EXLCZ)99317000000006068320130813h20132013 uy| 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe Montana vigilantes, 1863-1870 gold, guns, and gallows /Judge Mark C. DillonLogan :Utah State University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (472 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60732-529-2 0-87421-919-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Figures; Preface; 1. All that Glitters Is Not Gold; 2. The Rise and Dominance of the "Fourteen-Mile City" at Alder Gulch; 3. The First Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region; 4. The Second Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region; 5. The Third Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region; 6. The Murder of Nicholas Tiebolt and the Trial and Execution of George Ives; 7. Formation of the Vigilance Committee; 8. The Hanging Spree Begins; 9. The Bloody Drama Moves from Bannack to Virginia City; 10. The Establishment of a Territorial Court at Alder Gulch11. Vigilantism Migrates North to Helena, 1865-7012. The Power of Reprieve and the Execution of James Daniels; 13. Normative Due Process and Trial Procedure in the Criminal Cases of 1860's Montana; 14. Due Process and Procedure: Vigilante Arrests and Trials; 15. Due Process and Procedure: Vigilante Sentences; 16. Postmortem Echoes of Times Past; 17. Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; About the Author; IndexHistorians and novelists alike have described the vigilantism that took root in the gold-mining communities of Montana in the mid-1860's, but Mark C. Dillon is the first to examine 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 1860's, DillonVigilance committeesMontanaHistory19th centuryVigilantesMontanaHistory19th centuryOutlawsMontanaHistory19th centuryCriminal justice, Administration ofMontanaHistory19th centuryFrontier and pioneer lifeMontanaMontanaHistory19th centuryElectronic books.Vigilance committeesHistoryVigilantesHistoryOutlawsHistoryCriminal justice, Administration ofHistoryFrontier and pioneer life978.6/01Dillon Mark C1111054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910538147303321The Montana vigilantes, 1863-18702636400UNINA