Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Boggs, Johnny D. frey50

Great murder trials of the Old West / Johnny D. Boggs. - Plano, Tex. : Republic of Texas Press, c2003. - x, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-269) and index.

"I am ready to die" : military trial of the Modoc Indians : Fort Klamath, Oregon, 1873 -- "A cowardly, treacherous desperado" : trial of Jack McCall : Yankton, Dakota Territory, 1876-77 -- "I am that d----d desperado, John Wesley Hardin" : trial of John Wesley Hardin : Comanche, Texas, 1877 -- "Hanging is my favorite way of dying" : trial of Bill Longley : Giddings, Texas, 1877 -- "Live at peace with the white men" : court-martial of the Apache scouts : Fort Grant, Arizona Territory, 1881 -- "Human jerked beef" : trial of Alfred Packer : Lake City, Colorado, 1883 -- "You will never reach home alive" : trial of Oliver Lee and James Gililland : Hillsboro, New Mexico Territory, 1899 -- "Don't, Uncle Bill, this is Lynn" : trial of Wiley Lynn : Wewoka, Oklahoma, 1925.

1556228929 (alk. paper)

2002015433


Trials (Murder)--West (U.S.)

KF221.M8 / B64 2003

345.78/02523