THE VIGILANTES OF MONTANA Being a Correct and Impartial Narrative of the Chase, Trial, Capture and Execution of Henry Plummer's Notorious Road Agent Band

Hardback. 8th printing. Intro' by E. DeGolyer. .....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"; forming the only reliable work on the subject ever offered to the public. The tainted sheriff in this narrative is Henry Plummer who, in 1852, arrived in Nevada City, a gold camp in California's High Sierra. His life here began innocently enough, but he soon had 2 murders to his credit and 10yrs. later was a fully fledged villain directing a gang of criminals. In 1863 he moved to Idaho and was elected sheriff despite his doubtful past. There he fell foul of the vigilantes. How the citizens meted out justice to him and his band of cut-throat agents. 271pp. small 8vo. h/back. With tiny label to fpd, v.v. lightly foxed fore-edge o/w Nr. F. in sl. frayed Vg. protected dw.