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Tag Archives: James Casey
Vigilante headquarters on display
Soon after their stunningly successful military parade, starting on August 21st and lasting through the 23rd, the Committee of Vigilance opened their headquarters, Fort Gunnybags, for inspection by the general population to further emphasize the intimate connection between the committee … Continue reading
The Committee of Vigilance black list
After the hanging of James Casey and Charles Cora the Committee of Vigilance, recognizing that they had assumed the highest functions of the law, set about to purge it’s roles of certain less than desirable characters that had joined the … Continue reading
The vigilantes hang Casey and Cora
Just after one o’clock on the same afternoon as the funeral for James King of William, Charles Cora and James Casey were brought to the windows on the second floor of vigilante headquarters that had been prepared for them earlier … Continue reading
The vigilantes prepare to hang Cora and Casey
Preparations for the execution of Charles Cora and James Casey were simple. Wooden platforms, each equipped with hinges at the building line, were extended about three feet from two windows on the second floor of vigilante headquarters facing Sacramento Street. … Continue reading
Cora and Casey’s hanging moved to day of King’s funeral
While San Francisco prepared to pay its last respects to James King, the Committee of Vigilance was busy. The executive committee met at six o’clock that morning to reconsider the vote of the day before to execute both James Casey … Continue reading
James King of William dies
At half past one on the afternoon of Tuesday, May twentieth, James King died from the wound inflicted by James Casey’s Colt revolver and a dark pall fell on San Francisco. Up until the Sunday that the Committee of Vigilance … Continue reading
The trials of Casey and Cora
When all the pretrial preliminaries were over the executive committee of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance swore a sacred oath to God and each other that the votes taken to arrive at their verdict in the trials of Charles … Continue reading
Vigilantes prepare to try Casey and Cora
Around two that afternoon, as soon as James Casey was securely incarcerated at vigilante headquarters, the whole party returned to the county jail for Charles Cora. There was some delay in getting him but he finally appeared and was placed … Continue reading
The vigilantes take James Casey
The military of the Committee of Vigilance had surrounded county jail, the field gun they acquired aimed at the front door. A summons ordering Sheriff Scannell to surrender James Casey had been served and ignored. About one that afternoon William … Continue reading
The vigilantes and Governor Johnson compromise
His talk with General Sherman had evidently changed Governor Johnson’s mind from what he’d thought after his earlier talk with William Coleman. When he arrived at the committee’s headquarters with his brother, Sherman and former mayor Garrison he immediately asked … Continue reading
