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Tag Archives: Lynch law
The Governor interferes with the vigilantes
So far the legal authorities had not interfered with the work of the Committee of Vigilance, whose numbers continued to swell indicating the approval and support of the people. With the exception of one rarely read newspaper the press stood … Continue reading
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The execution of James Stuart
One of the many suspicious characters arrested by the Committee of Vigilance was an Englishman who had been sent to prison in Australia at an early age for forgery. There he had escaped his confinement and made his way to … Continue reading
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The Committee of Vigilance expands
At about the same time as the coroner’s jury issued its verdict blaming a number of prominent San Franciscans for the hanging of Jenkins, the Committee of Vigilance adopted a series of resolutions and issued them to the people in … Continue reading
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The execution of John Jenkins
Just one day after the formation of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance a man burglarized a store on the Commercial Street wharf and a small safe was taken. He was seen lugging a heavy sack down the street and … Continue reading
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The Committee of Vigilance organizes
On June 9, 1851 the citizens San Francisco, fed up with the out of control robberies, muggings, murders and arson related fires, as well as a city government that could not or would not control the situation, finally took matters … Continue reading
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A Committee of Vigilance
After the brutal robbery and assault on Charles Janson and the two trials that followed, it seemed that all of the outrage expressed by the good citizens of San Francisco should have served as a warning to the criminal elements … Continue reading
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The trial of Stuart and Windred
The most vocal member of the citizens committee that had been formed to deal with the issue of justice for Stuart and Windred, both accused of the brutal assault and robbery of Charles Janson in his store, was Sam Brannon. … Continue reading
San Francisco reacts to rampant crime
Something had to be done to stop crime in San Francisco. Those who lived outside the law did so without fear of punishment and the situation was getting worse. Some people proposed a committee of vigilance while others cried out … Continue reading
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San Francisco, 1851, a den of thieves
By the spring of 1851 the situation in San Francisco had become intolerable. The blackguards were on the rise. Crimes from pick pocketing to murder were common and there were so many emboldened desperadoes that no man was secure either … Continue reading
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The town that lynched a woman
It was July 4th, 1851 and John B. Weller, soon to be a United States Senator and later the Governor of California, was scheduled to give a speech in Downieville. Miners flooded into town from camps all over the area. … Continue reading
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