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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Ben Volmer
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 1155
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Item Description:
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Volmer, Ben - Biographical information for Ben Volmer; "Mysterious Murder", Bridger Valley Enterprise, Jan. 7, 1913
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Date:
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Undated
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Link to Finding Aid:
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https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Notes:
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born:
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Notes:
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". . . prominent rancher living alone" on Boulder Flats near Pinedale (Sublette Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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died: o/a Dec. 14, 1912, Walter Christie, aka "Jack King", shot him with a rifle in his barnyard
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Notes:
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body found: Dec. 31, 1912, ". . . buried in a straw stack after being foully murdered and hidden"
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Notes:
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robbery suspect - coroner's inquest planned
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Notes:
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buried:
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Rights:
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Type:
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Text
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