Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Subject 56f Crimes and criminals general

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Subject File, Crimes and criminals newspaper transcriptions - "Patsy Coughlan Executed - Unflinchingly He Faced His Doom", Wyoming Press, Evanston, Wyo., Dec. 19, 1896
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Subject 56f Crimes and criminals general
Item Description: 
Crimes and criminals newspaper transcriptions - "Patsy Coughlan Executed - Unflinchingly He Faced His Doom", Wyoming Press, Evanston, Wyo., Dec. 19, 1896
Date: 
1877
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Coughlan [or Coughlin], Patrick "Patsy" - executed in Sage Hollow (Rich Co., Utah -Dec. 15, 1896)
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Coughlan died for murdering Contables Stagg & Daves in Palmer's cabin near Evanston (Uinta Co.)
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Calverly, Dep. Sheriff Bob - ordered murderer's death
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Lee, Dr. E. - of Randolph (Park Co.) & a cousin of Coughlan
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Hocker, Dr. - Evanston (Uinta Co.)
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legal executioners:Eastman, Deputies D. W. & McKinnon, Archie
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Galligan, Father - priest witnessed Coughlan's demise
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George, Fred - Coughlan's partner in crime - stole horse at Murray (Utah - Jul. 14, 1895)
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Harrington, Sheriff (Summit Co., Utah) - pursued horse thieves
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Stagg. Constable (Echo, Utah) & Dawes, ex-Evanston City Marshal (Uinta Co.) - killed
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murdering horse thieves - captured at Willow Creek Canyon (Tooele Co, Utah)
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murdering horse thieves - captured at Willow Creek Canyon (Tooele Co, Utah)
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Coughlan & George - tried for murder at Ogden (Utah - Oct., 1895)
Filename: 
WPA Sub 56F CRIMES AND CRIMINALS General.pdf
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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