Decent, Orderly Lynching

The Montana Vigilantes

By: Frederick Allen

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The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the time, the Montana vigilantes are still revered as founding fathers.

Combing through original sources, including eye-witness accounts never before published, Frederick Allen concludes that the vigilantes were justified in their early actions, as they fought violent crime in a remote corner beyond the reach of government.

But Allen has uncovered evidence that the vigilantes refused to disband after territorial courts were in place. Remaining active for six years, they lynched more than fifty men without trials. Reliance on mob rule in Montana became so ingrained that in 1883, a Helena newspaper editor advocated a return to ""decent, orderly lynching"" as a legitimate tool of social control.

Allen's sharply drawn characters, illustrated by dozens of photographs, are woven into a masterfully written narrative that will change textbook accounts of Montana's early days - and challenge our thinking on the essence of justice.

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List of Illustrations	p. xi
List of Maps	p. xiii
Author's Note	p. xv
Introduction: The Murdered Boy	p. 3
Maine to California	p. 17
"A Seducer" on Trial	p. 38
Wooing Electa Bryan	p. 57
The New Sheriff	p. 77
The Dillingham Killing	p. 89
"Cut-Throats and Robbers"	p. 109
The Reluctant Chief Justice	p. 122
A Rashomon Night	p. 135
The Southmayd Robbery	p. 153
The Ives Trial	p. 168
"Men, Do Your Duty"	p. 185
The Vigilantes	p. 198
"Red" Yeager's List	p. 217
Five Hanged Side by Side	p. 233
One Hundred and Two!	p. 254
Slade of the Overland	p. 273
"The Wounded Man Recovered"	p. 290
"No More Midnight Executions"	p. 308
Thomas Francis Meagher	p. 324
Pax Vigilanticus	p. 345
Epilogue	p. 361
Appendix: Targets of the Montana Vigilantes	p. 365
Note on Sources	p. 367
Notes	p. 371
Bibliography	p. 401
Acknowledgments	p. 407
Index	p. 411
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