Two weeks ago, as a part of Criminal Annals, Part 56, I posted a short article from the Seventh-Fifth Anniversary Souvenir Review Edition of the “Mountain Democrat” discussing the hanging of John Henry Meyers. He was found guilty for participating…
Criminal Annals, Part 56 – Scarlet Ladies
Continuing with the Seventh-Fifth Anniversary Souvenir Review Edition of the “Mountain Democrat,” published on January 6, 1928, we find more crimes under the title, “Operations of Vigilantes” and in other areas of this historical newspaper. “Band Escorts Scarlet Ladies “The…
Criminal Annals, Part 55 – Vigilantes
The Seventh-Fifth Anniversary Souvenir Review Edition of the “Mountain Democrat,” published on January 6, 1928, devotes most of a page to a series of stories under the title, “Operations of Vigilantes.” The word “vigilantes,” is used here to describe a…
Who Was Daniel W. Carmichael?
Daniel Webster Carmichael was born in 1867 in Atlanta, Georgia and came to California in 1885. On January 12, 1892 he married Myrtle Roena Robb, who was born in Nevada. In 1909 Carmichael purchased 2,000 acres of “land composed of…
Criminal Annals, Part 54 – The Indians Hold a “Cry”
Finishing the “Indian Troubles” chapter in Paolo Sioli’s 1883 “Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers,” is a very interesting story about a “cry” for the “Great Spirit” by…
Criminal Annals, Part 53 – Indian Troubles
Following the discussion of the “El Dorado Indian War of 1850-1851″ in Paolo Sioli’s 1883 “Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers,” are several more articles on “Indian Troubles,”…