Frontier Justice highlights eighteen crimes and subsequent punishments of the most interesting, controversial, and unusual executions from an era when hangings and shootings were a legal means of capital punishment. Learn about the bungled hanging of Tom Ketchum who was beheaded by the noose; the unique trigger for the trapdoor used to hang Tom Horn; "Big Nose" George Parrott who was skinned, pickled, and made into a pair of shoes; the double trials of Jack McCall, assassin of Wild Bill Hickok; the hanging of a woman-Elizabeth Potts; the shooting of John D. Lee of Mountain Meadows Massacre infamy; and the only use of a double "twitch-up" gallows; etc. Each action-packed chapter includes biographical information, the pursuit, the investigation, legal maneuvers, trial information, and rarely-seen photographs.

About the Author
R. Michael Wilson, a former law enforcement officer, has been researching and writing about the Old West for fifteen years.


Book Information
ISBN 9780762743896
Author R. Michael Wilson
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint TwoDot Books
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 16g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm