Continuing down the page of the April 28, 1852 edition of the “Daily Union” there is another story about criminal activity, this time concerning a captain of a ship in San Francisco. “ROBBERY AND DEATH.– We learn from the San…
Author: Doug Noble
Criminal Annals, Part 84 – Execution of a Murderer
In the April 26, 1852 edition of the “Daily Union” there is a story about a murder and hanging at Monroeville, Colusa county. “EXECUTION OF A MURDERER. “We are indebted to Mr. Hanford, Gregory’s Express messenger, for the following: “A…
Criminal Annals, Part 83 – Who Was Jim Ugly?
There was a story about a hanging of a man named Jim Ugly at Yankee Jim’s, in Placer County, in the April 9, 1852 edition of the Sacramento “Daily Union,” that was included in this column several weeks ago. He…
Criminal Annals, Part 82 – The Coloma Tragedy
Again continuing with the early editions of the Sacramento “Daily Union,” in the April 22, 1852 edition there is a story from Coloma regarding Mr. Dougherty, the prisoner we read about who was not “rescued” from the civil authorities in…