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Bill Caldwell person

born: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)died/dissolved: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)🌐 Q100766976id: p_bill-caldwell_5b917a

also known as: Caldwell, Cald-well

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Summary:  A man who held up three miners at gunpoint near Pyramid and was later remanded to county jail.
Completeness: 100/100 Grade A
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Claims (8)

arrested_for

hold-up of miners1890-12-19
cited from From the Liberal (1890) · +2 more
his country, something like three hundred years ago. The mines have recently been located by Messrs. Foley and Coleman, who will soon pro- ceed to do more or less development on the property. Turquoise is also found in the Cow Springs distr…
unknown
cited from with the other two men… (1890)
with the other two men. After going about a mile Caldwell turned Doyle loose but kept Dougherty going. Doyle and Plunket raised an alarm and soon an armed posse was on the trail. The two men were found about three miles from camp and brought…
hold-up
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-11-28 (1890) · +1 more
his country, something like three hundred years ago. The mines have recently been located by Messrs. Foley and Coleman, who will soon pro- ceed to do more or less development on the property. Turquoise is also found in the Cow Springs distr…

departed_for

cited from with the other two men… (1890)
with the other two men. After going about a mile Caldwell turned Doyle loose but kept Dougherty going. Doyle and Plunket raised an alarm and soon an armed posse was on the trail. The two men were found about three miles from camp and brought…

killed_by

Doyle
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-11-28 (1890)
his country, something like three hundred years ago. The mines have recently been located by Messrs. Foley and Coleman, who will soon pro- ceed to do more or less development on the property. Turquoise is also found in the Cow Springs distr…

owned

Winchester rifle
cited from From the Liberal (1890)
From the Liberal Last Friday night occurred the funniest hold-up of which there is any record in this section of the country. At midnight Messrs. Doyle, Plunket and Dougherty, three miners working for the New Mexico mining and mill- ing company …

sentenced_to

county jail awaiting grand jury1890-12-19
cited from with the other two men… (1890) · +1 more
eating their lunch they were invited by Bill Caldwell to stand up and put their hands above their heads. As the request was emphasized by a Winchester rifle the invitation was complied with. Caldwell marched them down the road apiece, turne…

witnessed

Hold-up of miners
cited from From the Liberal (1890)
From the Liberal Last Friday night occurred the funniest hold-up of which there is any record in this section of the country. At midnight Messrs. Doyle, Plunket and Dougherty, three miners working for the New Mexico mining and mill- ing company …

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Chauncey Nicholson, who was arrested on…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

From the Liberal

1890 · newspaper · public-domain

From the Liberal

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

with the other two men…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

with the other two men…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain

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