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Col. Harris person

born: [1888-01-01,1889-01-01)died/dissolved: [1888-01-01,1889-01-01)id: p_col-harris_dcd46e

also known as: the colonel

Probable 70%
Summary:  Owner of the Illinois mine at Kingston, involved in the Grey Eagle case and a physical altercation with Marcus Fuller.
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Claims (7)

fought_in

physical altercation with Marcus Fuller1888-01-27
cited from Col… (1888) · +1 more
that they are the men. Von Heine writes that they will all be shot within a month, as the Mexican laws make it a death penalty to rob a train in that country. So this settles Charley Small and his villainous gang forever. From the January…

owned

Illinois mine1888-01-27
cited from Col… (1888)
that they are the men. Von Heine writes that they will all be shot within a month, as the Mexican laws make it a death penalty to rob a train in that country. So this settles Charley Small and his villainous gang forever. From the January…
cited from Col… (1888)
Col. Harris, owner of the Illinois mine at Kingston, who is in this city attending the Grey Eagle case before Master Posey, had a slight misunderstanding with a big miner named Marcus Fuller in which the colonel came out first best. Fuller …
cited from Col… (1888)
Col. Harris, owner of the Illinois mine at Kingston, who is in this city attending the Grey Eagle case before Master Posey, had a slight misunderstanding with a big miner named Marcus Fuller in which the colonel came out first best. Fuller appro…

purchased

$25
cited from Col… (1888)
Col. Harris, owner of the Illinois mine at Kingston, who is in this city attending the Grey Eagle case before Master Posey, had a slight misunderstanding with a big miner named Marcus Fuller in which the colonel came out first best. Fuller …

sold_to

$25 to Marcus Fuller1888-01-27
cited from Col… (1888)
that they are the men. Von Heine writes that they will all be shot within a month, as the Mexican laws make it a death penalty to rob a train in that country. So this settles Charley Small and his villainous gang forever. From the January…

witnessed

cited from Col… (1888)
Col. Harris, owner of the Illinois mine at Kingston, who is in this city attending the Grey Eagle case before Master Posey, had a slight misunderstanding with a big miner named Marcus Fuller in which the colonel came out first best. Fuller appro…

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