Dumas Provencher person
also known as: Provencher
Summary: A pioneer of the territory, active in opposing the reign of terror, who was marked for death by assassins and killed on election night.
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discovered
a plot to kill the judges and seize the ballot at three precincts
cited from Shortly after midnight, of election day, the… (1891)Shortly after midnight, of election day, the
ballots of that precinct were still being counted
by a flickering lamp, in a long, low room in the
plaza of San Rafael, and poor Provencher was
there. He had just received news of a plot to
kill the…
killed_by
assassin with Springfield rifle— election day
cited from At that very instant there were six hired… (1891) · +1 morehal, Martin Gallegos, to whisper
a warning. Gallegos is hardly more than a boy
— a common, illiterate Mexican youth, at whose
awkwardness and ignorance most of us would
turn up our noses. But that he had in him the
stuff of men he showed b…
cited from At that very instant there were six hired… (1891)
At that very instant there were six hired
murderers crouching at the open window; and
while Provencher was yet speaking one of
them thrust in his old Springfield and fired.
The great half-inch ball struck Provencher in
the aorta, and from that …
hired murderers
cited from At that very instant there were six hired… (1891)At that very instant there were six hired
murderers crouching at the open window; and
while Provencher was yet speaking one of
them thrust in his old Springfield and fired.
The great half-inch ball struck Provencher in
the aorta, and from that …
assassin's rifle shot
cited from they were invisible, and could kill every man… (1891)they were invisible, and could kill every man
in the room before one could lift a finger against
them. There was but one thing to be done — to
put out the betraying lamp. But that was thirty
feet away; and before the nearest man could
reach …
assassin's rifle shot
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-01 (1891) · +1 morehal, Martin Gallegos, to whisper
a warning. Gallegos is hardly more than a boy
— a common, illiterate Mexican youth, at whose
awkwardness and ignorance most of us would
turn up our noses. But that he had in him the
stuff of men he showed b…
occupation
pioneer of the territory
cited from the prisoner alive or dead, and listening for the… (1891) · +1 morergeant’s
face and started for the door. The blinded
officer, even in the inconceivable anguish of the
moment, thought only of his orders to bring in
( 20 )
the prisoner alive or dead, and listening for the
footsteps of the fugitive, fired …
pioneer
cited from As striking an example of “pure nerve*'… (1891)As striking an example of “pure nerve*'
came under my own observation two years ago,
writes Charles F. Lummis. Valencia county.
New Mexico, had been disgraced by a long
series of cowardly and awful assassinations,
done by one young Mexican desper…
witnessed
marked for death by assassins
cited from the prisoner alive or dead, and listening for the… (1891) · +1 morergeant’s
face and started for the door. The blinded
officer, even in the inconceivable anguish of the
moment, thought only of his orders to bring in
( 20 )
the prisoner alive or dead, and listening for the
footsteps of the fugitive, fired …
plot to kill judges and seize ballots at three precincts— election day
cited from Shortly after midnight, of election day, the… (1891)active in the movement to overthrow the
evil men who had for years exercised a reign of
terror over “Bloody Valencia," was gentle, gen-
erous Dumas Provencher, one of the pioneers of
the territory, and he was one of the dozen of
us whom t…
Sources (9)
As striking an example of “pure nerve*'…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
At that very instant there were six hired…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
At that very instant there were six hired… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Shortly after midnight, of election day, the…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
Shortly after midnight, of election day, the… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-01
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
the prisoner alive or dead, and listening for the… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
they were invisible, and could kill every man… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
they were invisible, and could kill every man…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain