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1870 Las Vegas, New Mexico lynchings...



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April 22, 1870

THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 22, 1870

* Las Vegas, New Mexico
* Location notoriously known for outlaws
* Lynching of Mexican thieves


Near the bottom of page 7 is a brief article headed: "New Mexico" "Mexican Thieves Lynched at Las Vegas..." (see)
Complete with 12 pages, generally in nice condition.

Background (Wikipedia): The arrival of the railroad on July 4, 1879 brought with it businesses, development and new residents, both respectable and dubious. Murderers, robbers, thieves, gamblers, gunmen, swindlers, vagrants, and tramps poured in, transforming the eastern side of the settlement into a virtually lawless brawl. Among the notorious characters were such legends of the Old West as: dentist Doc Holliday and his girlfriend Big Nose Kate, Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Mysterious Dave Mather, Hoodoo Brown, and Handsome Harry the Dancehall Rustler. Historian Ralph Emerson Twitchell once claimed regarding the Old West, "Without exception there was no town which harbored a more disreputable gang of desperadoes and outlaws than did Las Vegas."

Category: Post-Civil War