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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "criminals"
Anthony Azoff and the Murder of Detective Len Harris, by
Phil Reader
Being an account of the attempted robbery of the Wells-Fargo Express Office in Boulder Creek, and the subsequent killing of ... [Read more]
A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century, by
Phil Reader
"No arrests: for nobody cares." "Horse Stealing - Hardly a night passes in Pajaro that horse thieves do not visit ... [Read more]
A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century - Part 2, by
Phil Reader
Matt Tarpy was born in 1826 to Patrick and Bridget Tarpy in the poverty-stricken bogs of County Mayo, Ireland. The ... [Read more]
A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century - Part 3, by
Phil Reader
The advent of the Pajaro Property Protective Society on February 26, 1870, marked the beginning of a year long frenzy ... [Read more]
On August 17, 1977, Thomas Benton Wilson was arrested for hijacking a public bus in Santa Cruz and later holding ... [Read more]
"Charole"--The Life of Branciforte Bandido Faustino Lorenzana, by
Phil Reader
In 1885 a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel asked ex-sheriff Charlie Lincoln who was the most notorious character that ... [Read more]
"Charole"-- Part 2, by
Phil Reader
When the grand jury convened in early February, 1860, an indictment for assault with a deadly weapon was found against ... [Read more]
"Charole"-- Part 3, by
Phil Reader
Word of the killing spread quickly through Santa Cruz and before long there was a large posse in the saddle ... [Read more]
"Charole"-- Part 4, by
Phil Reader
The action of the vigilantes may have put an end to Pedro Lorenzana's life, but it also effectively ended the ... [Read more]
G. Brett Lytle, Professor of Languages, by
Phil Reader
The comic opera bandit, Dick Fellows, holds a special place in the literature of California outlawry, nay, American outlawry. The ... [Read more]
Hanging on the Water Street Bridge: A Santa Cruz Lynching, by
Geoffrey Dunn
By the time the sun rose on the morning of May 3, 1877, the two bodies dangling from the Water ... [Read more]
History of Santa Cruz County Jails, by
Craig R. Wilson
The first reference to a jail in Santa Cruz was on Mission Hill where Emmett and School Streets are presently ... [Read more]
History of Santa Cruz County Jails, by
Craig R. Wilson
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Famed Black Panther leader Huey Newton was arrested in Santa Cruz County on May 11, 1978. He was charged with ... [Read more]
Serial Murders in Santa Cruz County, by
Sharon Yamanaka
In 1973,with the discovery of four bodies in Henry Cowell State Park, then District Attorney Peter Chang mumbled a comment ... [Read more]
A Walk Through Time: Robert Liddell, by
Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
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Duncan McPherson, longtime publisher and editor of the Santa Cruz Sentinel, is another member of an elite group of pioneers who oversaw the growth of Santa Cruz.
Born of Scottish ancestry on April 13, 1839 at Rigo, New York, McPherson crossed the plains with his parents in 1852 and engaged ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Walk Through Time: Duncan McPherson by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
