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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "trials"
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]
"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]
Harlots and Whorehouses: Fallen Angels of Front Street, Part 2, by
Phil Reader
"Maria" was a tough little Irish lass who worked the saloons of Santa Cruz for a dozen years. Her free ... [Read more]
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For thirty-six years he lived quietly on a small homestead which was located atop a wooded hill at the end of Branciforte Drive in the Vine Hill district. When he died in 1893 he was a wizened old man bent low with age, sporting a balding pate and grizzled ..." [More]
Excerpted from Uncle Dave's Story: The Life of Ex-Slave Dave Boffman by Phil Reader
