Outlaw Tales of Idaho: True Stories Of The Gem State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, And Cutthroats

by Randy Stapilus

Overview

The frontier towns of Idaho were populated by some of the toughest and most dangerous characters in the West. Serial killer Lyda Lewis poisoned her unsuspecting husbands to cash in on their life insurance. The Eddy and Splawn families created counterfeit U.S. gold pieces. And "Diamondfield" Jack Davis, a notorious killer, even shot a child's dog. 

From Butch Cassidy to George Levy, Harry Orchard to Caleb Lyon, read about the most notorious desperados in the history of the Gem State. Through these astonishing true stories, Outlaw Tales of Idaho introduces you to a state you thought you know—and a West wilder than you even imagined. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762772360
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/06/2014
Series:	Outlaw Tales
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	626,453
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Randy Stapilus is an author, blogger, newsletter publisher, and former newspaper reporter and editor. He also wrote It Happened in Idaho, published by Globe Pequot Press. A longtime Idaho resident, he now lives in Carlton, Oregon, with his wife, Linda, a cat, and a varying number of dogs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction x

The Magruder Incident 1

The Opportunist 13

A Civil War Reenactment 23

Justice Overtaken 37

Downstairs, Upstairs 47

The Storyteller 58

Counterfeit 69

Diamondfield Jack 81

The Montpelier job 93

In Levy's Alley 101

The Assassin 113

Deadshot 124

An Incident in Chinatown 133

Serial Wife 146

Suggested Reading 157

References 163

Index 168

About the Author 176