Seth Bullock For Sheriff Handbill, c. 1873 [168284]
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c. 1873 Seth Bullock for Sheriff handbill, Lewis and Clarke County, MT. 6.75x3.75". "In 1873, he was elected sheriff of Lewis and Clark County, Montana. During his tenure as sheriff, he killed his first man, Clell Watson. Watson had stolen a horse and engaged in a gunfight with Bullock, in which Bullock was slightly wounded in the shoulder. Watson was then taken into custody. Watson was prepared to be hanged, but a mob appeared and scared off the executioner. Bullock climbed the scaffold and pulled the lever, sending Watson to his death. Bullock then held off the mob with a shotgun." Montana c.1873
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Seth Bullock For Sheriff Handbill, c. 1873 [168284]
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