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Photographer: Lithograph by J. Dallas (image courtesy of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley)
Taken: 1856
Caption: Great excitement in San Francisco,... front of the jail, the Vigilance Committee taking
Additional Description: Full title: Great excitement in San Francisco, front of the jail, the Vigilance Committee taking possession of Cora and Casey.

It is worth noting that the marker only mentions Casey, and only indirectly by way of the crime committed, rather than by name. The Vigilance Committee sentenced and hanged two persons on May 22, 1856 - Charles Cora (for the murder of U.S. Marshal Richardson), and James P. Casey (for the murder of newspaper editor James King, who had editorialized that Sheriff David Scannell should hang if Cora were allowed (through corrupt connections) to escape). Cora and Casey were actually taken from the jail by mobs at different times.
Submitted: April 9, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p422440
File Size: 0.844 Megabytes

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