{"id":10547,"date":"2026-01-28T17:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=10547"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:22:15","slug":"notable-hangings-and-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2026\/01\/28\/notable-hangings-and-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Notable Hangings and Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAA\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"Mat90e\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_2z\" data-processed=\"true\">Placerville<span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">\u2019s notorious nickname, &#8220;<\/span><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Hangtown<\/strong>,&#8221; stems from several early incidents where people were executed by vigilante mobs rather than through a formal legal system.<span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_33,obqdFd_34\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=obqdFd_32\/TKHnVd\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"90bfb75b-9b5c-4b9b-8305-c3767a92a09b\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=obqdFd_32\/C5gNJc;aria-label=obqdFd_32\/bOjMyf;class=obqdFd_32\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiBuYjs0a2SAxUTl-4BHcyMObkQye0OegQIAhAC\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"Fsg96\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Notable Hangings and Crimes<button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"8216af4b-9a6f-458e-89ae-15221af41c34\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=obqdFd_39\/C5gNJc;aria-label=obqdFd_39\/bOjMyf;class=obqdFd_39\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiBuYjs0a2SAxUTl-4BHcyMObkQye0OegQIAxAA\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/button><\/div>\n<ul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAQQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">The &#8220;Original Three&#8221; (1849):<\/strong>\u00a0The most famous event involved three men\u2014often identified as two Frenchmen and one Chilean\u2014who were part of a gang of five that attempted to rob a Mexican gambler named Lopez. After being caught and initially sentenced to 39 lashes for the robbery, they were further accused of murders committed along the Stanislaus River. All three were hanged together from a giant white oak tree on Main Street.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAQQAQ\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Richard Crone (1850):<\/strong>\u00a0An Irishman known as &#8220;Irish Dick&#8221; was lynched after he stabbed a man to death during a dispute at the\u00a0<strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">El Dorado Saloon<\/strong>\u00a0on Main Street.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAQQAg\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">The Bullion Bend Robbery (1864):<\/strong>\u00a0Later history includes a Confederate sympathizer involved in a Wells Fargo stagecoach robbery who was reportedly hanged near the courthouse for killing a deputy.<\/span><span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_3o,obqdFd_3p\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=obqdFd_3n\/TKHnVd\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"2e5b3956-d805-440e-a62a-d6afd6cdfbd7\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=obqdFd_3n\/C5gNJc;aria-label=obqdFd_3n\/bOjMyf;class=obqdFd_3n\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiBuYjs0a2SAxUTl-4BHcyMObkQye0OegQIBBAD\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"Fsg96\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Were there trials?<button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"8ff01a64-da92-41d1-8fc5-a9ed8442e5a7\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=obqdFd_3z\/C5gNJc;aria-label=obqdFd_3z\/bOjMyf;class=obqdFd_3z\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiBuYjs0a2SAxUTl-4BHcyMObkQye0OegQIBRAA\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAYQAA\" data-processed=\"true\">There were no formal, legal trials as we know them today, as the area had no established police force or civil justice system at the time. Instead, justice was administered by\u00a0<strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">vigilante groups<\/strong>\u00a0or &#8220;impromptu courts&#8221;:<span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_45,obqdFd_46\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=obqdFd_44\/TKHnVd\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"876a1124-fa26-44c6-a5c8-c9fbb6f231de\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=obqdFd_44\/C5gNJc;aria-label=obqdFd_44\/bOjMyf;class=obqdFd_44\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiBuYjs0a2SAxUTl-4BHcyMObkQye0OegQIBhAB\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAcQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">The 1849 Hanging:<\/strong>\u00a0These men underwent a 30-minute &#8220;trial&#8221; by a mob of nearly 2,000 people. While some accounts claim a jury of 12 was used, it was entirely self-organized and lacked legal authority.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAcQAQ\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Speed of Execution:<\/strong>\u00a0Verdicts were often unanimous and followed by immediate execution. One man,\u00a0<strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">E.G. Buffum<\/strong>, famously protested the 1849 execution because the men were too weak from their previous floggings to defend themselves, but he was nearly lynched himself for speaking out.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAcQAg\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Evolution of Justice:<\/strong>\u00a0By the late 1850s, executions moved from the &#8220;Hangman\u2019s Tree&#8221; to the\u00a0<span data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><a class=\"H23r4e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofplacerville.org\/placerville-city-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hveid=\"CAcQAw\" data-processed=\"true\">El Dorado County Courthouse<\/a><\/span>\u00a0as formal law and order were established.<\/span><span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_4m,obqdFd_4n\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=obqdFd_4l\/TKHnVd\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"bce92f30-26ab-439e-9a74-6c140eb4925f\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=obqdFd_4l\/C5gNJc;aria-label=obqdFd_4l\/bOjMyf;class=obqdFd_4l\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiBuYjs0a2SAxUTl-4BHcyMObkQye0OegQIBxAE\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAgQAA\" data-processed=\"true\">Would you like to know more about the\u00a0<span data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><a class=\"H23r4e\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hangman%27s_Tree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hveid=\"CAgQAQ\" data-processed=\"true\">Hangman&#8217;s Tree<\/a><\/span>\u00a0location or the modern efforts to remove the\u00a0<strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">noose imagery<\/strong>\u00a0from the city&#8217;s seal?<button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"0bc29a79-97b2-4055-9fda-0e268523bbe6\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=obqdFd_4w\/C5gNJc;aria-label=obqdFd_4w\/bOjMyf;class=obqdFd_4w\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiBuYjs0a2SAxUTl-4BHcyMObkQye0OegQICBAC\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"Fsg96\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div data-xid=\"Gd7Hsc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"DBd2Wb\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<div data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zkL70c\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<div data-xid=\"YruvMc\" data-signal-inputs=\"ns9scf=obqdFd_52\/ns9scf\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"OUQe0e\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"csTa2e\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_56,obqdFd_57,obqdFd_58\" data-signal-inputs=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<div id=\"shrproxyB7F5acGZJJOuur8PzJnmyQs_56\" class=\"bQ0Yzc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_5a,obqdFd_5b,obqdFd_5c\" data-signal-inputs=\"N7abZd=obqdFd_54\/N7abZd\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiBuYjs0a2SAxUTl-4BHcyMObkQp4QQegQICRAA\" data-hveid=\"CAkQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"><button class=\"eGAasd\" aria-label=\" Share\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=obqdFd_59\/obqdFd_54\/N7abZd\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_5e\" data-signal-inputs=\"iWO5td=obqdFd_59\/RqMoe;D4R9he=obqdFd_59\/uF65Od;C5DOxd=obqdFd_59\/C5DOxd\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_5h\" data-signal-inputs=\"iWO5td=obqdFd_59\/kUzssc;D4R9he=obqdFd_59\/HQ1kyb;C5DOxd=obqdFd_59\/C5DOxd\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"VlQBpc\" data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_5k,obqdFd_5l\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"csTa2e\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_5n,obqdFd_5o,obqdFd_5p\" data-signal-inputs=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiBuYjs0a2SAxUTl-4BHcyMObkQzO0OegQICRAG\" data-hveid=\"CAkQBg\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"csTa2e\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-wiz-uids=\"obqdFd_5r,obqdFd_5s,obqdFd_5t\" data-signal-inputs=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiBuYjs0a2SAxUTl-4BHcyMObkQze0OegQICRAH\" data-hveid=\"CAkQBw\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placerville\u2019s notorious nickname, &#8220;Hangtown,&#8221; 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