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Photograph of Jury in Dayton, Nevada; 1897[146399]

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Photograph of Jury in Dayton, Nevada; 1897[146399]
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Photograph of a jury captioned, "Thurlow Douglas and other members of the Mystic 12." Courthouse is the original Lyon County Courthouse in Dayton, NV (1864 - 1909). However, the "Mystic 12" comment on front and an inscription on the back of an 1882 trial for the murder of an Indian woman are incorrect. Rather, several newspaper articles from that time period, including an article from the Nevada State Journal (Reno) dated March 11, 1897, clarifies that the forthcoming trial was about the February murder of Paiute Indian Jim King by a young man named Cyrus B.Logan who struck King on the head with a crowbar while King was trying to defend two Paiute women ("squaws" in the article) from assault. This attack took place in Yerington where King had arrived from the Pyramid Lake or Walker Lake Reservation (newspaper articles mention both) to sell fish. Genzell, an associate of Logan, was with him at the time but was not involved in the killing. Ultimately, Logan was indicted on murder charges which led to the resignation of the Justice of the Peace over his initial mishandling of the incident. This incident became quite a legal mess until it was resolved by this jury trial in April 1987 under Judge Mack. Logan was eventually sentenced to 30 years hard labor. The twelve-man jury included an HV Clinton -- whose name appears on the bottom front -- whom, we assume, dated the photograph many years later but did not have his dates or spellings correct. Photograph is 4.75' x 4.25', sleeved, good condition, faded a little on the right edge.

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State: Nevada
City: Dayton
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