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Index
Front Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. “Alarming Intelligence and Intense Excitement”: First Murders in the Pike’s Peak Country
2. “Most Horrible and Fiendish Murders”: The Bleeding of South Park Begins
3. “There Has Been Considerable Excitement”: The First Colorado Cavalry Steps In
4. “The People Are Scared Nearly to Death Here”: The Murderers Strike at the Vitals of South Park
5. “Fallen into the Hands of Hard Men in an Evil Hour”: The Lynching of Baxter
6. “Glorious News! The Mysterious Murders Unraveled at Last”: One of the Slayers Slain
7. “Desperate and Lawless Bravos”: The Brothers Espinosa
8. “Revenge for the Infamies Committed Against Our Families”: Serial Murder as Vendetta
9. “Malicious Interference Was the Cause”: The Scapegoating of Captain E. Wayne Eaton
10. “Times Have Become Quiet Again”: Panic Recedes in South Park but Murder Moves Elsewhere
11. “Ready for Any Duty, Untiring, and Full of Energy”: Samuel F. Tappan Takes Up the Hunt for the Espinosas
12. “If This Woman Is Found Dead, Tell the People the Espinosas of the Conejos Killed Her”: The Attack on Philbrook and Dolores Sánches
13. “I Drew His Head Back over a Fallen Tree and Cut It Off”: Tom Tobin Ends the Terror
14. “The Brightest Success Rewarded Them for Their Toils”: Tobin Brings in the Heads
15. “Who Is There to Gather the History of This Wretch?”: The Espinosas Remembered
16. “Times with Me Have Sadly Changed”: Destinies
Appendix A: Location of the Death Site of Vivián Espinosa: Alternative Theories
The Perkins Theory
The Walker Theory
Appendix B: John McCannon’s Attempt to Claim the Espinosa Reward
Bibliography
Index
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