There were many accounts of what happened in Prineville on that fateful day in 1882, in Reign of the vigilantes, William Thompson told a very different account of the events of vigilantism that occurred on March 15, 1882 Thompson bent the truth to protect himself.
Thompson said the land dispute was a “trivial matter at most” (Becman) according to Reign of the Vigilantes, most people would disagree with that statement and would not consider someone building a fence across their yard or property as a trivial matter. In Reign of the Vigilantes, Thompson referred to Langdon and Harrison as murderers, without them ever being questioned or appearing in a court room. As told in the news article Crook County’s Reign of Terror, Mr. Langdon warned Mr. Crook and Mr. Jory to desist or bring their guns, the two men did indeed return with their guns that afternoon, when Langdon confronted Mr. Crook and Mr. Jory the two men attempted to draw their weapons, Langdon then shot them. This would make the killings of both Crook and Jory as a case of self defense, as surly Mr. Langdon would have been shot himself had he not been the faster gun.
It was apparent that Thompson was the one giving the orders, he claimed in Reign of the Vigilantes that “they met 75-80 men coming to help them”, (Beckman) and that he turned them back saying that “the murderers had escaped”. (Becman) Had this been true, Thompson would have welcomed the help locating and apprehending the men. Thompson also told a man named Long in his party, to shoot and kill young Mr. Langdon if he tried to escape. Obviously Thompson was in charge of the men, and had no fears of prosecution. According to the Other Side: Vigilante Justice-part 1, “Thompson’s political connections were formidab...
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...othing to gain by their articles, and therefore are much less inclined to distort the truth for their own purposes unlike the article Thompson wrote Reign of the Vigilantes it was clouded with many self serving statements, that were meant to cover up the fact that Thompson bent the truth to protect himself.
Works Cited
Beckman, Stephen Dow. “Reign of the Vigilantes”
Beckman, Stephen Dow. Many faces: An Anthology of Oregon. Autobiography. Corvallis, Or:
Oregon State UP, 1993.
“Crook County’s Reign of Terror”
Portland Evening Telegram November 21, 1902.
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=
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Meyers Rick. “The Other Side: Vigilante Justice-part1”
Copyright Meyers 2004.
http://mckenzierose.com/Vigilante_Justice_Prine.htm
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