Two illustrations, with accompanying text, showing the shooting of James King of William in San Francisco, California and the surrender of James P. Casey and Charles Cora
Description:
Description based on imperfect Beinecke Library copy, consisting of only the first of two sheets described by Baird.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
California and San Francisco
Subject (Name):
King, James, 1822-1856, Casey, James P., Cora, Charles., and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
Horizontal print has four vignettes of scenes from the assassination. Assassination: depicts the actual crime in the streets of San Francisco. Surrender of the Jail: depicts mob scene as vigilance committee demands the sheriff to hand the prisoner to ...
A group of civilians (mostly men) look across an open space to where two barely discernible individuals have been hanged from the roof of a row of buildings
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed by F. Kuhl
Subject (Geographic):
California and San Francisco
Subject (Name):
Casey, James P., Cora, Charles, and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.