The Frank W. Angel Report on the Death of John H. Tunstall
Acknowledgments
List of Images
Preface
1. Genesis of the “Angel Report”
Emil Fritz’s Life Insurance Policy
Tunstall Entangled in Fritz Insurance Conflict
Events Leading to Tunstall’s Murder
Tunstall Killed
Justice Foiled
British Government Alerted to Tunstall’s Killing
Governor Axtell Issues a Proclamation
Death of Morton, Baker, and McCoskey
Federal Government Takes Action
Angel Appointed Special Agent
Angel Gives Interrogatories to Governor Axtell
Angel Submits His Report
Governor Axtell Fired
U.S District Attorney Catron Fired
2. Governor Axtell’s Interrogatories
Interrogatories
Governor Axtell’s Reply
Notes on Governor Axtell’s Reply
3. Angel’s Charges Against Governor Axtell
Charges Against Axtell
Angel’s Conclusions
4. Witness Statements
Introduction
Daniel M. Appel – July 1, 1878
William Baker – June 13, 1878
Adolph P. Barrier – June 11, 1878
Robert W. Beckwith – June 17, 1878
William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid – June 8, 1878
Henry Brown – June 13, 1878
Thomas Cockrane, alias Thomas Corcoran – June 17, 1878
James J. Dolan – June 25, 1878
William Dowlin – Purington Statement Exhibit C – June 24, 1878
Thomas F. Frederick – June 13, 1878
Panteleon Gallegos – May 14, 1878
John Galvin – June 17, 1878
Godfrey Gauss – June 6, 1878
Florencio Gonzales – June 8, 1878
Millard F. Goodwin – First Statement – Purington Statement Exhibit E – June 24, 1878
Millard F. Goodwin – Second Statement – June 24, 1878
Albert H. Howe – May 22, 1878
John Hurley – June 25, 1878
Charles Kruling, alias Dutch Charley – June 5, 1878
James J. Longwell – May 14, 1878
Houston Lust – Purington Statement Exhibit B – June 13, 1878
Atanacio Martinez – First Statement – Not Dated
Atanacio Martinez – Second Statement – Not Dated
Jacob B. Mathews – June 26, 1878
Alexander A. McSween – June 6, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 1 – July 31,1877
McSween Statement Exhibit 2 – October 19, 1876
McSween Statement Exhibit 3 – December 21, 1876
McSween Statement Exhibit 4 – May 1877
McSween Statement Exhibit 5 – May 1877
McSween Statement Exhibit 6 – May 25, 1877
McSween Statement Exhibit 7 – July 19, 1877
McSween Statement Exhibit 8 – August 1, 1877
McSween Statement Exhibit 9 – Janury 18, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 10 – January 28, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 11 – Undated
McSween Statement Exhibit 12 – May 31, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 13 – February 19, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 14 – May 31, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 15 – February 9 and 11, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 16 – March 9, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 17 – May 2, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 18 – April 25, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 19 – February 14, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 20 – May 2, 1878
McSween Statement Exhibit 21 – Undated
John Middleton – June 13, 1878
Jose Montaño – June 6, 1878
Lawrence G. Murphy – May 14, 1878
John Newcomb – June 8, 1878
John Wallace Olinger – June 17, 1878
Juan B. Patron – June 6, 1878
John R. Patton – May 22, 1878
George W. Peppin – Purington Statement Exhibit A – June 22, 1878
Samuel R. Perry – June 16, 1878
George A. Purington – June 25, 1878
Purington Exhibit D – Letter Widenmann to Purington – February 20, 1878
Purington Exhibit F – Orders to Lieutenant DeLany – February 22
Purington Exhibit G – Letter Loud to Purington – March 24, 1878
Purington Exhibit H – March 5, 1878
Berry Robinson – First Statement – June 13, 1878
Berry Robinson – Second Statement – June 22, 1878
Calvin Sampson – June, 1878
David P. Shield and Adolph P. Barrier – Undated
George W. Smith – June 13, 1878
George VanSickle – June 12, 1878
Robert A. Widenmann – First Statement – June 6, 1878
Robert A. Widenmann – Second Statement – June 6.1878
5. Letters
Introduction
Section of Territorial Law Governing J.P. Vacancies – January 13, 1876
John B. Wilson’s Appointment as Justice of the Peace – February 14, 1877
Edward Thornton to Secretary of State William M. Evarts – March 9, 1878
William M. Evarts to Attorney General Charles Devens – March 13, 1878
Montague R. Leverson to Senator Henry B. Anthony – March 20, 1878
Montague R. Leverson to U.S. Marshal John C. Sherman – March 20, 1878
Telegram John Sherman to Charles Devens – March 23, 1878
Charles Devens to U.S. Marshal John Sherman – March 26, 1878
Edward Thornton to Attorney General Charles Devens – March 27, 1878
Robert Widenmann to Secretary of the Interior Schurz – March 29, 1878
Montague Leverson to President Rutherford B. Hayes – April 1, 1878
Montague Leverson to Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz – April 1, 1878
William M. Evarts to Attorney General Charles Devens – April 3, 1878
John Sherman to Attorney General Charles Devens – April 3, 1878
Samuel F. Phillips to Secretary of State William Evarts – April 9, 1878
Thomas Catron to Attorney General Charles Devens – August 19, 1878
G. C. Wing to U.S. District Attorney Thomas Catron – September 7, 1878
Stephen Elkins to Attorney General Charles Devens, September 13, 1878
Thomas Catron to Attorney General Devens – September 13, 1878
Thomas Catron to Attorney General Devens – September 17, 1878
Charles Devens to Stephen B. Elkins, September 18, 1878
Stephen Elkins to Attorney General Devens – September 24, 1878
Thomas Catron, Resignation Letter – October 10, 1878
Charles Devens to Catron, Resignation Accepted – October 19, 1878
Stephen Elkins to Attorney General Devens – November 10, 1878
Charles Devens to Stephen B. Elkins, November 12, 1878
Telegram Sherman to Attorney General – October 29, 1878
Devens to U.S. Marshal John Sherman – October 20, 1878
Charles Devens to Secretary of the Interior Carl Shurtz – January 10, 1879
Charles Devens to Secretary of State William Evarts – January 10, 1879
William Evarts to Attorney General Charles Devens – February 8, 1879
Sidney M. Barnes to Attorney General Charles Devens – May 30, 1879
6. Attempt to Destroy the Report
Appendix A – Cast of Characters
Appendix B – Timeline
Notes
Index
