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The Frank W. Angel Report – Table of Contents

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