When the second posse located them another shootout ensued in which Special Deputy Rader was wounded. The suspects were again able to escape, but were located two days later. Deputy James Mackay was shot and killed during a third shootout. The suspects escaped for a third time.
The suspect who was identified as shooting Deputy Mackay was arrested in Needles, California, in 1895. He was returned to Meagher County, convicted of Deputy Mackay's murder, and hung on December 20, 1895. A second suspect was hanged in Helena, Montana June 8, 1896.
Special Deputy Rader had also served as Sherriff of Meagher County. He is buried at Mayn Cemetery in White Sulpher Springs, Montana.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/10955-special-deputy-sheriff-william-rader#ixzz3D9e2uQFa
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When the second posse located them another shootout ensued in which Special Deputy Rader was wounded. The suspects were again able to escape, but were located two days later. Deputy James Mackay was shot and killed during a third shootout. The suspects escaped for a third time.
The suspect who was identified as shooting Deputy Mackay was arrested in Needles, California, in 1895. He was returned to Meagher County, convicted of Deputy Mackay's murder, and hung on December 20, 1895. A second suspect was hanged in Helena, Montana June 8, 1896.
Special Deputy Rader had also served as Sherriff of Meagher County. He is buried at Mayn Cemetery in White Sulpher Springs, Montana.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/10955-special-deputy-sheriff-william-rader#ixzz3D9e2uQFa
Added by Cemetery Walker (#47037844)
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