Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Jack "Diamondfield" Davis, a Nevada prospector who stuck it rich after being pardoned for an Idaho murder in 1902. When he was working for a cattle company, Diamondfield was accused of the murder of two sheepherders. He was sentenced to hang, but his execution date was postponed and then changed to life inprisonment after two other men confessed to the crime. Diamondfield was pardoned by Idaho Governor Frank W. Hunt in December of 1902. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Davis, Jack (Diamondfield [sic] ) ; Wagner, Ralph Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: [Jack (Diamondfield) Davis]
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Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
22801 uclamss_1387_22801-01 ark:/21198/zz0027zts1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Crime Miners--California--Los Angeles Economy Davis, Jackson Lee, 1870?-1949
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