Diamondfield Jack
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muddawber
N 42° 24.749 W 113° 34.687
12T E 287864 N 4698795
A man, wrongly accused, was held in jail for almost six years before he saw freedom.
Waymark Code: WM9AX
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2006
Views: 46
Diamondfield Jack spent six years behind bars for allegedly killing two sheepherders while the courts and pardon board tried to figure out what to do with him.
After narrowly escaping the hangmans noose twice, the pardon board freed him after deciding that he wasn't guilty of the crime
Marker Name: Diamondfield Jack
Marker Type: Roadside
Marker Text:
J.L. Davis- Diamondfield Jack- spent most of six years in the Cassia County jail while the courts and pardon board were trying to figure out what to do with him.
By far the best know of the gunmen who fought in Idaho's sheep and cattle wars, he was tried here for shooting two sheepherders in 1896. After he was convicted, other cattlemen confessed to the crime. Twice he narrowly escaped hanging before the pardon board turned him loose late in 1902 after deciding he wasn't guilty after all.
County: Cassia
City: Albion
Group Responsible for Placement: The Idaho Transportation Department directs the preparation, location, installation and maintenance of the four-foot by eight-foot wooden signs.
Marker Number: 306
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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