Thomas Bell Poole

Thomas Bell Poole (1818–1865) was under-sheriff of Monterey County, and member of the Knights of the Golden Circle serving as a crewman of the Confederate privateer J. M. Chapman. He was later a leader of Captain Ingram's Partisan Rangers and was captured and tried for killing a Deputy Sheriff following the Bullion Bend Robbery. He was found guilty of murder and was hanged at Placerville, California on September 29th, 1865. [1]

References

  1. ↑ John Boessenecker, Badge and Buckshot: Lawlessness in Old California, University of Oklahoma Press, 1997, pg. 135-136
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