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Read moreIt seemed that James A. Gordon’s luck had run out. Sitting in a jail at Leavenworth, Kan., Gordon was waiting for a hearing before Judge John Pettit for the murder of John Gantz nearly two months before, on July 18, 1860, in Denver City, Kansas Territory.
Read moreLoved ones, friends share experience of loss by suicide
Read moreLuck was with James A. Gordon when he charged out of Fort Lupton, 24 miles northeast of Denver City, Kansas Territory, the morning of Sept. 22, 1860. Flourishing a revolver overhead, Gordon shouted at the vigilantes, “Shoot, you cowards, and follow me!”
Read moreJames A. Gordon was just one of thousands of emigrants seeking his fortune on the front range of the Rocky Mountains after gold was discovered in 1858. His father had established a ranch three miles south of Denver City, but Gordon was drawn to the sporting life. He became involved in a love affair that he later confessed “began to trouble me considerable.” In an effort to divert his mind from romantic troubles, he turned to whiskey.
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