Talk:Hawes murders

Date of Riot?

The only online reference I can find says that the riot happened on a Saturday night but doesn't give a date. Any help? I'd like to do the article on the slain postmaster Maurice Throckmorton. --Wheresdib 19:16, 24 August 2007 (PDT)

• I found a reference that said Sheriff Smith's arrest warrant was issued on December 9, which was a Sunday, and says the mob occurred on a Saturday. Since the bodies were discovered on December 4 (according to the website I found that should be a Tuesday, not a Monday), then Throckmorton would have died on December 8. --Wheresdib 20:54, 24 August 2007 (PDT)

Courthouse link

The link to the Jefferson County Courthouse in the Trial section pointed to the wrong courthouse article. I've linked to the 1889 one. I made the assumption that since the trial was in April, it was unlikely they could have torn down the old one after the trial and still complete the new one on the same spot before the end of the year. --Lkseitz 12:52, 11 April 2012 (PDT)