The San Francisco Criminal Element

Every early mining town had a healthy criminal element and San Francisco was no different.  The most notorious and sensational murder in it's early history was that of James King, editor of the Bulletin newspaper by James Casey, a political and local bad guy.

The editor was gunned down at the corner of Montgomery and Washington and died 6 days later.  His funeral was attended by 20,000 people while the bells of San Francisco tolled for King.

Casey on the other hand, was hanged by the town's Vigilante Commitee.

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