William F. Goggin
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William F. Goggin, alias Kerry Eagle - whoever he really was - had all the markings of a first-class frontier character. | William F. Goggin, alias Kerry Eagle - whoever he really was - had all the markings of a first-class frontier character. | ||
| − | From "This Last West" by Lorman L. Hoopes: 1880: has ranch on tongue river, about two or three miles from M.C; raises string beans and squash. | + | From "This Last West" by Lorman L. Hoopes: 1880: has ranch on tongue river, about two or three miles from M.C; raises string beans and squash. [[29 Dec 1883]] accused of the Murder of [[Daniel McCarthy]], age 56, a neighbor. Crime commited about Christmas morning ([[25 Dec 1883]]), '83. Jury trial renders verdict of "not guilty". [[24 Oct 1886]] marries [[Margaret Burns]]; [[Father Lindesmith]] performs ceremony; best man is [[E.F. Fish]]; bridesmaid is [[C.C. Fish]]. Rev. Lindesmith notes "Mrs. Burns came here six months ago." ([[Apr 1886]]) |
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For the next five years, the trail is cold. He resurfaces in the notes of the Rev. E.W.J. Lindesmith, who served as chaplain at Fort Keogh and as priest for neighboring Miles City from 1880 to 1891. The priest reported Goggin living south of Miles City on a Tongue River ranch raising string beans and squash by 1880. He may have been making a living selling his produce at the fort. In 1882, when Lindesmith was contemplating a new Catholic church and cemetery in Miles City, Goggin's name appears on a list of subscriptions, but it is not clear what the subscription was for, according to researchers at Catholic University of the Americas in Washington, D.C., where the Lindesmith archives are stored. | For the next five years, the trail is cold. He resurfaces in the notes of the Rev. E.W.J. Lindesmith, who served as chaplain at Fort Keogh and as priest for neighboring Miles City from 1880 to 1891. The priest reported Goggin living south of Miles City on a Tongue River ranch raising string beans and squash by 1880. He may have been making a living selling his produce at the fort. In 1882, when Lindesmith was contemplating a new Catholic church and cemetery in Miles City, Goggin's name appears on a list of subscriptions, but it is not clear what the subscription was for, according to researchers at Catholic University of the Americas in Washington, D.C., where the Lindesmith archives are stored. | ||
| − | It was Christmas Eve 1883 when Goggin really made a name for himself in the brawling city of 2,500. According to accounts in the Yellowstone Journal, he walked into the city early that morning to buy some meat and a jug of whiskey. Dr. J. Jay Wood, who examined the body of Goggin's roommate the next day, remembered seeing Goggin at the butcher shop about 2:30 p.m. Christmas Eve. | + | It was Christmas Eve 1883 when Goggin really made a name for himself in the brawling city of 2,500. According to accounts in the Yellowstone Journal, he walked into the city early that morning to buy some meat and a jug of whiskey. Dr. [[J. Jay Wood]], who examined the body of Goggin's roommate the next day, remembered seeing Goggin at the butcher shop about 2:30 p.m. Christmas Eve. |
About 4 p.m., his neighbor, Mrs. Strong, saw him 150 yards from her house on his way home. She testified in probate court about a week later that he was talking, but she could not hear what he was saying. In an earlier account that appeared in the Journal, she was quoted as saying that Goggin was drunk and was swearing loudly as he walked by with a jug in his hands. | About 4 p.m., his neighbor, Mrs. Strong, saw him 150 yards from her house on his way home. She testified in probate court about a week later that he was talking, but she could not hear what he was saying. In an earlier account that appeared in the Journal, she was quoted as saying that Goggin was drunk and was swearing loudly as he walked by with a jug in his hands. | ||
