Chrisman Collection

Harry E. Chrisman, former Liberal author and historian, donated a large collection of his writings, photographs, and other items to Liberal Memorial Library for the purpose of research. This database searches the contents of the Chrisman Collection.

C10-F2a1

Call No: C10-F2a1

Description: Label from picture of Tom Horn’s Jury

Date of origin: 1880-1900

Type: Comments

Size: 5 x 3″

Condition: Good

Content:

A rare photo of the jury that convicted Tom Horn of the murder of Willie Nickell and brought about Horn’s execution by hanging. (Photo courtesy of of the late Tom Babbitt, member of the jury, third from left, front row, through his son, Willis R. Babbitt.)

Provenance:

Miscellaneous Info.:

Typed comment card from back of photograph P221.

Other Info.:

Related to: P218-F2b1 (Mr. Babbitts and family), P219-F2i (Photo of school-age children), P220-F2f1 (Tom Babbitt with livestock and sons in a corral), P221-F2a1 (The Tom Horn Jury – Cheyenne, Wyoming), P221-F2a1C2 (The Tom Horn Jury – Cheyenne, Wyoming),

Subject: Cheyenne, Cheyenne Wyoming, jury, Tom Babbitt, Tom Horn, Wyoming,