Title: The banditti of the prairies, or, The murderer's doom!!
Description: Edward Bonney, the private detective who tracked down the murderers of Colonel George Davenport, published this account. Some members of the band were Mormons or claimed sanctuary in Nauvoo. The band terrorized the upper Mississippi Valley from 1843 to 1848.
Subjects: Death and burial, True crime stories, Brigands and robbers, Fiction
Places: Mississippi River Valley
People: George Davenport (1783-1845)