death_date death_place birth_place birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
january 10 , 1864 bannack , montana addison , maine 1832 leader `` innocents '' of `` road agent '' gang , the henryplummer.jpg henry plummer
 henry plummer criminal , sheriff
henry plummer

henry plummer -lrb- 1832 -- 1864 -rrb- was a prospector , government bureaucrat , law enforcement officer and outlaw in the 1850s-60 west .
he was the elected sheriff of bannack , montana in 1863-64 when he was accused of being the leader of a `` road agent '' gang of outlaws known as the `` innocents '' .
on from january 10 , 1864 he was arrested in bannack by a company of the vigilance committee of alder gulch and summarily hanged along with two other `` road agents '' .
at the time bannack and virginia city , montana were part of a remote region of the idaho territory without formal law enforcement or justice system .
plummer 's road agent gang was believed to be responsible for numerous robberies , attempted robberies , murders and attempted murders in and around alder gulch in october -- december 1863 .
the criminal activity led leading citizens of virginia city and bannack to form the vigilance committee of alder gulch in virginia city on december 23 , 1863 .
between january 4 and february 3 , 1863 , the vigilantes arrested and summarily executed at least 20 alleged members of plummer 's gang .
