William C. Chormicle and the Castaic Range War.

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William C. Chormicle and the
Castaic Range War.
Los Angeles Times.
March-June, 1890.

Transcribed from the Los Angeles Times by Wes Chormicle, great-great-grandson of William C. Chormicle. Obvious spelling errors have been corrected; otherwise copied verbatim. In 1890, Castaic was spelled Castac, and canyon was spelled canon (cañon).

Double Murder Over A Land Quarrel In Castac Canon, March 1, 1890
The Castac Tragedy: It Is Investigated By The Coroner, March 2, 1890
Blood-Soaked Land: The Castac Canyon Railroad Land Feud, March 6, 1890
Castac Murderers: They Surrender To Ventura County's Sheriff, March 11, 1890
Brought In: Chormicle And Gardner Lodged In Jail, March 12, 1890
The Castac Murder: Chormicle And Gardner Under Examination, March 23, 1890
The Castac Murder: A Minister Appears As An Important Witness, March 26, 1890
Chormicle And Gardner Held Without Bail For The Castac Murders, March 27, 1890
The Chormicle And Gardner Murder Trial: Over One Hundred Witnesses, March 29, 1890
W.C. Chormicle And W.A. Gardner On Trial For the Castac Canon Murder, May 30, 1890
Jose Olme Goes Over His Story In Detail With No Material Variation, June 1, 1890
Progress In The Chormicle And Gardner Case: Mr. Riley's Straight Story, June 3, 1890
Fifth Day Of Prosecution: Corroborative Testimony On Main Points, June 4, 1890
Defense In The Chormicle And Gardner Case: Testimony As To Character, June 5, 1890
Murder Trial Of Chormicle And Gardner: The Story Of The Shooting, June 6, 1890
Continuation Of The Castac Murder Trials: Photographs And Diagrams, June 7, 1890
The Chormicle-Gardner Murder Case Still On: The Inside Facts Coming Out, June 8, 1890
Justice In Her Temple: The Crime In The Castac Disclosing Itself, June 10, 1890
That Tragic Day Of Blood In The Castac Canyon: How Cook And Walton Died, June 11, 1890
The Cook-Jenkins Combine: Cook's Gun And Reputation Dilated Upon, June 12, 1890
How Defendant Chormicle Shielded Gardner In The Castac Murder Case, June 13, 1890
Gardner's Story Of The Castac Shooting, June 14, 1890
Evidence In The Castac Murder Case All In, June 15, 1890
The Castac Canon Case, June 17, 1890
Not Guilty: William C. Chormicle And W.A. Gardner Go Free, June 18, 1890
End Of The Castac Canyon Tragedy: Second Charge Dismissed, June 19, 1890

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