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

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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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