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FACES BEHIND A STONE WALL: MURIEL MURPHY
There are multiple stories about the women inmates who were incarcerated at the Montana State Prison, but very few had happy endings....
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Jun 22, 20222 min read
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DEAF CHARLIE AKA ORLANDO HANKS
Orlando Camillo Hanks, aka: Charley Jones or Deaf Charley was an outlaw in the old west and one of the last and toughest of Butch...
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Jun 12, 20221 min read
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LUCY CORNFORTH
Lucy is one of our better known female inmates. Her trouble started when Wallace Holbrook, a local sheepherder, wrote a not to the...
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Jun 12, 20222 min read
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GEORGE HIGHSMITH
On Saturday, May 18, 1895, George Highsmith married Mrs. Kate Monahan of Dillon, MT. Less than a year later on February 27, 1896,...
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Jun 12, 20221 min read
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PAT HOLLINGSWORTH
The Daily Missoulian reported on Monday November 30, 1936, that a police car had been stolen from right out front of the Missoula police...
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Jun 12, 20221 min read
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DON WILLIAMS & GEORGE BLEND
Don Williams and George Blend had secured jobs together in Alaska and were excited to start paving their new paths into the future....
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Jun 12, 20221 min read
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JAMES BROWN
In the fall of 1939, a string of robberies were happening through Butte, Montana. In just under a week someone had robbed the Currie...
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Jun 12, 20221 min read
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Evelyn Donges & Tom LaFave
When Evelyn Donges was escorted behind the walls of the castle like prison in Deer Lodge, Montana, she became one of the youngest...
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Jun 9, 20221 min read
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