Hanging Of John And Charles Ruggles - Stagecoach Robbers - Redding, California . On May 14, 1892

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Hanging Of John And Charles Ruggles - Stagecoach Robbers - Redding, California . On May 14, 1892 John And Charles Ruggles Robbed The Redding And Weaverville Stage Line Of $5,000 In Gold Coins. During The Robbery Charles Was Wounded By A Shotgun Blast To The Face, And His Older Brother John Killed The Stage Guard Amos "Buck" Montgomery. Charles Was Quickly Captured, But John Had A Gunfight With A Deputy Sheriff Named Thacker Wykoff And Was Shot In The Neck Before He Was Returned To The Jail At Redding About Six Weeks Later. As John And Charles Waited For A Reprieve, The Local Citizens Became Restless And On July 24Th A Lynch Mob Of Between 40-75 Men Stormed The Jail. The Jailer, A Man Named George Albro Was Subdued And The Mob Had To Use Sledgehammers To Open The Safe That Contained The Jail Keys. The Ruggles Brothers Were Then Taken Outside And Promptly Hung, But Not Before John Pleaded For His Younger Brother's Life, Promising To Reveal The Location Of The Stolen Gold Somewhere In Middle Creek In Shasta Co. California.

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Location: Redding, Ca
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Keywords: bandits, bank, cowboys, cowpokes, frontier, hanging, justice, law, lynch, lynching, robbers, ruggles, west, western