James King of William
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James King of William was a crusading San Francisco, California, newspaper editor whose assassination by James P. Casey, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, in 1856 resulted in the est
Banking House of James King Of William
Depiction of shooting by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 19, 1856
Smiley, Yerkes & Company building in San Francisco adorned with the banner, "The Great Man Has Fallen" to eulogize King
James Casey and Charles Cora were hanged by the Committee of Vigilance on the same day that King of William was buried.
Belle Cora
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Belle Cora, also known as Arabella Ryan, was a madam of the Barbary Coast of San Francisco during the mid-nineteenth century. She rose to public attention in 1855 when her lover, Charles Cora, killed
James King of William
…in New York State's Sing Sing prison for grand larceny. King had called for the hanging of Charles Cora, a well-known gambler and husband of the madam Belle Cora. Cora was arrested for the shooting of a U.S. Marshal named Richardson. King wrote that if Charles Cora was set free it would represent the vice that…
Representation of Cora
Photograph of the Cora House in 1853
The Hanging of Charles Cora