Bummers Gang
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The Bummers Gang was a western outlaw gang who operated in the Colorado Territory between 1855 to 1860 they were lead by Eddie "the Shooter" Coleman.
Eddie "the Shooter" Coleman was a most notorious leader indeed along with his accomplice Sally "The Sallon" Johnstone, he threatened the members of the gang with punishment and rape if they sold the gang out. It was a "once in your not out" Policy. Eddie "the Shooter" Coleman had mulitiple offences including rape, arson, Murder, Drunk and Orderly and finaly Gay-Walking.
The Bummers began raiding the area of Auraria, Colorado in the mid-1850s continuing until a vigilante committee of ten local townspeople was formed by the local sheriff Quick Draw Mcgraw in 1860. Arresting suspected gang members on minor charges the men were quickly lynched. The lynchings continued until the remaining members of the gang had fled the area.
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- Sifakis, Carl. Encyclopedia of American Crime, New York, Facts on File Inc., 1982
