Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Foreword xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction 1
7. “Alarming Intelligence and Intense Excitement” First Murders in the Pike’s Peak Country 11
8. “Most Horrible and Fiendish Murders” The Bleeding of South Park Begins 33
9. “There Has Been Considerable Excitement” The First Colorado Cavalry Steps In 49
10. “The People Are Scared Nearly to Death Here” The Murderers Strike at the Vitals of South Park 61
11. “Fallen into the Hands of Hard Men in an Evil Hour” The Lynching of Baxter 75
12. “Glorious News! The Mysterious Murders Unraveled at Last” One of the Slayers Slain 91
13. “Desperate and Lawless Bravos” The Brothers Espinosa 109
14. “Revenge for the Infa mies Committed Agai nst Our Families” Serial Murder as Vendetta 137
15. “Malicious Interference was the Cause” The Scapegoating of Captain E. Wayne Eaton 157
16. “Times Have Become Quiet Agai n” Panic Recedes in South Park but Murder Moves Elsewhere 193
17. “Ready for Any Duty, Untiring, and Full of Energy” Samuel F. Tappan Takes Up the Hunt for the Espinosas 207
18. “If Thi s Woman Is Found Dead, Tell the People the Espi nosas of the Conejos Killed Her” The Attack on Philbrook and Dolores Sánches 221
19. “I Drew His Head Back over a Fallen Tree and Cut It Off ” Tom Tobin Ends the Terror 239
20. “The Brightest Success Rewarded Them for Their Toils” Tobin Brings in the Heads 265
21. “Who Is There to Gather the History of Thi s Wretch?” The Espinosas Remembered 277
22. “Times with Me Have Sadly Cha nged” Destinies 285
23. Location of the Death Site of Vivián Espinosa Alternative Theories 293
24. John McCannon’s Attempt to Claim the Espinosa Reward 303
25. Bibliography 309
26. Index 323