Peter Pelkey

 

Peter Pelkey Sources at Lewis & Clark Library Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center Online Resources

 

One of Lewis and Clark County's most gruesome murders took place at the hands of Peter Pelkey in the Helena Valley in the fall of 1880. Pelkey was hanged on February 4, 1881, in the yard of the Lewis and Clark County jail.

 

 

 

Sources at Lewis & Clark Library

 

1. Baumler, Ellen. Beyond Spirit Tailings. Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, 2005. 59-64. [Shelfmark M 133.1097 B]
2. Palladino, L. B., S. J. Indian and White in the Northwest: A History of Catholicity in Montana 1831-1891. Lancaster, Pa.: Wickersham Publishing Company, 1922.
3.  "Launched into Eternity." Helena Daily Herald 4 February 1881.
4.  "A Bloody Tragedy." Helena Daily Herald 6 September 1880.
5. "The Tacke Murder Case." Helena Daily Herald 15 December 1880.

 

Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

 

1. Baumler, Ellen. Beyond Spirit Tailings. Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, 2005. 59-64.
2.  "Launched into Eternity." Helena Daily Herald 4 February 1881.
3. "A Bloody Tragedy." Helena Daily Herald 6 September 1880.
4. "The Tacke Murder Case." Helena Daily Herald 15 December 1880.
5. Palladino, L. B., S. J. Indian and White in the Northwest: A History of Catholicity in Montana 1831-1891. Lancaster, Pa.: Wickersham Publishing Company, 1922.

 

Online Resources

 

1. "The Hanging of Peter Pelkey." Helena Independent Record 31 October 2002.
2. "Witnesses Recount Strange Lights." Helena Independent Record 28 October 2004.

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