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  Shooting of Gaius Jenkins
Author: No authors specified.
Date: July 24, 1858
Newspaper clipping from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 24, 1858, describing the shooting of Gauis Jenkins by Jim Lane. The two men were claiming rights to the same portion of land. Lane shot Jenkins when he tried to get water from the well on this contested property.

Location of Original: KSHS/Kansas Museum of History         Call Number: 1980.228.40, DA/Newspaper Page
Item Number: 102878              Number of images: 1
Keywords: Jenkins, Gaius; Land acquisition; Land claim disputes; Land speculation; Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; Newspapers; Violence
 		 
 


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