History of "Dangerous Arrest"

History of "Dangerous Arrest" (HM1HI6)

Location: Bishop, CA 93514 Inyo County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 21.702', W 118° 23.787'

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Inyo Register

— Thursday, March 10, 1887 —

The Shooting
For the first time in many months the peace and calm of the town were disturbed by a succession of pistols shots last Saturday night. The shots were fired by Officer Plumley in arresting one Phillip Staiger for disorderly conduct and it was certainly a justifiable case.

The Circumstances
Staiger went into Springsteads Saloon, and being drunk became abusive. Officer Plumley was appealed to and put Staiger out. Staiger was quiet for awhile, but went away and hunted up a pistol. He afterwards commenced to threaten persons on the street, in fact, did draw his pistol on David Hall. Plumley went to hunt him up and found him in the Headquarters Saloon. He searched Staiger, but found no weapon. Staiger went out into the street and became abusive. Plumley started to arrest him. Staiger presented a gun, and told him to stop. Plumley then drew his pistol and fired a shot by way of a frightener. It didn’t work that way though. Plumley fired three more shots to scare his man, but this man refused to scare. Concluding that it was time to act decidedly, the next shot was fired to hit. The bullet just furrowed along his neck, not seriously injuring him. The officer at once closed in on Staiger and handcuffed him. The charge against the prisoner is for resisting an officer. Had his pistol worked satisfactory, Plumley could not have afforded to waste so much time. Staiger’s examination commenced Tuesday before Justice I.P. Yaney and it is not yet concluded. District Attorney Forbes is prosecuting and W.P. George is engaged in the defense.

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HM Number	HM1HI6
Tags	Events
Year Placed	2001
Placed By	Bishop Mural Society
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Wednesday, October 29th, 2014 at 9:46pm PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	11S E 376337 N 4135912
Decimal Degrees	37.36170000, -118.39645000
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 37° 21.702', W 118° 23.787'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	37° 21' 42.12" N, 118° 23' 47.22" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	760
Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal Address	At or near 207 W Line St, Bishop CA 93514, US
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