On the night of Thursday, June 20, 1912, male, 42-year-old Cokeville town Marshal Daniel C. Hansen rode out alone to investigate a blackmail threat against local banker Peter Olson that demanded $1,500 be left by a red lantern near the Bear River bridge. The extortion note, signed with the names of the notorious Whitney brothers, prompted 42-year-old Marshal Daniel C. Hansen to keep the rendezvous point under watch.
Near 10 p.m., he confronted a figure crawling in the dark; the man open
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