1. Henry Plummer was elected sheriff of what was then Bannack, Idaho Territory, in 1863 and served until 1864, during which period he was accused of being the leader of a "road agent" gang of outlaws known as the "Innocents," who preyed on shipments from what was then Virginia City, Idaho Territory to other areas.
Henry Plummer was given a posthumous trial in 1993 which led to a mistrial.
Henry Plummer's father died while Henry was in his teens.
In 1852, at age 19, Henry Plummer headed west to the gold fields of California.
Henry Plummer changed the spelling of his surname to Plummer after moving west.
On September 26,1857, Henry Plummer shot and killed John Vedder.
Henry Plummer claimed he was acting in self-defense in the incident, but was convicted of second-degree murder.
Henry Plummer won an appeal for a retrial and was convicted again and sentenced to ten years in San Quentin.
In 1861, Henry Plummer tried to carry out a citizen's arrest of William Riley, who had escaped from San Quentin; in the attempt, Riley was killed.
Henry Plummer turned himself in to the police, who accepted that the killing was justified.
Henry Plummer headed to Washington Territory where gold had been discovered.
Henry Plummer decided to leave the West and return to Maine.
Henry Plummer was recruiting volunteers to help protect his family from Indian attacks at the mission station he was attempting to start in Sun River, Montana.
Henry Plummer was given a posthumous trial in 1993 which led to a mistrial.