Brother of William and Isaac Yoakum.
Thomas and William were hagned in the Bakersfield jail, by a lynch mob, for the ambush murders of Hamilton Tucker and William Johnson. Before the murders, the Yoakum brothers, Hamilton Tucker, and Tucker's brother-in-law (Henry Burdett) feuded for years over mining properties that both factions claimed.
Thomas and William were hagned in the Bakersfield jail, by a lynch mob, for the ambush murders of Hamilton Tucker and William Johnson. Before the murders, the Yoakum brothers, Hamilton Tucker, and Tucker's brother-in-law (Henry Burdett) feuded for years over mining properties that both factions claimed.
Brother of William and Isaac Yoakum.
Thomas and William were hagned in the Bakersfield jail, by a lynch mob, for the ambush murders of Hamilton Tucker and William Johnson. Before the murders, the Yoakum brothers, Hamilton Tucker, and Tucker's brother-in-law (Henry Burdett) feuded for years over mining properties that both factions claimed.
Thomas and William were hagned in the Bakersfield jail, by a lynch mob, for the ambush murders of Hamilton Tucker and William Johnson. Before the murders, the Yoakum brothers, Hamilton Tucker, and Tucker's brother-in-law (Henry Burdett) feuded for years over mining properties that both factions claimed.
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Additional information provided by Vivian Yaokum-Voepel; Cathy Hunter Fuson. See "True West, Gold Rush Correspondent" by Harold L. Edwards for details.
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