Frank W. Angel, an attorney from New York, was appointed a Special Agent on April 15, 1878 by the U.S. Attorney General, Charles Devans. He carried credentials from both the Justice Department and the Interior Department. His charge was to investigate the killing of John Henry Tunstall, a British subject whose murder set off the events known as the Lincoln County War in New Mexico Territory. He was also charged with investigating corruption of the territorial officials, including Governor Samuel B. Axtell and U.S. Attorney Thomas B. Catron, and of the causes of violence in Lincoln County. As a result of his investigations, Axtell and Catron were both removed from office by President Rutherford B. Hayes. Among the many people that Angel interviewed and took sworn statements from was the young Henry Antrim, also known as Billy the Kid. Angel submitted his 395 page handwritten report to the Attorney General on October 3, 1878. That report has recently been published in full for the first time as The Frank W. Angel Report on the Death of John H. Tunstall, by David G. Thomas.
Frank W. Angel, an attorney from New York, was appointed a Special Agent on April 15, 1878 by the U.S. Attorney General, Charles Devans. He carried credentials from both the Justice Department and the Interior Department. His charge was to investigate the killing of John Henry Tunstall, a British subject whose murder set off the events known as the Lincoln County War in New Mexico Territory. He was also charged with investigating corruption of the territorial officials, including Governor Samuel B. Axtell and U.S. Attorney Thomas B. Catron, and of the causes of violence in Lincoln County. As a result of his investigations, Axtell and Catron were both removed from office by President Rutherford B. Hayes. Among the many people that Angel interviewed and took sworn statements from was the young Henry Antrim, also known as Billy the Kid. Angel submitted his 395 page handwritten report to the Attorney General on October 3, 1878. That report has recently been published in full for the first time as The Frank W. Angel Report on the Death of John H. Tunstall, by David G. Thomas.
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