He portrays the vigilantes as justified but equally remorseless , as they conducted their lynching executions by slow strangulation hangings .
Ernest Haycox 's 1942 historical novel Alder Gulch depicts Plummer as handsome and well - spoken , but a cold and calculating murderer and thief without conscience .
Plummer portrays the vigilantes as justified but equally remorseless , as they conducted their lynching executions by slow strangulation hangings .
Ernest Haycox 's 1942 historical novel Alder Gulch depicts Plummer as handsome and well - spoken , but a cold and calculating murderer and thief without conscience .