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The Bummers began raiding the area of [[Auraria, Colorado]] in the mid-1850s continuing until a vigilante committee of ten local townspeople was formed by the local sheriff in 1860. Arresting suspected gang members on minor charges the men were quickly lynched. The lynchings continued until the remaining members of the gang had fled the area shortly after.

==Further readingResources==

*Sifakis, Carl. Encyclopedia of American Crime, New York, Facts on File Inc., 1982