Delhi Delaware New York United States
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The Delaware County Sheriff and a deputized posse of one hundred and fifty men turn the county upside down in their search for Anti-Renters suspected in Steele's murder.
Governor Silas Wright declares Delaware County in a state of rebellion and calls in three hundred troops of the state militia.
Two new log-jails are built in Delhi to hold all the Anti-Renters that have been arrested.
Ninety-four Anti-Renters have been indicted for murder, one hundred and forty-eight for other crimes, between September 24 and October 3, 1844.
The county sheriffs of the other Anti-Rent counties are now emboldened to pressure the Anti-Renters.
Anti-Renters throughout the Catskills burn or hide their “Indian” disguises and distance themselves from their “Indian” past.
New York State's Attorney General prosecutes the indicted Anti-Renters.
The trial judge instructs the jury that mere presence in disguise at the scene of the crime makes the accused guilty of murder.
The judge answers pleas of “not guilty” with two death sentences after the jury convicts the accused; others receive seven-year sentences.