The capture of these two followed closely upon the hanging of George Ives, also accused of more than one murder.

Ives was an example of the degrading influence of the mines.

He was a decent young man until he left his home in Wisconsin.

He was in California from 1857 to 1858.
When he appeared in Idaho he seemed to have thrown off all restraint and to have become a common rowdy and desperado.

It is said of him that "few men of his age ever had been guilty of so many fiendish crimes." Yager and Brown, knowing the fate which Ives had met, gave up hope when they fell into the hands of the newly organized Vigilantes.