At Any Price: The Story of the Megantic Outlaw

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Title
At Any Price: The Story of the Megantic Outlaw
Abstract
Believing that his father had been swindled out of the small Megantic family farm and unable to secure legal rights to rectify the wrong, Donald Morrison (1858-1894) took matters into his own hands. A few days after the new occupants refused to vacate the family property, someone fired shots into the cabin and set fire to the barn. A short time later, in a gunfight, Morrison killed the official who attempted to serve a warrant for arson and attempted murder. Although wanted for murder, thanks to safehouses and food supplied by sympathetic Scottish-Canadian neighbours and family, Morrison evaded capture for ten months. Eventually apprehended in 1889, convicted and sentenced to eighteen years hard labour, Morrison went on a hunger strike and died in 1894.
Publication
The Beaver
Volume
Vol. 83
Issue
no. 5
Pages
36-40
Date
October/November 2003
Language
en
Citation
Stanford, Richard. “At Any Price: The Story of the Megantic Outlaw.” The Beaver Vol. 83, no. 5 (November 2003): 36–40.
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