Murphy–Dolan faction

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The Murphy–Dolan faction was a powerful 19th-century business and political alliance in Lincoln County, New Mexico, whose control over local trade and law enforcement helped spark the violent conflict known as the Lincoln County War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf business alliance ⓘ
historical organization ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeIn 1870s ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Lincoln ⓘ
murder of John Tunstall ⓘ
basedIn Lincoln, New Mexico ⓘ
causeOf Lincoln County War ⓘ
conflictWith Billy the Kid ⓘ
Regulators ⓘ
controls L. G. Murphy & Co. ⓘ
Murphy & Dolan mercantile business ⓘ
local law enforcement in Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ
local trade in Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economicActivity banking and credit ⓘ
cattle trading ⓘ
mercantile trade ⓘ
hasMember James Dolan ⓘ
Jesse Evans ⓘ
Jesse Evans Gang ⓘ
John Riley ⓘ
Lawrence Murphy ⓘ
Seven Rivers Warriors ⓘ
Sheriff William J. Brady ⓘ
hasPoliticalInfluenceOver Lincoln County courts ⓘ
Lincoln County sheriff’s office ⓘ
hasReputation corruption ⓘ
monopolistic practices ⓘ
historicalRegion New Mexico Territory ⓘ
involvedIn Lincoln County War ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ
namedAfter James Dolan ⓘ
Lawrence Murphy ⓘ
notableFor monopoly over Lincoln County commerce ⓘ
role in frontier violence in New Mexico ⓘ
opposedBy Alexander McSween ⓘ
John Tunstall ⓘ
Tunstall–McSween faction ⓘ
partOf Old West history ⓘ
supportedBy local law enforcement in Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ
territorial authorities in New Mexico ⓘ
timePeriod circa 1870–1881 ⓘ
uses hired gunmen ⓘ
legal system for economic advantage ⓘ

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Lincoln County War → mainBelligerent → Murphy–Dolan faction ⓘ
Murphy-Dolan Store site → associatedWith → Murphy-Dolan faction ⓘ
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John Tunstall → conflictWith → Murphy-Dolan faction in Lincoln County ⓘ
linked to: Murphy–Dolan faction
Tunstall–McSween faction → opposed → Murphy-Dolan faction ⓘ
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Tunstall–McSween faction → economicRivalOf → Murphy-Dolan faction ⓘ
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Regulators faction → conflictWith → Murphy-Dolan faction ⓘ
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Doc Scurlock → enemyOf → Murphy-Dolan faction ⓘ
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Battle of Lincoln → combatant → Murphy–Dolan faction ⓘ
Five-Day Battle in Lincoln → combatant → Murphy-Dolan faction ⓘ
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McSween house burning → participant → Murphy-Dolan faction ⓘ
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Lincoln County Regulators → opposed → Murphy-Dolan faction ⓘ
linked to: Murphy–Dolan faction