When a man comes forward claiming his friend gunned down two Idaho game wardens, a massive manhunt ensues to find the notorious trapper who pulled the trigger. Then, the case takes a series of twists that no one saw coming.
William ‘Bill’ Pogue (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Wilson Conley Elms (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Wilson Conley Elms (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Wanted Poster for Claude Dallas Jr. which was distributed in April 1981 (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Claude Dallas Jr. at the time of his arrest (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Trailer that Claude Dallas Jr. fled from in 1982 (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Claude Dallas Jr.’s truck after his arrest in 1982 (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Claude Dallas Jr.’s truck after his arrest in 1982 (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Recovery scene where Bill Pogue’s skeletal remains were found in October 1982 (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Claude Dallas Jr. after his arrest in 1987 in Riverside, California (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Crime Scene Location and Manhunt Map (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Crime Scene Map and Manhunt Timeline circa 1987 (Photo Source) The Idaho Statesman
Episode Source Material
- The Times News: Two Fish and Game officers Killed. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Kellogg Evening News: Massive search continues for F&G slayer. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: F&G officer found slain. By Ellen Marks and Mark Crane. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Discovery of slain officer ends brother’s search. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Slaying suspect – ‘As fine a man as you’ll ever meet.’ By Mark Crane via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: In love with his job – Slaying brings tragic end to conservation officer’s dream. By Pete Zimowsky via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Fugitive stays clear of manhunt. By Steve Anderson and Mark Crane via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Pogue’s brother joins search. By Mark Crane via newspapers.com.
- Bonner County Daily Bee: Hopes dim in hunt for killing suspect Claude Dallas. By staff via newspapers.com.
- Bonner County Daily Bee: F & G Killings – No Clues, so searchers come home. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Father of Claude Dallas grieves for slain officer, sticks up for son. By Ellen Marks via newspapers.com.
- Bonner County Daily Bee: Dallas is pictured in cowboy book. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Nevada authorities call of search for F&G officer. By Ellen Marks via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Slain F&G officers called ‘dedicated.’ By Charley Blaine via newspapers.com.
- Bonner County Daily Bee: Fish & Game suspect bought supplies here. By Frank Boyett via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Reward is offered. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Times-News: Claude Dallas may be in Canada. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Sparked by evidence discovery, Testimony reviewed in F&G killings. By staff via newspapers.com.
- Bonner County Daily Bee: Judge signs order declaring William Pogue dead. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Grand jury probe sought in Dallas case. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Hunt leaves Pogue’s son tired but willing to go on. By Ellen Marks via newspapers.com.
- South Idaho Press: Dallas may have been seen in Alaska, tips checked. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Coeur d’Alene Press: Murder suspect’s parents hire lawyer. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Reward posters go up in search of Dallas. By Jerry Sass via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Did Dallas write: ‘I killed two wardens’?. By Jerry Sass via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Claude Dallas nominated to FBI list By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Claude Dallas caught. By Jerry Sass and Gary Strauss via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Chronology of events in Claude Dallas case. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Tip finally paid off for law enforcement officers. By Charles Estlinger, Gary Strauss, and Ellen Marks via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Carver, like Dallas, lived alone. By Gary Strauss, and Ellen Marks via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Dallas’ weapons found in trailer at Paradise Hill. By Gary Strauss via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Who is this man named Dallas? By Charles Estlinger via newspapers.com.
- Bonner County Daily Bee: Claude Dallas pleads innocent. By staff via newspapers.com.
- South Idaho Press: Claude Dallas will face Caldwell Jury. By staff via newspapers.com.
- South Idaho Press: Claude Dallas trial gets underway in Caldwell. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Opening arguments heard in Dallas trial. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Kellogg Evening News: Dallas’ friend says trapper admitted killing officers. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Dallas Murder trial – 1st week lays out prosecution’s version of shootings. By Gary Strauss via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Desert shoot-out with Dallas described. By Gary Strauss via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Dallas says killings were self-defense. By Gary Strauss via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Game warden’s remains unearthed. By Gary Strauss via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Dallas convicted in F&G deaths. By Gary Strauss via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Verdict shocks, disappoints families of slain officers. By Bob Keefer via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: It’s all history now – Dallas trial provided spellbinding drama. By Ray Sotero via newspapers.com.
- South Idaho Press: Final shots may have cost Claude Dallas an acquittal. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Dee Pogue calls verdict ‘unbelievable.’ By John Accola via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Dallas jurors. By Jimmie Hurley and an Anonymous Juror via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Dallas set free on bail. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Kellogg Evening News: Dallas gets 30 years for manslaughter. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Dallas begins 30-year prison sentence. By Gary Strauss via newspapers.com.
- The Kellogg Evening News: Now it’s up to writers to tell the Claude Dallas story. By John Kennedy via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: State prison warden says Dallas tried to escape. By Gary Strauss via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Dallas, arsonist punished for possible escape try. By Gary Strauss via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Dallas given 20 days’ detention for keeping contraband in cell. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: ‘Outlaw’ – a story worth telling. By Tim Burroughs via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Dallas seeks voiding of convictions. By Debby Abe via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Author probes shootout mystery. By Judy McConnel Steele via newspapers.com.
- State vs. Dallas. By Chief Justice Donaldson via casemine.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: High court upholds Dallas’ conviction. By Quane Kenyon via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Claude Dallas escapes. By Jana Pewitt and Andrew Garber via newspapers.com.
- The Times-New: Claude Dallas makes FBI most wanted list. By staff via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Claude Dallas captured in California. By Anne Peterson via newspapers.com.
- The Idaho Statesman: Jury acquits Dallas of prison escape. By Stephen Stuebner via newspapers.com.
- The Times-New: Claude Dallas gets released from prison. By staff via newspapers.com.
- Idaho Statesman: How did notorious Idaho outlaw, Claude Dallas, escape? By Dan Popkey.
- Finding Nevada Wild: In Defense of Freedom: Nomadic Poacher and Remorseless Mountain Man Claude Dallas. By staff.
- Outdoor Life: The Manhunt for Claude Dallas, the Poacher Who Killed Two Idaho Game Wardens and Fled. By Jim Zumbo.
- Claude Dallas Idaho Department of Corrections Profile.
- The FBI Files Season 1 Ep. 9: The Murdering Cowboy (1998)
- Find a Grave: William “Bill” Pogue
- Find a Grave: Wilson Conley Elms