Edward William Bonney (August 26, 1807 – February 4, 1864) was an American miller, hotelier, urban planner, counterfeiter, livery stable keeper, bounty hunter, detective, postmaster, merchant, soldier, and author. He is best known for his undercover work in exposing the "Banditti of the Prairie", resulting from his investigation of the torture-murder of noted Illinois pioneer and frontiersman Colonel George Davenport.
Edward William Bonney (August 26, 1807 – February 4, 1864) was an American miller, hotelier, urban planner, counterfeiter, livery stable keeper, bounty hunter, detective, postmaster, merchant, soldier, and author. He is best known for his undercover work in exposing the "Banditti of the Prairie", resulting from his investigation of the torture-murder of noted Illinois pioneer and frontiersman Colonel George Davenport.
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