Kate’s Notes: When I first read this article from the Salt Lake Daily Herald I thought the shootout involving C. B. Gilliland had occurred in Utah but the reference to him as a resident of “Oneida County” tipped me off that C. B. was not a resident of Utah but, perhaps, of neighboring Idaho. Oneida County, Idaho is siutated on the Idaho-Utah border. Still, I have not been able to positively identify "C. B. Gilliland" and I found no Gillilands listed in the 1870 census for Oneida County.

From The Salt Lake Daily Herald
Salt Lake City, Utah
2 November, 1880

THAT DOUBLE HOMICIDE
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   On Friday morning last we published the fact that two men had been killed at Eagle Rock by citizens, the homicide being in every respect justifiable. The particulars of the affair are given below, as taken from the Blackfoot Register:
    On the morning of the above day, a man named Wm. Mohan, who was foreman for Messrs. Walker & Willis, who have a large herd of cattle near Eagle Rock, and a man named C. B. Gilliland, who was in the employ of the same firm, came to town and after buying several bottles of beer and drinking them became very abusive, insulting everyone who came in the store.  Geo. Payne and Wm. Toombs were invited by them to drink, but refusing were forced to at the point of a six-shooter. Soon after they rode acrosss the bridge several times, making inquiries as to whether anyone would call on them to pay toll, and finally went around looking for the man who attends to the bridge thinking to shoot him, Mohan carrying his six-shooter in his hand. Mr. J. H. Martineau was in a room on the second floor of the boarding house, standing by the window shaving himself, when Mohan, who happened to see him, drew his six-shooter and fired at him, the ball passing just over his head. Mr. W. H. Keller, who has charge of the store, tried to make them desist but could only pacify them for a moment until something new caught their eye. They went out to the corral and commenced shooting at the chickens, killing several, and then commenced shooting promiscuously, causing men who were at work on the railroad to leave for fear of being shot. Seeing Mr. Anderson’s dog, they shot and killed it. At this time Mr. Keller and a man named Chamberlin, who happened to be at the store, took a couple of shot guns and went out to make them quit. What followed we take from the testimony of Mr. Martineau, who says: “Saw Keller and Chamberlin come out of the store armed. Gilliland was standing by a post in the corral. Saw Gilliland fire at Keller and Chamberlin, who returned the fire and Gilliland fell. Mohan was close by Gilliland when he fell. Mohan ran behind a shed at the rear of the stable and continued firing through the cracks between the boards of the stable. Keller and Chamberlin continued firing until Mohan was killed.”
   James Allan testified: Saw Keller and Chamberlin going toward the corral with guns, saw Mohan fire through the fence at them. He fired once and ran back toward the stable. He fired again through where the door is broken, and the ball struck a post between him and Keller. I showed Keller and Chamberlin where he had gone, and he (Mohan) seeing me pointing toward him, aimed his six-shooter at me, but seeing Keller and Chamberlin he turned it on them.
   Joseph [Rammel] testified, corroborating the above testimony, saw Mohan and Gilliland fire at Keller and Chamberlin. The fire was returned and Gilliland fell. I went into the store and got a six-shooter and ran toward the rear end of the stable. Mohan saw me and shot at me, I shot at him twice, don’t know whether I hit him or not.
   Eighteen more witnesses were examined, all of their testimony corroborated the above.
   A jury of six sat at the coroner’s inquest, who gave a verdict in accordance with the facts, justifying the manner in which they were taken off, winding up with the following: “We further find that the said Willilam Mohan and C. B. Gilliland were desperados of the worst character, and ever since their arrival in Oneida County have been a terror to the community in which they have resided.”

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010