Even Jefferson Davis the First Governor of Alaska, shot General "Bull" Nelson, crime pays best, in Alaska. Why do you think they sent him to Alaska?

General H.W. Halleck:
Brigadier-General Davis is under arrest at Louisville for the killing of General Nelson. His trial by a court-marshal or military commission should take place immediately, but I can't spare officers from the army now in motion to compose a court. It can perhaps better be done from Washington...
D.C. Buell,
Major-General.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_C._Davis