Benjamin Payne
Named in 2 stories. Back to all names
- Dec 16, 1892The Night of the Three NoosesA double lynching followed by a swift vigilante mob justice against a third prisoner defined one of the most violent episodes in early Seattle history.Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
- Mar 4, 1895The Vigilantes’ Bones: Seattle Dug Up Its Most Notorious LynchingThirteen years after a mob hanged three men on James Street, a county doctor exhumed their skeletons for anatomy students— ropes, necktie and all.Seattle, WA