Owenby
Named in 3 stories. Back to all names
- Aug 9, 1883‘You Are Hanging an Innocent Man’: A Condemned Killer’s Last Words Before 4,000 WitnessesEzra Snoderly, one of the Cummins murderers, is hanged in Dayton’s courthouse square — insisting to the very end that he dies for another man’s crime, while the crowd judges him ‘game.’Dayton, WA
- Dec 29, 1883Bloody Jailbreak at Walla WallaTwo prisoners pull off a brutal escape, leaving a sheriff and jailer wounded as a citizens' committee takes up the hunt.Walla Walla, WA
- Jan 5, 1884The Brutal End of a Winter ManhuntAfter escaping custody, two fugitives are recaptured on the Walla Walla River, suffering from frostbite and starvation.Walla Walla River, Milton-Freewater, WA