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4 stories matching owenbi

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  1. The Death of Canada Owenby

    A notorious prisoner faces his end in Dayton, avoiding the gallows through a rapid decline in health.

    Jan 15, 1884Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerDayton, Columbia CountyTrue Crime

  2. The Brutal End of a Winter Manhunt

    After escaping custody, two fugitives are recaptured on the Walla Walla River, suffering from frostbite and starvation.

    Jan 5, 1884Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerWalla Walla River, Milton-FreewaterTrue Crime

  3. Bloody Jailbreak at Walla Walla

    Two prisoners pull off a brutal escape, leaving a sheriff and jailer wounded as a citizens' committee takes up the hunt.

    Dec 29, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyTrue Crime

  4. ‘You Are Hanging an Innocent Man’: A Condemned Killer’s Last Words Before 4,000 Witnesses

    Ezra 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.’

    Aug 9, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerDayton, Columbia CountyTrue Crime

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