The Asotin Arson Murderer Gets a Second Death Sentence
Charles Myers, already tried for murder in Idaho, was convicted of burning an Asotin hotel and killing Frank Sherry. Now sentenced to hang again, he plans another appeal.
Charles Myers, the Asotin county murderer, has again been sentenced to be hanged. Myers murdered a man in Idaho long ago, but escaped conviction. Then he murdered Frank Sherry in an Asotin hotel in March 1893 by setting fire to the building. He was tried and convicted, but the supreme court granted a new trial. Again he was convicted, and now he will appeal once more.
“Charles Myers, the Asotin county murderer, has again been sentenced to be hanged.”
Arson-murder prosecutions with repeated appeals can stretch for years; Myers's case shows the 1890s court system cycling through conviction, reversal and retrial. The Asotin hotel is long gone, but the legal slog echoes modern death-penalty appeals.
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