sideration and mitigate their crime and punishment. Both men were
hanged at the Colorado State "ison on March 30, 1928.
Letter dated Mutober 30, 1975, from Robert C, Black IIIy Professor
of History, Colorado Women's College, Denver, Colorado.
sideration and mitigate their crime and punishment. Both men were
hanged at the Colorado State Prison on March 30, 1928.
letter dated Qatober 30, 1975, from Robert C. Black Ill, Professor
of History, Colorado Women's College, Denver, Colorado.
sideration and mitigate their crime and punishment. Both men were
hanged at the Colorado State ‘rison on March 30, 1928.
letter dated Gatober 30, 1975, from Robert C, Black ITI‘ Professor
of History, Colorado Women's College, Denver, Colorado.
NOAKES, .Jasper Ray and OSBORNE, Arthur
Noakes and Osborne were young white cousins who were natives of
the Ozarks Mountatins in Missouri in whom the "feuding instinct"
had been bred and nurtured since shildhood, Around 1923 they
moved to Colorado and settled in Grand County near the resort
community of Grand Lake, They had several confrontations with an
elderly and eccentric storekeeper, Fred N,. Selak, over his claims
that they had kxamm trespassed on his property. On the evening
of July 21, 1926, they went to Selak's cabin about three miles
from Grand Lake, seized him and took him about three-quarters of
a mile into the woods where they hanged him from a tall pine tree,
They then ransacked his cabin and stole, among other things, about
$75.00 in old coins, They attempted to spend this money and were
taken into custody on August 17 and questioned as to Selak's
whereabouts. They confessed and on the next day Osborne took a
searching party to Selak's c
attorneys waged a fight for Phere which was
the customs
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ir lives in which they argued that
of feuding fram the Ozarks should be taken into con~
NOAKES, .Jasper Ray and OSBORNE, Arthur
Noakes and Osborne were young white cousins who were natives of
the Ozarks Mountatins in Missouri in whom the "feuding instinct"
had been bred and nurtured since shildhood. Around 1923 they
moved to Colorado and settled in Grand County near the resort
community of Grand Lake, They had aeveral confrontations with an
elderly and eccentric storekeeper, Fred N. Selak, over his claims
that they had kxxmm trespassed on his property. On the evening
of July 21, 1926, they went to Selak's cabin about three miles
from Grand Lake, seized him and took him about three-quarters of
a mile into the woods where they hanged him from a tall pine tree,
They then ransacked his cabin and stole, among other things, about
$75.00 in old coins, They attempted to spend this money and were
taken into custody on August 17 and questioned até to Selak's
whereabouts, They confessed and on the next day Osborne took a
searching party to Selak's corpse which was st: fe
attorneys waged a fight for their lives in Arig gine area
the customs of feuding fran the Ozarks should be taken into con-
NOAKES, Jasper Ray and OSBORNE, Arthur
Noakes and Osborne were young white cousins who were natives of
the Ozarks Mountatins in Missouri in whom the "feuding instinct"
had been bred and murtured since shildhood, Around 1923 they
moved to Colorado and settled in Grand County near the resort
community of Grand Lake, They had several confrontations with an
elderly and eccentric storekeeper, Fret N, Selak, over his clains
that they had jowmm trespassed on his property. On the evening
of July 21, 1926, they went to Selak's cabin about three miles
from Grand Lake, seized him and took him about three-quarters of
a mile into the woods where they hanged him from a tall pine
They then ransacked his cabin and stole, among other
$75.00 in old coins.
They confessed and on the next day Osborne took a
searching party to Selak's corpse which was still h: Th
attorneys waged a fight for their lives Sawn Sey areiea that
the customs of feuding fran the Ozarks should be taken into con=
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