the lynch mob by hiding the prisoner in the attic.of a
downtown store. The hanging of Robert Day at 11:15 am,
June 3y 1892, was the big social event of, the summer, When
Sheriff Holmes sprung the trap’on the gallows in an open
courtyard behind the courhouse, an estimated 1,500 to 2,000
nd to watcheesce
persons from throughout the area were on
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VIOLENT CRIMES, ZXECUTIONS RECORDED IN ROARING 1890s IN
COWLITZ COUNTY by George Hess. Frori Cowlitz County Histori-
cal Quarterly, Vol VIII, No.l, May, 1966, Page 21, _
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the lynch mob by hiding the prisoner in ‘the attic.of a
downtown store. The hanging of Robert Day at 11:15 amy
June 3, 1892, was the big social event of the summer, When
Sheriff Holmes sprung the trap’on the gallows in an open
courtyard behind the courhouse, an esti d 1,500 to 2,000
persons from throughout the area were on hand to WatCheese
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VIOLENT CRIMES, EXECUTIONS RECORDED IN ROARING 1890s IN
COWLITZ COUNTY by George Hess. From Cowlitz County Histori4
cal Quarterly, Vol VIIT, No. 1, May, 1966, Page 21.
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the lynch mob by hiding the prisoner in te attic.of a
downtown store, The hanging of Robert Day at 11:15 am,
June 3, 1892, was the big social event of the summer, When
Sheriff Holmes sprung the trap on the gallows in an open
courtyard behind the courhouse, an estimated 1,500 to 2,000
persons from throughout the area were o} to watchsss.
VIOLENT CRIMES, EXZCUTTONS RECORDED IN ROARING 1890s IN
COWLITZ COUNTY by George Hess, rox Cowlita County Histor.
eal Quarterly, Vol VIIT, No, 1, May, 1966, Page 2. _
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DAY, Robert LARGE®W CARD
"The first man hanged for murder in Cowlitz Co., Wash,
was Robert Day, His was the 577th case in the records of
Cowlitz Co, Superior Court. Testimony on the circumstan-
ces in the case was not preserved, but time-yellowed pa-
pers show that a coroner's jury called found that Day
‘Shot Thomas C, Beebe with a Winchester rifle near Day's: -
home on the Lewis River Oct. 9, 189leleedury convicted of
First Degree Murder, A Kalama teen-ager at the time of
the killing, Judge (Je EH.) Stone recalls strolling past
the courthouse where Day was in custody and noticing 0
or 50 men gathéred on the front porch, A rope was in
evidence, Several days later he learned the menwere
friends of H&EXX Beebe's who had ridden on horseback
clear from the Lewis River country to stage an impromptu
'\ecktle party for Day. Sheriff Benjamin Holmes thwarted
DAY, Robert LARGEW CARD
"The first man hanged for murder in Cowlitz Co., Washe,
was Robert Day, His was the 577th case in the records of
Cowlitz Co. Superior Court. Testimony on the circumstan~
ces in the case was not preserved, but time-yellowed pa-
pers show that a coroner's jury called found that Day
‘Shot Thomas C, Seebe with a Winchester rifle near Day's
home on the Lewis River Oct. 9, 1891.leeJury convicted of
First Degree Murder, A Kalama teen-ager at the time of
the killing, Judge (J. Z.) Stone recalls strolling past
the courthouse where Day was in custody and noticing 0
or 50 men gathéred on the front porch. A rope was in
evidence, Several days later he learned the menwere
friends of DA¥XX Beebe's who had ridden on horseback
clear from the Lewis River country to stage an impromptu
Necktle party for Day. Sheriff Benjamin Holmes thwarted
DAY, Robert LARGHY CARD
"The first man hanged for mrder in Cowlitz Co., Wash.,
was Robert Day, His was the 577th case in the recor/s of
Cowlitz Co, Superior Court, Testimony on the circumstan-
ces in the case was not preserved, but time-yellowed pa-
pers show that a coroner's jury called found that Day
shot Thomas C, Beebe with a Winchester rifle near Day's
home on the Lewis River Oct. 9, 1891.}s.dury convicted of
First Degree Murder, A Kalama teen-ager at the time of
the killing, Judge (J. &.) Stone recalle strolling past
the courthouse where Day was in custody and noticing 0
or 50 men gathered on the front porch, A rope was in
evidence, Several days later he learned the menvere
iends of BZXX Beebe's who had ridden on horseba
claen eecuttiaplesiayatees country to stage an impromptu
‘ecktle party for Day. Sheriff Benjamin Holmes thwarted|
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