Return Everman, OR, 1852 May 11

EVERMAN, witTiam ea

",.ein February, 1852, William Everman, a desperate charact
er (in Oregon), shot and killed Serenas CG, Hooker, a worthy
farmer of Polk County, for accusing him of taking a watch,
i@é was conwicted and hanged, He had three associates inai
crime, Hiram Everman, his brother, who plead guilty and was
sentenced to 3 years in the penitentiary; Enoch Smith who
escaped by the disagbeement of the jury, was rearrested,
tried again, sentenced to death, anfl finally pardoned; and
David J, Coe, who, by obtaining a change of venue, was
acquitted, As there was no prison where Hiram Everman
could serve, he was publicly sold by the sheriff on the
day of his brother's execution to Theodore Prather, the
highest bidder, and was set at liberty by the petition of
his master just before the expiration of the 3 years.
Smith took a land-claim in Lane county and married, After

FVERMAN, 141Tdam

",.ein February, 1852, William Everman, a desperate charact|
er (in Oregon), shot and killed Serenas C. Hooker, a worthy
farmer of Polk County, for accusing him of taking a watch.
He was convicted and hanged, He had three associates inal
crime, Hiram Everman, his brother, who plead guilty and was
sentenced to 3 years in the penitentiary; Enoch Smith who
escaped by the disagbeement of the jury, was rearrested,

tried again, sentenced to death, anfl finally pardoneds and
David J, Coe, who, by obtaining a change of venue, was
acquitted, As there was no prison where Hiram Everman
could serve, he was publicly sold by the sheriff on the
day of his brother's execution to Theodore Prather, the
highest bidder, and was set at liberty by the petition of
his master just before the expiration of the 3 years,
Smith took a land-claim in Lane county and married, After

EVERMAN, VilTiam

",..In February, 1852, William Everman, a desperate charac’
er (in Oregon), shot and killed Serenas C, Hooker, a
farmer of Polk County, for accusing him of taking a watch,
He had three associa i
crime, Hiram Everman, his brother, who plead guilty and wag
sentenced to 3 years in the penitentiary; Enoch Smith who
escaped by the disazbeenent of the jury, was rearrested,

tried again, sentenced to death, anfl finally pardoned; and
David J, Coe, who, by obtaining a change of venue, was
acquitted. As there was no prison where Hiram Everman
could serve, he was publicly sold by the sheriff on the

i 4 Theodore Prather, the

bidder, and was set at liberty by the petition of
his dis master just before the expiration of the 3 years.
Smith took a land-claim in Lane county and married, After

several’years his wife left him for some cause unknown,

He shot hins elf in April, 1877, intentionally, as it was
believed, (SALEM MERCURY, April 18,1877)

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several”years his wife left him for some cause unknown,

| He shot hins elf in April, 1877, intentionally, as it was
believed. (SALEM MERCURY, April 18, 1877)

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Pscteral years his wife left him for some cause unknown,
ntentionally, as it w

in April, 1877,
believed, (GATE MERCURY, meta Th. 1e97s
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