ANSEL. Oswald C,
poneci Kael a rancher who lived at Clatsop Plains, Clat=
sop Coe, Ores, where his land bordered a ranch owned by J, Frank Tay-
lor, a former legislator who had served two terms as Circuit Judge
and was, at the time, serving as President of the State Board of Pi-
lot Commissioners, Hansel had borne the Judge a grudge for several
years and the situation was aggravated when the Judge, acting as
attorney for Mrs, Hansel, filed a suit for divorce, On the morning
of Sept. ll, 1913, Judge Hansel was walking down Commercial Street
in Astoria with a valise, headed for the train station where he
planned to catch a train to Caatsop Plains to visit his property,
when he was confronted by Hansel, armed with a .32 caliber pistol,
who had been watiting for him, Without warning, Hansel shot him and
when Taylor fell to the ground, he fired two more bullets into his
prostzate form, inflicimgg wounds from which Judge Taylor died that
same daye Hansel was hurriedly tried, convicted and sentenced to
die and, as thecase was not appealed, he was hanged at the Oregon
State Prison on Nov. 17, 1913,
DAILY ASTORIAN
Letter dated March 2), 1977, from Russell Dark, Chairman, Clatsop
Co, Historical Advisory Committee,
HANSEL. Oswald ¢,
Hansel Spats tls. a rancher who lived at Clatsop Plains, Clat-
sop Co,, Ores, where his land bordered a ranch owned by J, Frank Tay-
lor, a former legislator who had served two terms as Circuit Judge
and was, at the time, serving as President of the State Board of Pi-
lot Commissioners, Hansel had borne the Judge a grudge for several
years and the situation was aggravated when the Judge, acting as
attorney for Mrs, Hansel, filed a suit for divorce, On the morning
of Sept. ll, 1913, Judge Hansel was walking down Commercial Street
in Astoria with a valise, headed for the train station where he
planned to catch a train to Caatsop Plains to visit his property,
when he was confronted by Hansel, armed with a .32 caliber pistol,
who had been waiting for him, Without warning, Hansel shot him and
when Taylor fell to the ground, he fired two more bullets into his
prostaate form, infliciatgg wounds from which Judge Taylor died that
same day. Hansel was hurriedly tried, convicted and sentenced to
die and, as thecase was not appealed, he was hanged at the Oregon
State Prison on Nov, 17, 1913,
DAILY ASTORTAN i
Letter dated March 2), 1977, from Russell Dark, Chairman, Clatsop
Co. Historical Advisory Committee.
HANSEL, Oswald C,
Ie aie
Hansel; Wilate hen, was a rancher who Lived at Clatsop Plains, Clat
sop Co, Ores, where his land bordered a ranch owned by J, Frank Tay-
lor, a former legislator who had served two terms as Circuit Judge
and was, at the time, serving as President of the State Board of Pi-
lot Commissioners. Hansel had borne the Judge a grudge for several
years and the situation was aggravated when the Judge, acting as
attorney for Mrs, Hansel, filed a suit for divorce, On the morning
of Sept, ll, 1913, Judge Hansel was walking down Commercial Street
in Astoria with a valise, headed for the train station where he
planned to catch a train to Caatsop Plains to visit his property,
when he was confronted by Hansel, armed with a .32 caliber pistol,
who had been wafting for him, Without warning, Hansel shot him and
when Taylor fell to the ground, he fired two more bullets into his
prostzate form, inflictitag wounds from which Judge Taylor died that
same day. Hansel was hurriedly tried, convicted and sentenced to
die and, as thecase was not appealed, he was hanged at the Opegon
State Prison on Nov, 17, 1913,
DAILY ASTORIAN
Letter dated March 2l, 1977, from liussell Dark, Chairman, Clatsop
i ittee.
Co, Historical Advisory Commiti
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