George Lauth, 1905 July 13

Portland hospital the following day. Convicted in November, re was
sentenced to die but his execution was delayed by an unsuccessful
appeal to the State Supreme Court, Governor George Chamberlain ex-
pressed considerable sympathy for Lauth, citing Mrs. Jones! reouta-
tion and the provacation involved, but te refused to grant clemency
in wake of a statement that he had earlier made in which he had said
that he could not commute the sentence of any man who had harmed a
woman regardless of the provocation, On July 13, 1905, fully resigned
to his fate and wearing a smile on his face, Lauth was hanged on the
gallows at the Oregon State Prison. His only words spoken on the
scaffold were: "Into Thy hands, oh Lord, I ‘¢ommend my spirit," The '
drop fias six feet, three inches and his neck was KK broken by the

fall,

OREGON CITY COURIER, Oregon City, Oren! July 2]. 1905; Sept. 9,
1905, 80 PACIFIC 660

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Portland hospital the following day. Convicted in November, he was
sentenced to die but his execution was delayed by an unsuccessful
appeal to the State Supreme Court, Governor George Chamberlain ex-
pressed considerable sympathy for Lauth, citing Mrs. Jones! reputa-
tion and the’provacation involved, but He refused to grant clemency
in wake of a statement that he had earlier made in which he had said
that he could not commute the sentence of any man who had harmed a
woman regardless of the provocation, On July 13, 1905, fully resigned
to his fate and wearing a smile on his face, Lauth was hanged on the
gallows at the Oregon State Prison, His only words spoken on the
scaffold were: "Into Thy hands, oh Lord, I ‘commend my spirit." The °
drop fas six feet, three inches and his neck was Ki broken by the
fall.

ORHGON CITY COURIER, Oregon City, Oregon, July 2}, 1905; Sept. 9,
1905. 80 PACIFIC 660

Portland hospital the following day. Convicted in November, he was
sentenced to die but his execution was delayed by an unsuccessful
appeal to the State Supreme Court, Governor George Chamberlain ex-

essed considerable sympathy for Lauth, citing Mrs. Jones! reputa-
tion and theprovacation involved, but he refused to grant clemency
in wake of a statement that he had earlier made in vhich he had said
that he could not commute the sentence of any man who had harmed a
woman regardless of the provocation, On July 13, 1905, fully resigned
to his fate and wearing a smile on his face, Lauth was hanged on the
gallows at the Oregon State Prison, His only words spoken on the
scaffold were: "Into Thy hands, oh Lord, I ¢omend my spirit." The
drop fias six feet, three inches and his neck was Kil broken by the
fall.

OREGON CITY COURTER, Oregon City, Oregon, July 2}, 1905; Sept. 9,
0 80 PACIFIC 660

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LAUTH, George W.

Lauth, a 2heyear-old white native of Sparta, I1l., moved west at an
early age and obtained employment in various lumber mills, In one
accident, he lost the sight of one eye and he subsequently lost his
right leg in another Ritu tin Genin vane the use of an artificial
limb, Incapacitated for furteér hard labor, Lauth who had theretofore
always borne a good reputation, became a successful gambler and was
able to save a considerable sum of money, In 1902 he met Mrs, Leonora
B, Jones in Aberdeen, Washe, and she left her husband to become his
mistress, Thektr relationship continued for two years and for a time
he worked as a house gambler in an exclusive Portland club, During
the period while they were together, he lavished his money on her,
buying her expensive clothes and trinkets and when they moved to Oregon
City where her family resided he used the last of his savings to finance
a pleasure trip for her to California, When she returned he met the
train at the depot but she spurned him and left in the company of the
engineer for Portland where they remained all night. The next momning,
Sept. 6, 190, she returned to Oregon City and the home of her parents

gs st on the corner of Fourth Street and Railroad Avenue, Around
nine o'clock, Lauth arrived there and went to her bedroom where he
begged her to return to him, When she reflused, he drew a pistol and
shot her several times, inflicting wounds from which she died in a

LAUTH, George W.

Lauth, a 2heyear~old white native of ‘Sparta, Ill., moved west at an
early age and obtained employment in various lumber mills, In one
accident, he lost the sight of one eye and he subsequently lost his
right leg in another accident necessitating the use of an artificial
limb, Incapacitated for fur hard labor, Lauth who had theretofore
always borne a good réputation, became a successful gambler and was
able to save a considerable sum of money, In 1902 he met Mrs, Leonora
B, Jones in Aberdeen, Washe, and she left her husband to become his
mistress, Thetr relationship continued for two years and for a time
he worked as a house gambler in an exclusive Portland club, During
the period while they were together, he lavished his money on her,
buying her expensive clothes and trinkets and when they moved to Oregon
City where her family resided he used the last of his savings to financ
a pleasure trip for her to California, When she returned he met the
train at the depot but she spurned him and left in the company of the
engineer for Portland where they remained all night. The next monning,
Sept. 6, 190, she returned to Oregon City and the home of her parents

located on the corner of Fourth Street and Railroad Avenue, Around
nine o'clock, Lauth arrived there and went to her bedroom where he
begged her to return to him, When she reflused, he drew a pistol and
shot her several times, inflicting wounds firom which she died in a

LAUTH, George We

Lauth, a 2heyear-old white native of Sparta, I1l,, moved west at an
early age and obtained employment in various lumber mills, In one
accident, he lost the sight of one eye and he subsequently lost his
right leg in another accident necessitating the use of an artificial
limb, Incapacitated for fu

hard labor, Lauth who had theretofore
always borne a good reputation, became a successful gambler and va

able to save a considerable sum of money, In 1902 he met Mrs, Leonora
B, Jones in Aberdeen, Wash., and she left her husband to become his
mistress,’ Thetr relationship continued for two years and for a time

he worked as a house gambler in an exclusive Portland club, During
the period while they were together, he lavished his money on her,
buying her expensive clothes and trinkets and when they moved to Oregon|
City where her family resided he used the last of his savings to financ|

a pleasure trip for her to California, shi

train at the depot but she spurned him and left in the company of the

engineer for Portland where they remained all night. The next monning,
Sept. 6, 190, she returned to Oregon City and the home of her parents
Igeated on the corner of Fourth Street and Rattroad Avemie,