him, but those who would do so were thwarted by the constable who took
him to Pendleton and lodged him in the county jail. At his trial,
Henderson gave eye-witness testimony to the shooting and Murphy, who
claimed that the gun had fired accidentally while they grappled for
possession of it, was convicted on Nov, 4, 1880, by a jury which de-
liberated for lestk than one hour, His attorneys .filed notice of an
appeal but it was never perfected and, when the Governor declined to
grant clemency, he was hanged at 3 PM in the jail yard a Pendleton on
January 5, 1881, Murphy had prepared a lengthy statement which he
had read from thex gallows by L. B. Cox and he went to his death
calmly, his last words, REXMEXXNX spoken just before his arms were
p inioned, were: "Let me shake hands with Cap, Martin," his neck
was broken by the fall,
EAST OREGONIAN, Pendleton, Jan. 8, 1881
him, but those who would do so were thwarted by the constable who took
him to Pendleton and lodged him in the county jail. At his trial,
Henderson gave eye-witness testimony to the shooting and Murphy, who
claimed that the gun had fired accidentally while they grappled for
possession of it, was convicted on Nov, l, 1880, by a jury which dee
liberated for lestk than one hour, His attorneys .filed notice of an
appeal but it was never perfected and, when the Governor declined to
grant clemency, he was hanged at 3 PM in the jail yard a Pendleton on
Jamary 5, 1881, Murphy had prepared a lengthy statement which he
had read from thex gallows by L. B. Cox and he went to his death
calmly, his last words,HRXMEXXXX spoken just before his arms were
p inioned, were: "Let me shake hands with Cap, Martin," his neck
was broken by the fall, y
EAST ORHZONIAN, Pendleton, Jan. 8, 1881
him, but those who would do so were thwarted by the constable who took
him to Pendleton and lodged him in the county jail, At his trial,
Henderson gave eye-witness testimony to the shooting and Murphy, who
claimed that the gun had fired accidentally while they grappled for
possession of it, was convicted on Nov, l, 1880, by a jury which de=
liberated for lestk than one hour, His attorneys filed notice of an
appeal but it was never perfected and, when the Governor declined to
grant clemency, he was hanged at 3 PM in the jail yard a Pendleton on
Jamary 5, 1881, Murphy had prepared a lengthy statement which he
had read from thex gallows by L. B, Cox and he went to his death
calmly, his last words, MES#XXXX spoken just before his arms were
p inioned, werer "Let me shake hands with Cap, Martin," his neck
was broken by the fall,
EAST ORHSONIAN, Pendleton, Jan, 8, 1881
49 ORMORIAS,Fenatny Jay 8, 1862
2 MURPHY, Arthur Edward
Murphy, a white man, was born in Ireland in 189 and emigrated to the
United States with his parents who settled in Pennsylvania while an
infant. His father died when he was 2-years-old and he quite school
when he was eleven, In 1867, he moved to the west coast and lived in
Colusa and Tehama Counties, California, until the latter pzet of 1879
when he moved Umatilla Co,, Oregon, and obtained employment as a sheep
herder for a sheep rancher named S, S, Snyder, On May 7, 1880, Mur-
phy went to Heppner and stayed drunk for three days before returning
to his camp on May 10, During his absence, the sheep in his charge
had gotten into a grain field owned by a rancher nemedT, D, French
and French had complained to Mr, Snyder, Snyder sent another employ-
ee, B. C, Henderson to question Murphy about the matter and when he
mentioned it, Murphy became enraged and, grabbing his pistol said:
"I811 go down and shoot the son of a bitch(French)", Henderson per~
suaded him to put the revolver away and remained at the camp through-
out the day. About dusk, French approached the camp on foot and Mur-
phy again grabbed his pistol and went out to meet him. They got into
an argument and Murphy shot him in the head, inflicting a wound from
which French died a few days later, While tenderson went into Hepp-
ner to obtain a constable, Murphy fied but three days later surrender-
ed himself, That night there was considerable agitation for lynching
MURPHY, Arthur Edward
Murphy, a white man, was born in Ireland in 189 and emigrated to the
United States with his parents who settled in Pennsylvania while an
infant. His-father died when he was 2-years-old and he quite school
when he was eleven. In 1867, he moved to the west coast and lived in
Colusa and Tehama Counties, California, until the latter pzet of 1879
when he moved Umatilla Co,, Oregon, and obtained employment as a sheep
herder for a sheep rancher named S. S, Snyder. On May 7, 1880, Mur-
phy went to Heppner and stayed drunk for three days before returning
to his camp on May 10, During his absence, the sheep in his charge
had gotten into a grain field owned by a rancher named T, D, French
and French had complained to Mr, Snyder, Snyder sent another employ=
ee, B. OC, Henderson to question Murphy about the matter and when he
mentioned it, Murphy became enraged and, grabbing his pistol said:
"T811 go down and shoot the son of a bitch(French)", Henderson per~
suaded him to put the revolver away and remained at the camp through-
out the day. About dusk, French approached the camp on foot and Mur-
phy again grabbed his pistol and went out to meet him, They got into
an argument and Murphy shot him in the head, inflicting a wound from
which French died a few days later, While Renderson went into Hepp=
ner to obtain a constable, Murphy fied but three days later surrender-
ed himself, That night there was considerable agitation for lynching
MURPHY, Arthur Edward
Murphy, a white man, was born in Ireland in 18,9 and emigrated to the
United States with his parents who settled in Pennsylvania while an
infant. His father died when he was 2-years-old and he quite school
when he was eleven, In 1867, he moved to the west coast and lived in
Colusa and Tehama Counties, California, until the latter pzxt of 1879
when he moved Umatilla Co,, Oregon, and obtained employment as a she
herder for a sheep rancher named S, S, Snyder, On May 7, 1880, Mur-
phy went to Heppner and stayed drunk for three days before returning
to his camp on May 10, During his absence, the sheep in his charge
had gotten into a grain field owned by a rancher nemedT, D, French
and French had complained to Mr. Snyder, Snyder sent another employ=
ee, B. G Henderson to question Murphy about the mtter and when he
mentioned it, Murphy became enraged and, grabbing his pistol said:
"1811 go down and shoot the son of a bitch(French)", Henderson per-
suaded him to put the revolver away and remained at the camp through-
out the day, About dusk, French approached the camp on foot and Mur-
phy again grabbed his pistol and went out to meet him, They got into
an argument and Murphy shot him in the head, inflicting a yound from
which French died a few days laterg While Henderson went into Hepp-
ner to obtain a constable, Murphy fled but three days later surrender-
ed himself, That night there was considerable agitation for lynching
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