Vigilantes overreached with murder of ‘rustler’
Everyone thought John Hawk was stealing cattle, and he refused to talk about it. So one night...
Offbeat Oregon History podcast · Finn J.D. John
October 31, 20258m 46s
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Show Notes
Everyone thought John Hawk was stealing cattle, and he refused to talk about it. So one night, a group of cattlemen snuck into his camp and assassinated him — and were shocked by the frontier community's response. (Joseph, Wallowa County; 1870s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1310d-john-hawk-murder-by-vigilantes.html)