Death Penalty Information
This file appears in: Spokane's First Legal Hanging, Greenwood Cemetery
Excerpts from:
Life Behind the Badge: The Spokane Police Department's Founding Years, 1881-1903
Author: Suzanne & Tony Bamonte
This file appears in: Spokane's First Legal Hanging, Greenwood Cemetery
Spokane's First Legal Hanging, Greenwood Cemetery
Where lays Charles Brooks? Who was he? Why is he in an unmarked grave? Mr. Brooks has the unfortunate fame of being the first legally hanged man in Spokane.
The 1891 Brooks case was quite the scandal for Spokane. Brooks, 62, was charged…