Daily Morning Astorian, January 9, 1898
This file appears in: Frontier Violence in Colfax: The Courthouse Lynchings
The courthouse lynching of Chadwick "Blackey" Marshal and the attempted lynching of Robert "Dakota Slim" McDonald made headlines across the country. Lynching as a form of justice was falling out of favor as more and more Americans were becoming disgusted by excesses of vigilante justice.
This file appears in: Frontier Violence in Colfax: The Courthouse Lynchings
Frontier Violence in Colfax: The Courthouse Lynchings
Nineteenth century Americans loved a good courthouse. Here in 1889, the residents of Whitman County constructed a grand gothic palace of justice that stood prominently until 1957 when it was torn…