Pullman Herald, December 30, 1905
This file appears in: Frontier Violence in Colfax: The Courthouse Lynchings
In this edition of the Pullman Herald, the truth about what really happened the night that Orville Hayden was murdered came out. Dakota Slim was arrested in Omaha and at some point during his conversation with a detective, Dakota Slim confessed to being the trigger man the night Hayden was killed. Apparently the guilt of Blackey's death at the hands of the mob had caught up with Slim who admitted in 1905 that he had been the one who had shot Hayden, not Blackey. It was too bad that he did not make the confession the night that his partner was lynched. Further proof that there exists no honor amongst thieves.
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 down and replaced with a modern courthouse the sameā¦
