Lynching Site

ID: 4670 ~ Source: Photograph courtesy of the author.
This file appears in: The Cheney Lynchings
Lynching Site

Today, a parking lot for the old Cheney High School is over the site of the jail. The courthouse and even the trees adjacent to the old jail are long gone.

This file appears in: The Cheney Lynchings

By Larry Cebula
This quiet street corner in Cheney was once the scene of two brutal murders. From 1881 until 1886, the frontier village of Cheney was also the seat of government for Spokane County. A wooden, two-story courthouse and plank jailhouse were the sum…