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Harrison

died March 1882 · Wasco County, Oregon

Harrison worked for Lucien Langdon. According to a San Francisco dispatch citing a Dalles, Oregon, report in March 1882, Harrison was arrested at Langdon's residence and turned over to a deputy sheriff. Masked men then took him and hanged him from the trestle work of a bridge. The dispatch says his only apparent offense was working for Langdon.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco dispatch citing a Dalles, Oregon dispatch says masked men took Harrison from a deputy sheriff and hanged him from a bridge trestle.

Reported by: San Francisco dispatch citing a Dalles, Oregon dispatch (reporters).

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