Thursday, January 15, 2015

Jail Break

Tillman Taylor was sheriff of Umatilla County, Oregon during 1920. He was shot during a jail break.  Someone had  managed to get a gun to the prisoners. Five men escaped. They were all caught later 3 were hung and two got life sentences.  There is a statue of Til Taylor in Til Taylor park in Pendelton.
 

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