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Show SIX MEN AWAITING HANGMAN'S SERVICE KALKM, Or:, Aug. 4 (By V. P Six mn await tha noose In Orrort Vntll July 7 thalr wfrt eia;ht. On that mornln Rlvla U. Ktrby and John Ita-thla, Ita-thla, convicted murderera of Sheriff ! TU Taylor of of Tandleton want to tha fallow. Aha Evan a rata ( on appeal. Ha waa conylfMed of tha murder of Jimei Doran tn aaatern Oriron. Dr. Richard M Hrumftald, Koaaburv don tlit. whoi raaa la aluo on appeal, waa aonvlcted of tha murder of Uannla Huil, a rerlu pa. Georra Howard, of llalhaur coifnty, la a at tins aantanra. Krom tha Jury a vardlrt In tha caaa, thla aantenca will b death. Huated Waltara raaa la now bain a; r-arfuad r-arfuad In tha at at a auprema court. 11a waa convict ad of tha murder of I'atrolman Palmer In Portland. Hunwll Harker. youthful murderer, convicted at Oregon itr recently for tha murder of Frank Houer near Portland Port-land April 17, will banc In 8 pt ember unleia efforie to aaa him are aucceae-fuL aucceae-fuL Dan Caaey, whni altered partner In the murder oa ItallroadT 'Aajent Uurk I Phillip, Oeorara Hurna, waa acquitted I after two Jula had 4laa.rd. 1 e. (nff held In Multnomiah vouuty JalL Ilia aen fence waa death. ' Twanivreeven. aneav tiava heen hrHnJed wrrnrfn the wnlia.of the itate prison at Fa lent aince Iul. prior to which time execution were held In the yard of Jalla In the county where crime wa committed and tha trial and aentence occurred. Between 303 and 1n4, when capital punlahment waa aboMahed In Oregon temporarily by thr atlm majority of 17 votea, 24 men were hanavd and 87 convicted of murder and aentenced to ban;. The aentencea of 12 of the 7 ware com n ted to life Imprlannment, and one condemned man waa granted a new J trial and liberate). (.'apltal punlahment In Oregon war, LroKated only alx care. On noverrf ' ter 21, 191. J. T fl ira-. and 0-ora;e i K. Ptrrlnger. of Pendletun. were mur ('red by holdup men at the Clare mo nt ' tavern near here. The Incident raised ; auch a at'trm of protest that In illy t 1919 the people of the at ate restored the aupreme penalty by mora than ti.OOO majority. Mall Hart convicted with Rathle and Ktrby of murderlna; Sheriff Taylor, was tha first murderer to nans; under the restored law. I.athie and Kirby ware tha next victims. j |