ca. 1882. Copy negative of drawing. Caption on negative titled "Execution of three murderers in Seattle, January 18, 1882." On Wednesday, January 18, 1882, three men were hung from a timber that was suspended from the forks of two trees on Occidental Square. Two of the men, James Sullivan and William Howard had been convicted by a local judge moments before they were hung of a murder that had occurred the night before. The third man, Benjamin Payne, had been arrested for the murder of a police officer. The three facial drawings across the top are labelled, left to right, Howard, Payne and Sullivan. The complete story is published in the Washington Standard, Olympia, Jan.20, 1882 Copy made for the Tacoma Times.
Lynchings--Seattle--1880-1890; Sullivan, James; Howard, William; Payne, Benjamin;