Claim: Harry Minto was the superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary in the U.S. state of Oregon who replaced Berton K. Lawson, who had been involved in the events at Copperfield, Oregon.
Evidence: In 1914, Minto was appointed as the Superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary by governor Oswald West. He replaced Berton K. Lawson, who had been involved in the events at Copperfield, Oregon early that year. Harry Minto was born in Salem, Oregon, in 1864, the son of Oregon pioneer John Minto.