Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-12

Two lives have already paid the
penalty, another is doomed to be
snuffed out on the gallows, and four
others sentenced to be wasted away
in toll and mental ang~ish behind
prison bars all on account of dog.
Ergo, the taxpayers of the state
must pay bill of $522.40 for the
transportation of one condemned
man and four life-termers from Can
yon City to the penitentiary, to say
nothing of the expenses Of the trials,
etc, all arising out of the old quar-
rel over an innocent canine.
Joe Caseday, former deputy sheriff
of Grant county and one of the brav-
est, law-abiding and trustworthy
peace officers thata ever served the
state (nicknamed Fearless Joe" as
result of his scores of fearless acts
performed for the state in running
down and capturing the most desper-
ate of law-breakers) is sentenced to
pay the extreme penary upon tze
scaffold September 2 for the part he
took in avenging the cowardly MUIR
der of his lifelong, bosom friend, and
Emmett Shields, Earl Shields, Ben
Hinton and Albert Green, all well
known and highly respected citizens
of Grant county, are under life
sentences in the Oregon penitentiary
for the part they took in lynching
Ollie Snyder, the murderer of Harvey
Green, a brother to Albert Green, at
Heppner, several months ago.
Principals Were Friends.
Scarce few months ago all of
the seven principals in this triple and
bloody tragedy were the best u
friends. One day Green, the muir
dered boy and Snyder, a sheep
herder, became slightly estranged in
a mild quarrel over Scotch collie
dog the property of Snyder. The
estrangement gradually ripened into
hatred until one day, while at din
ner, in sheep camp it eliminated in
the cold-blooded murder of Green |
who was shot down unawares by |
Snyder with 3O-3O rifle after Green
had complained of the, quality of
food that had been served, for which
service Snyder was partly responsible.
Snyder went into hiding with the
threat that he would never be taken
alive and upon Deputy Sheriff Case
day. the most fearless officer and gun
man in Eastern Oregon and bosom
friend of Green, fell the duty of seek
Ing the desperate murderer out and
him to justice. Caseday
captured his man without difficulty
)ut when he was returning to Can
yon City with the prisoner he was
met by a mob of frenzied citizens
md friends of the murdered man,
Who wrested Snyder from his custody
md lynched him to the nearest tree.
Resigned 10 His Fate.
The evidence produced at the trial
ended to show that Caseday assisted (
n the lyEching of his erstwhile pris- {
,neF and the Shields brothers and {
Albert Green, brother of the murder
ID man, pleaded guilty to murder in
he second degree and received life
Caseday took his medicine 9
Ike man and without whimper Or
after all of his years of
and fearless service for the
tate, and is resigned to his fate IL 6
Ie must give up his life for aveng- {
ng the death of his dearest friend I
'ho had been as brave and fearless
s he and had faced death with him ]
ipon many occasions without a
Inch. And upon Sheriff Collier, OF
rant county, befall the extremely
ainful duty Of delivering his best {
riend and most faithful deputy over /
nto the hands of his law-appointed 7
xeeutioners at the penitentiary and Z
I bidding him perhaps a last fare l
'ell, as well as the other four boys, /
'hen the prison doors closed upon S
heir backs forever. All on account
( a dog.
sheriff Too No Chances.
1t required Sheriff Collier and six Il